News about London

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Apple will move its UK headquarters to Battersea Power Station in a major coup for the Malaysian developers of one of London’s best-known landmarks.

THE Thameside area of Barnes, with its village atmosphere, attractive period properties, good schools and proximity to central London, was recently named as London’s second-best place to live in The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live Guide, after Fitzrovia.

S P Setia Bhd (Sept 9, RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): Kuala Lumpur slipped three spots to 20th out of 30 leading cities globally in this year’s "Cities of Opportunity" benchmarking, developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), released today.

SHAH ALAM (Sept 5): S P Setia Bhd has launched a long-term rewards and appreciation programme called Citizen Setia for its existing and new property purchasers.

Amcorp Properties Bhd (Aug 22, 92 sen) Maintain hold with unchanged target price of 89 sen: In the absence of any major property disposal, Amcorp Properties Bhd’s (AmProp) net earnings contracted a sharp 92% year-on-year to a mere RM4.

THERE is nothing extraordinary about Sedley Place, a retail and office building on London’s Oxford Street (pictured) that is the latest piece of UK prime property acquired by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund.

LIVING in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames, with its history of crowning seven Anglo-Saxon kings, would certainly make for good dinner conversation.

PETALING JAYA (July 30): Berkeley Group, a property developer from the UK, will be launching the first phase of its Queenshurst apartments in Kingston upon Thames, London, in Malaysia today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Amcorp Properties Bhd (AmProp) plans to invest in a portfolio of real estate development and value-added projects in Madrid and other cities in Spain.