Giving to a charity at Christmas is great, but we should think of helping others all year round December 13, 2018 It is nearly Christmas, and it is well known that the theme of the season is the giving of gifts and thinking of others. As a result, it is also a popular time of year for people to give to charity. In fact, data from the Charities Aid Foundation shows that November and December are [...]
Revealed: These are London’s most stressful Tube stations February 21, 2019 There’s nothing that Londoners love more than hating the Tube – and their local Tube station, in particular. But thanks to new research by web conferencing firm Powwownow we can officially name and shame the very worst of the worst. Read more: Citymapper launches contactless London travelcard for commuters Powwownow crossed Transport for London (TfL) 2017-18 data [...]
New York taps Transport for London’s contactless expertise for public transport revamp spanning the subway, rail and buses | City A.M. October 26, 2017 New York is set to roll out a contactless fares system across its public transport network, derived from the one developed by Transport for London (TfL). TfL is setting up a new consulting arm to provide its expertise to operators around the world, and in the newest instance of the transport body looking to share [...]
Season ticket holders hit by May timetable chaos have a month to claim compensation September 25, 2018 Eligible season ticket holders affected by the May timetable disruption have until 30 November to reclaim compensation. Embattled operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has opened the second phase of its compensation scheme for passengers who were hit with cancellations and delays arising from the timetable overhaul in May. GTR, which operates Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and [...]
Retailers back increase in contactless payment limit as transactions jump August 1, 2017 Retailers would back raising the contactless spending limit as the ultra-fast system for processing payments has pushed up transactions. Research released by Barclaycard today has found three-quarters of retailers who have introduced contactless payments into shops have experienced an uplift in transactions of 30 per cent on average. Read more: Is bPay a flop? Barclays' [...]
Are Britain’s banks close-minded to Open Banking? January 14, 2019 Lauded as the start of a new revolution in banking, Open Banking was expected to take the financial world by storm when it was introduced almost a year ago to the day. The set of new rules require that the big banks allow their customers to share their own transaction data with third parties. Specifically designed to open [...]
Stagecoach shares climb 15 per cent despite £85m balance sheet blow from US division December 5, 2018 Stagecoach shares climbed by 12 per cent this morning despite its writedown of its US, as investors focused on the business’s underlying performance in the UK. The figures Stagecoach revenue fell to £1.23bn in the six months to the end of October, down from £1.79bn in the same period in 2017. Underlying profit before tax [...]
Oyster card hits the 15 year mark: Five things you didn’t know about the London smartcard June 30, 2018 As the Oyster card celebrates its fifteenth birthday, we've built a list of five things you might not know about Transport for London's smartcard. By 2041, Transport for London predicts that there will be a staggering 32 million trips will be made on the Tube each day. You may already know some more common facts [...]
Church of England threatens to cut investment ties with oil and gas companies July 9, 2018 The Church of England plans to sell off its shares in fossil fuel companies by 2023 if they do not become more environmentally friendly. The General Synod, or the church’s parliaments, voted to channel the Church’s £8bn investment fund as well as its £2.3bn retirement fund away from oil and gas firms that do not [...]
Happy birthday, bitcoin: Onwards to a brave new crypto-fulled world October 29, 2018 A decde ago this Wednesday, just weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the financial crisis, an anonymous figure published the famous essay – “Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system”. Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, has to this day never been unmasked, but his invention has since [...]