THE CHURCH of England is facing substantial losses over the repair of churches damaged in the City of London blast because it failed to insure them against terrorist attack.

THE SECOND serious IRA attack in the City of London in just over 12 months could harm the City's reputation as one of the world's leading financial centres.

RATHER than bemoaning their chances of ever designing a building again, architects with time on their hands see 1993 as the year of the architectural competition. And competitions of this kind come no bigger than the one being suggested by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for the rebuilding of Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales would perhaps prefer to canvass opinion on the future of the fabric of the castle at his own Institute of Architecture, which celebrates its first birthday next month. The institute is to publish its own magazine, already nicknamed 'Carbuncle', in the spring.

THE Government has given cautious support to the Personal Investment Authority, a new regulator designed to take responsibility for investments that are sold to the public.

EAGLE-EYED cynics might think that the burghers of the City of London Corporation are making a belated and ill-conceived attempt to get in on the commercial property market.