City Giving Day is the opportunity for everyone to get involved February 28, 2022 The City of London is a global leader in financial and professional services, but not everyone knows that it also invests significant sums in communities and causes to change lives and make a wider positive impact on society. For companies, City Giving Day is an opportunity to showcase their charitable and community work, and let their staff and visitors know about the [...]
Sir AP McCoy joins The Lord Mayor for fundraising event February 9, 2022 The Lord Mayor’s Appeal is galloping into the first of its fundraising events for 2022 with The Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Sir AP McCoy OBE and Lady McCoy joining forces to host an exciting Race Night and Cheltenham Festival preview. The event is taking place on Tuesday 1st March in the spectacular setting of The [...]
New campaign champions £11tn UK asset management industry February 7, 2022 The City of London Corporation is working with the government on a campaign promoting the UK as a leading global investment management centre.
Slow bleed out of crypto continues, but can the US central bank deliver positive news? January 24, 2022 The slow bleed we’ve seen in the crypto markets accelerated on Friday, with the Bitcoin price dropping below $40k and falling to £35k.
Remote work will free reluctant city dwellers and reinvigorate London January 24, 2022 London has been the cradle of dreams and ambition for a long time. It is more than 600 years now since Dick Whittington left Gloucestershire to seek his fortune in the capital, rising to become lord mayor for the first time in 1397. Faint echoes of his journey remain with us all today: how many [...]
Bitcoin price remains flat but stable as Cardano leads the way on cryptocurrency markets January 17, 2022 The standout performer among the major cryptocurrencies is Cardano (ADA), which has grown by nearly 12 per cent in the last 24 hours and more than 30 per cent since this time last week.
Exclusive: Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz OBE on why local boroughs should capitalise on Londoners’ data January 15, 2022 Having received £40m from the Government’s levelling up fund to help build a ‘data corridor’ in London, Rokhsana Fiaz, the Mayor of Newham, argues open data is vital for the capital’s economy. The Council recently launched ‘Newham Sparks’, an initiative to attract investors to develop a data corridor in London, targeted at businesses working in [...]
Germany plays down links between Nord Stream 2 pipeline and Russia-Ukraine tensions January 13, 2022 German defence minister Christine Lambrecht warned against drawing a link between the Nord Stream 2 pipeline tensions in Ukraine.
All eyes on PMQs as Boris Johnson’s premiership is ‘hanging by a thread’ January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson’s premiership is hanging by a thread today, as angry Tory MPs and outraged Brits await Prime Minister’s Questions to see whether he will come clean over a party during lockdown. Reports that Johnson and his then fiancé Carrie Symonds attended a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden during lockdown [...]
Starting this evening: Londoners should brace themselves for months of tube strikes and travel disruption January 7, 2022 Londoners brace themselves for months of tube strikes which are likely to cause “severe disruption” to night services on weekend evenings until June. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Friday and Saturday evenings from this weekend on the Central and Victoria lines in a dispute over rosters. The [...]