Media Releases

The latest media releases from Canary Wharf Group

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4 May 2012

London firms get ready for Olympic ‘Stress Test’

Next week, close to a hundred firms in the capital will be taking part in an Olympic Games ‘Stress Test’, organised by Canary Wharf Group and Deloitte.

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4 May 2012

Additional architects appointed for Shell Centre redevelopment

Canary Wharf Group plc and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company have appointed three additional architects - Kohn Pederson Fox, Patel Taylor and Grid Architects - to design buildings in the mixed use redevelopment of the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank.

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2 May 2012

Canary Wharf puts on its dancing shoes for 2012

Canary Wharf has announced a spectacular calendar of free music and dance performances for 2012, from the annual Canary Wharf Jazz Festival to collaborations with Royal Opera House, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and the City of London Festival.

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25 April 2012

LONDON’S LATEST LANDMARK REACHES MAJOR MILESTONE AS FIRST STEEL COLUMN IS INSTALLED

The construction of London’s latest skyscraper 20 Fenchurch Street took a big step forward on Monday with the installation of the first of the 4,500 steel sections that will make up the building’s envelope.

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25 April 2012

GE CANARY WHARF TRIATHLON OFFERS A TASTE OF WORLD-CLASS RACING ON THE STREETS OF LONDON

A selection of the world’s best elite triathletes will take on a Super-Sprint eliminator in what promises to be a high-octane spectacle around the iconic Canary Wharf, London’s premier business and shopping district, on Thursday June 28 2012.

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25 April 2012

Pedestrian Diversion Put in Place at Riverside South

A walkway next to the Thames on the Riverside South construction site is being closed to the public from 30 April 2012 until the end of 2013. A pedestrian diversion is being put in place around the site.

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23 April 2012

Canary Wharf Unveils 2012 Art Programme

Canary Wharf Group has unveiled its impressive public art programme for 2012. Sir Anthony Caro, Judith Cowan, Luke Jerram, Edward Allington and Carol McNicoll are among the eminent exhibitors at Canary Wharf in the coming months, placing the famous business and shopping district among central London’s most attractive free art destinations in 2012.

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18 April 2012

London Businesses Undertake Unprecedented ‘Stress Test’ Ahead of the Olympics

For the first time ever, businesses across London are coming together to undertake the Capital’s largest co-ordinated test of IT, telecommunications and transport requirements.

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3 April 2012

Lift Off at 20 Fenchurch Street

Contracts are awarded for lifts and escalators as the City’s latest landmark climbs into the London sky KONE has won an order to supply 14 double deck eco-friendly lifts and four escalators at 20 Fenchurch Street, the new skyscraper in the City of London being developed by Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group.

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2 April 2012

Giant Artworks made from Food Cans on their way to London

Canary Wharf is to host London’s very first Canstruction® event. From 24 June, Canstruction® at Canary Wharf will see world-leading architects and designers create giant sculptures from 40,000 cans of food throughout the famous business and shopping district, wowing the public and helping to feed people in need.

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