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How can you effectively rein in Mr. Putin?

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How can you effectively rein-in Mr. Putin? ‘Tweaking the tails’ of his Russian cronies will not do the trick, since there is only one way. Let me explain…

The Russian Trade Delegation Compound in Highgate West Hill, N6, is an unlikely ‘fountain head’ of espionage and intrigue, which belies it leafy, sleepy, suburban ambience. It was established in 1920 and over the years, has been a Mecca for Russians and various individuals from the Soviet Union since time immemorial, supposedly to encourage business in the UK. During the ‘shadowy’ days of the Cold War, goodness knows how many dubious characters would regularly file in and out of this place and you only have to look at the plethora of antennas on the roof, to work out what they really may have been doing there.
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Is Compliance Strangling Commerce? Haven’t We Had Enough Of Regulation, Reg!

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Here we are, as a nation, trying our best to recover our economic growth, without having the benefit of the usual stimulants which helped us so profoundly after the ‘crash’ of 2008 i.e. Quantitative Easing, cheap money and a buoyant housing sector.

With the added uncertainty of Brexit, we are now introducing yet another form of regulation/compliance, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Continue reading →

Glentree nursing a £50,000 per week rental enquiry – has the market gone completely nuts?

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It looks as though the rental market, at the higher end, has gone completely ‘nuts’. The reason being that, believe it or not, we are presently trying to find a suitable super, luxury mansion for an illustrious uber tenant to use for only a three months at, wait for it, an eye-watering rent of £50,000 plus per week.

To be honest, this reflects a new trend amongst certain foreign international clients who, in some cases, would prefer to pay an obscene rent, rather than purchase a property.

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