Thursday 8th March saw the inaugural Marylebone Food Festival launch in the West End, celebrating one of London’s most exciting and diverse culinary destinations. Opening the Festival was The World on a Plate in Marylebone, a special dining experience in a dramatic gothic church behind Oxford Street – The Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch. Over…
Despite the sub-zero temperatures, over 100 agents arrived at Wembley Park on 1st March to hear more about the scale of developer Quintain’s vision for the new retail and leisure. As if planned for the icy weather, the event took place in a temporary igloo outside the legendary SSE Arena, Wembley. Sophie Ellis Bextor and husband Richard…
We are pleased to announce that French café concept KOOX is to open their UK debut store at 28 Store Street Bloomsbury, on The Bedford Estates. The brand new health food concept will arrive in London this spring and will perfectly complement Store Street’s eclectic line up of independent shops, cafés and restaurants. KOOX is a new health food concept…
Coverdale Barclay delivered a successful press preview of the inaugural Marylebone Food Festival on 7 February, on behalf of clients The Howard de Walden Estate and The Portman Estate. The intimate dining event was attended by 15 food journalists from key consumer publications, such as The Guardian, Foodism and Where London. The attendees enjoyed an…
Spring 2018 will see the inaugural Marylebone Food Festival launch in the West End, a ten-day celebration of one of London’s most exciting and diverse culinary destinations. Home to some of the most reputable names on the UK food scene, Marylebone Food Festival will shine a spotlight on restaurants and talented chefs from the 8th –…
Coverdale Barclay has been appointed by West End Partnership (WEP) – a coalition of public and private sector leaders, alongside resident and employee representatives, with the ambition of delivering a synchronised vision, and single voice, for the West End. As an extension of our current stakeholder engagement work on the transformation of the Oxford Street…
In the heart of Bloomsbury, The Bedford Estates welcomed businesses and residents in Bedford Square for an evening of festive carols. Students from UCL choir and pupils from Ecole Jeannine Manuel performed whilst Store Street Espresso provided mulled wine, hot chocolate and mince pies. The evening brought together the local community, drawing on the excitement…
The massive urban regeneration of Bracknell town centre has been recognised as the `Best of the Best’. At the 2017 Revo Gold Awards on 6 December, Coverdale Barclay client The Lexicon Bracknell scooped the Re:new award for “projects that have positively impacted their surrounding environment.” To round off a notable night, a live poll of…
Coverdale Barclay is working with highly respected senior global retail executive, Andrew Jennings, on the launch of his first book – Almost Is Not Good Enough. Andrew has over 45 years experience leading some of the world’s most respected high-end, speciality and department stores, including Harrods, Holt Renfrew and Saks Fifth Avenue. Almost Is Not…
Ambitious plans for the transformation of the Oxford Street area, centred on new world-class public spaces, were unveiled on 6th November by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council, Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL. The plans, which are being publicly consulted on until 17th December 2017, would turn the Oxford…