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The business closest to the Olympic Park has urged politicians and bureaucrats to protect the area's artists.

Two years ago Lance Forman of Formans' smoked salmon factory on Fish Island gave up 600sq m of space at his venue for contemporary art, giving local painters and photographers the chance to show off their products.

The host of free schools popping up in the UK will be boosted after Barclays offered its expertise to help with their setting up and running.

Those that could stand to benefit include Canary Wharf College, which was established last year, and the recently proposed International Academy of Greenwich, which aims to start classes in 2013 if approved by the Department for Education.

Investment management firm BNY Mellon has signed a deal with Canary Wharf Group to rent space on the estate until 2022.

The group agreed an eight year extension to its lease, which was due to run out at the end of 2013, on six floors of One Canada Square.

The banks left Canning Town in the '80s and '90s due to a rise in armed robberies, according to locals.

It's just one of the amenities lacking on the high street in Barking Road where bookmakers and charity shops dominate.

The proposed Wood Wharf development will be controlled outright by Canary Wharf Group after it agreed a deal with its partners on the scheme.

The company, which originally owned 25 per cent of Wood Wharf Limited, has completed terms with British Waterways to take on its 50 per cent stake and Ballymore for the remaining 25 per cent.

London's construction industry ended 2011 with a boost after it was announced Canary Wharf Group has secured a loan for the development of 25 Churchill Place.

Construction is now due to begin early next year on the site adjacent to State Street on the east of the estate.

Canary Wharf Group is in a shortlist of developers chosen to come up with proposals for a "world class" business zone at the Royal Albert Dock.

The London Development Agency and Newham Council is looking for eight groups to put forward their plans by March next year, which will then see a final shortlist put together.

The August riots that swept across London cost millions in clean-up costs and police overtime but did have a positive effect on one Canary Wharf-based company.

Legal recruitment firm Sean Smith Associates saw demand for its services boom as firms across the capital sought staff to cope with the increase in court cases.

It was prize time for volunteers from City and Canary Wharf companies at East London Business Alliance's Employee Volunteer Awards.

The biggest winner was Paul Stebbings from Tate & Lyle, who was named individual volunteer of the year and overall volunteer of the year for his work with Stratford Circus.

London City has come runner up in a poll for the world's best approach to a landing.

The Royal Docks company was beaten by Scotland's Barra Airport but overcome Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming, USA, and the Caribbean's Aruba Airport in the survey by private jet firm PrivateFly.