Insurance chief Nick Lyons picked as new Lord Mayor of London July 7, 2021 Insurance bigwig Nick Lyons has reportedly been appointed as the next Lord Mayor of London after a secretive election in the Square Mile. Lyons, who is chairman of insurer Phoenix and a board member of Bupa, is said to have been picked for the role last night by the City of London Corporation’s Court of [...]
City of London celebrates the return of indoor hospitality and culture as Government continues to ease lockdown restrictions May 18, 2021 The City of London Corporation has today (17 May) announced a further series of events to mark the reopening of its indoor hospitality, cultural and heritage institutions based across the Square Mile. As the Government’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions in England reaches its third step, Lord Mayor of London William Russell and Policy Chair of the [...]
Construction in the City will be sabotaged by a skill shortage without a long-term plan July 4, 2022 Two of the biggest long-term challenges we face are climate change and the labour market. The problems are well-known: holding to 1.5 degrees increase from pre-industrial levels and a shortage of appropriately skilled labour. For too long, problems such as these have been viewed in isolation, rather than stepping back to see the bigger picture [...]
We weathered the pandemic, but London must be ready for the trials of the future May 9, 2022 What will the Square Mile look like in five years’ time? Unfortunately, I do not possess a crystal ball but – as I start my term as Policy Chairman at the City of London Corporation – I do know that we are facing a critical inflection point after a period of unprecedented economic turbulence and [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Fintech supremo Tim Levene on Moscow’s vodka scene, Coya City and a bold call for 2023 May 4, 2023 The fintech fund boss and founder of Crussh and Flutter strolls down memory lane in City A.M.'s weekly Q&A
Public money, tied to political decisions won’t save us from the climate challenge July 18, 2022 We are now just over 100 days from Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. It only feels like yesterday that many of us in the Square Mile made the journey to Glasgow for Cop26, working hard to ensure that financial and professional services played its part in helping keep climate change goals within reach. Yet with just [...]
Vincent Keaveny sworn in as City of London’s 639rd Lord Mayor November 13, 2021 Vincent Keaveny has been sworn in as the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London, serving as the elected head of the City of London Corporation and a global ambassador for the UK-based financial and professional services industry until November 2022. Keaveny, 56, and his wife Amanda have taken up residence in the Mansion [...]
Why the Covid Recovery Commission is right to put focus on skills June 21, 2021 The City of London Corporation is urging Square Mile SMEs to get involved in discussions about how to support the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and enable growth into the future. The SME Strategy Focus Groups will be used to help inform the City Corporation’s very first strategy aimed at small to medium sized businesses. The new strategy is being developed to identify [...]
Just keep moving November 16, 2021 [Re: Uber’s model was rife with flaws but the gig economy deserves saving, yesterday] The piece in support of Uber is fair enough, but it ignores the fact that a lot of Uber traffic came from tempting people off of public transport. In doing so, it added to the problem of climate change and congestion, [...]
ESG, but what about the S? New City Lord Mayor seeks to improve diversity November 15, 2021 The City’s new Lord Mayor has urged that, while the financial hub’s recent environment work has been noted – more work needs to be done on diversity. “Fewer than one in 10 management roles in financial services sector are held by Black, Asian, or other ethnic minority people,” City Lord Mayor Vincent Keaveny said. “I [...]