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London's West End launches Air Quality Strategy

In the first four days of 2015 Oxford street surpassed the annual legal limit of nitrogen oxide emissions. Anyone living in London has seen the capital veiled in a blanket smog on certain days, to which nitrogen dioxide is the greatest contributor. NO2 is part of a group of gaseous air pollutants that results from heavy road traffic and other...

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New West End Company appoints CEO

New West End Company (NWEC), the organisation representing 600 businesses in London's Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street, on Friday announced Jace Tyrrell to the position of chief executive. Tyroll was previously the company's Deputy CEO. According to statement released by the Company, Under Tyrrell’s leadership, NWEC has become the UK...

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London's Bond Street gets 20 million pound makeover

London's Bond Street is to get its first major revamp in 30 years with a new 20 million pound investment. As one of the world's most luxurious shopping destinations, the investment will seek to improve the street without losing its character. Bond Street will see a 50 percent increase in pedestrian spaceThere will be an increase in pedestrian...

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London’s West End attracting flagship stores

The New West End Company, the consortium responsible for the management and promotion of London’s Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street retail areas, has announced that it has already attracted 35 new store openings this year as it continues to cement its position as a “leading international shopping destination”. London’s West End, which...

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New West End Company appoints MD for trading environment

New West End Company, the consortium responsible for the managementand promotion of London’s Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street retail areas, has appointed Steven Medway to the newly created role of managing director – trading environment. Medway will take up his role at the end of September and will be responsible for managing a...

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Jace Tyrrell returns to New West End Company

New West End Company, the consortium responsible for the managementand promotion of the Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street retail areas, is to bring back Jace Tyrrell as managing director of external affairs, less than a year after he left the organisation. Tyrrell, who was previously director of communications for nine years until his...

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Oxford Street to partner with London Fashion Week

Major retailers on Oxford Street will be celebrating London Fashion Week in a new collaboration between the shopping destination with the British Fashion Council. Oxford Street, which recently unveiled its new brand identity, is part of the New West End Company, who is aiming to promote Oxford Street as part of its "most powerful fashion...

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New West End Company to transform Bond Street

The New West End Company, which represents the interests of the shopping districts of Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street, has announced two key appointments to lead a newly formed Bond Street Retail Group. Created to transform the public spaces of Bond Street in a bid to rejuvenate the area, the offshoot business will launch on April...

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London's West End to receive solid investment

London's West End is to receive £25 million of investment over the next five years after retailers in the area voted to keep New West End Company as the management and promotional company for the shopping district. The company has confirmed plans for continued developments across main Regent Street, Oxford Street, Bond Street and 22 connecting...

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West-end sees record Christmas shoppers

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have had the tills ringing in the US, but British retailers fared just as well. The run-up to the holiday shopping season has begun and high street stalwart John Lewis reported last Saturday was its biggest ever pre-Christmas trading day. In London, Oxford Street and Regent Street were closed to traffic on...

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American Express Shop VIP Day draws crowds to London W1

As retail figures are suffering, the bad weather conditions in Central London, couldn’t put consumers off the weekends Christmas celebrations on Oxford Street and immediate surrounding W1 areas. Retailers in London's West End reported taking £20 million in the first three hours of the tenth American Express Shop West End VIP Day – according to...

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London is ready for retail Christmas

The retail streets of London are officially ready for Christmas, with boutiques, department stores and retailers hoping to attract local and tourist shoppers with a lively atmosphere in the West End. The lights on Oxford Street, Regent Street, Carnaby Street and Marylebone have been 'switched on,' and these are just some of the retail hotspots...