Brexit vote live: MPs vote to delay Brexit by extending Article 50 beyond 29 March March 14, 2019 Hello and welcome to City A.M.’s Brexit live blog for the second of potentially three huge votes on the UK’s departure from the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May was defeated in the House of Commons in a second vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday, losing by 391 votes to 242. Last night, MPs voted [...]
City patience over Brexit wears thin as DUP impasse continues while Davis admits no impact assessments, Hammond admits no “end state” discussions December 7, 2017 City chiefs are rapidly losing patience with the government’s handling of Brexit negotiations, as the deadlock on the Irish border continues to hold back talks. There was no end to the deadlock on the Irish border proposal yesterday, despite a “constructive” phone call between Theresa May and Arlene Foster, leader of power-brokers the DUP. The [...]
Theresa May’s call to Arlene Foster fails to break deadlock December 6, 2017 Theresa May’s phone call with Arlene Foster has not resulted in any breakthrough on the Irish border question – as the Friday deadline imposed by Brussels looms. The Prime Minister had expected to speak to the leader of the DUP yesterday, but it was delayed until this morning. But if May was hoping to secure [...]
Leaping into a decision on a new broadband Universal Service Obligation would be a mistake November 29, 2017 The government is currently offering a £1.1bn package of measures to support the market delivery of digital networks underpinned by full fibre broadband. A key pillar of that plan, under the Digital Economy Act 2017, is to create a new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), which is geared towards everyone in the UK having access [...]
Focus On Vauxhall: Donald Trump might not be keen on it, but international investors dig these skyscrapers south of the river February 2, 2018 Vauxhall got dragged through the mud by no less a figure than the President of the United States recently. The US Embassy’s much touted move to the “off location” was supposedly the reason behind Donald Trump’s cancelled visit to the UK, even though the new building has its own moat. Clearly, tech behemoth Apple didn’t [...]
How London’s most exciting new arts venues are being built by its most profitable housebuilders April 27, 2017 A famous Churchill anecdote recalls the time the former Prime Minister was asked to cut arts funding to aid the war effort. He refused, apparently, remarking, “Then what are we fighting for?” As with most apocryphal tales, there’s a larger truth at its heart. During times of austerity and uncertainty, grants for culture and entertainment [...]
2016 technology just saved a woman’s tortoise from certain death August 9, 2016 Today's most heartwarming London news story is a good reminder that while we might take for granted the technology available at our fingertips in this day and age, one woman and her tortoise definitely don't. Westminster refuse staff leapt into action after a London resident, Sarah Joiner, called to say her 90-year-old tortoise Zuma had [...]
Robert De Niro gets green light for boutique hotel The Wellington in Covent Garden August 17, 2016 Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro has been given the green light to open a boutique hotel in the heart of Covent Garden. De Niro has been working with Capital & Counties Properties and BD Hotels on the project for the luxury 83-room hotel, which will be called The Wellington. Westminster city council granted planning permission today, after [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan must axe “empty” Oxford Street buses to push ahead with pedestrianisation September 5, 2016 Plans to ban vehicles from Oxford Street must begin with a dramatic reduction in “empty” bus services through the crowded area, according to the London Assemby's transport committee. London mayor Sadiq Khan has made pedestrianisation of Oxford Street a key part of his mayoralty, and his hoping to complete the project by 2020. However, critics [...]
Goodbye Piccadilly: A short history of the Piccadilly Circus advertising billboards January 16, 2017 On only a handful of occasions in its 100-year history has the hotchpotch of billboards at Piccadilly Circus been intentionally switched off during peacetime. Most famously, when Winston Churchill died, and later, Princess Diana. The advertising space, recognisable around the world, is symbolic of the national mood; it wears black when we mourn. But today, minus [...]