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Crown Estate

  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Crown Estate to turn Oxford Debenhams store into science lab

    Monarch’s property portfolio to invest £1.5bn in innovation and technology sector to help UK hold on to start-ups

    A woman with a pram stands outside the  closed Debenhams store in Oxford
  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    Mining
    Crown Estate grants Cornish Tin rights to explore for region’s gold

    UK mining company will also search for lithium and tin as Cornwall attempts to revive industry

    Sally Norcross-Webb, founder and chief executive of Cornish Tin
  • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
    The Royal Family
    British royal household faces cut in share of government funding

    Sovereign grant level to be lowered to 12% of Crown Estate’s profits after wind farm boon

    From left: Prince George, Prince Louis, the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte and King Charles III on the balcony of Buckingham Palace last month
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Wind farms drive 42% surge in Crown Estate’s property profits

    Boost for UK’s public finances after King’s decision to reduce take for ‘wider public good’

  • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
    Lex
    Crown Estate: green revolution is a windfall for seabed owner Premium content

    Marine portfolio may soon surpass the land-based one as the estate’s largest asset class

    An offshore wind farm in the UK
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    King Charles III
    King Charles hands over wind farm profits for ‘wider public good’

    UK’s new monarch pre-empts critics by surrendering coming windfall from seabed licences

    Offshore wind turbines in Colwyn Bay, North Wales
  • Friday, 9 September, 2022
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Queen Elizabeth II: inside the royal finances

    The monarch was a diligent steward of her family’s business affairs but ruled out radical innovation

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Queen’s property company earmarks £1bn for decarbonisation push

    Estimate by Crown Estate hints cost of energy transition for other owners will be high

    A view of Regent street, London
  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Crown Estate set for windfall from green energy revolution

    Rising seabed values offset hit to retail properties and push portfolio to £14.4bn

    Walney Extension offshore wind farm
  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    Crown Estate prepares for a century’s worth of change in next decade

    CEO says monarch’s property portfolio needs shake up after being hit by pandemic

    As part of its effort to modernise the Crown Estate has pushed to pedestrianise Regent Street and is adapting its offices to support flexible working.
  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Oil majors join scramble for offshore wind rights in England and Wales

    Record-breaking auction could deliver up to £8.8bn over 10 years to the Queen and UK Treasury

    A wind farm off the coast from Liverpool. The Crown Estate’s auction of seabed rights for six new offshore wind farms around England and Wales was the first in a decade
  • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
    Queen’s coffers hit by high street turmoil

    Crown Estate owed millions by chains including New Look and PizzaExpress after restructurings

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Lex
    Crown Estate: royal docks Premium content

    Although the portfolio is vulnerable to the pandemic, there are bright spots

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Queen set for financial blow from coronavirus crisis

    UK monarch’s estate warns of falls in rental income and property value

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Energy sector
    Queen set for financial boost from offshore wind auction

    Projects could produce enough power for 6m homes in first auction in a decade

    WALLASEY, ENGLAND - MAY 23: The sun sets behind the wind turbines of Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea on May 23, 2018 in Wallasey, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    UK property
    Crown Estate delivers record £343m despite property slowdown

    Capital value of portfolio increased at lowest rate since financial crisis

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Newton/View/Shutterstock (2614820a) Regent Street, London, Britain. Architect: Studio 29, 2012. Wide View From Oxford Circus Showing Facade Lighting. Regent Street, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Studio 29, 2012.
  • Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
    Property sector
    Offshore wind farms help keep Buckingham Palace in shape

    Profits from turbines in Crown Estate portfolio goes towards repair bills

    British Royal guards perform the Changing of the Guard in Buckingham Palace EDITORIAL STOCK PHOTO Download British Royal Guards Perform The Changing Of The Guard In Buckingham Palace Editorial Photography - Image of horse, attraction: 31366487 LONDON - MAY 17: British Royal guards riding on horse and perform the Changing of the Guard in Buckingham Palace on May 17, 2013 in London, UK Photo Taken On: May 16th, 2013 and,british,buckingham,changing,guard,horse,london,palace,royal,army,arrangement,attraction,b&w,black,britain,ceremony,change,culture,england,english More ID 31366487 © Michal Bednarek/Dreamstime.com
  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
    Sustainability
    Rise of the in-house ethics watchdog

    Attention to social and environmental risks pays off in resilience, say leading GCs

    A relative of a victim killed in the Rana Plaza building collapse reacts as she and others mark the fifth anniversary of the disaster at the site where the building once stood in Savar in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 24, 2018. The Rana plaza building collapsed was the world’s worst garment factory disaster where more than 1,100 people killed in 2013. (Photo by Sony Ramany/NurPhoto/Sipa USA)
  • Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
    Property sector
    Queen’s income to rise 8% after record Crown Estate profits

    UK monarchy’s property portfolio performing well, led by growth of windfarms

    Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh during the Bentley Motors Royal Windsor Cup Final at Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park, Egham, Berkshire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday June 25, 2017. See PA story ROYAL Polo. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire
  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2016
    Property sector
    Crown Estate to push ahead with London West End development
  • Thursday, 24 November, 2016
    Life & Arts
    London’s great estates: long-term vision or short-term gain?

    Large landowners have shaped the city for centuries but are now becoming more corporate in nature

    An engraving of Grosvenor Square in 1754
  • Friday, 18 November, 2016
    UK politics
    Queen receives £369m to repair Buckingham Palace

    Government approves the grant at a time when public finances are constrained

    File photo dated 12/7/2012 of Buckingham Palace. Officials have said that the palace is to undergo a major 10-year refurbishment, costing more than £360 million. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday November 18, 2016. See PA story ROYAL Palace. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
  • Friday, 18 November, 2016
    World
    Treasury boosts royal grant by two thirds to pay for Palace upgrades
  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2016
    Law
    Young legal innovators: new generation of original thinkers

    Lawyers who have grown up with new industries can offer fresh insights into their needs

    from left: Lise Damelet, Luís Roquette Geraldes and Sara Blanco de Morais
  • Tuesday, 9 August, 2016
    Property sector
    Crown Estate turns to government’s bank stake adviser

    Robin Budenberg, ex-head of UKFI, hired to help run monarchy’s extensive land holdings

    Robin Budenberg
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