London crowned the most dangerous city for UK cyclists October 26, 2021 London is the UK’s most dangerous city for cyclists, reported a study by personal injury experts Boyes Turner Claims. Bristol and Hull come in second and third place, reporting 1,301 and 1,243 incidents since 2016. Using data from the Department for Transport, the research revealed that over the last five years, 11,560 incidents involving cyclists [...]
London heads for bumper year of venture capital investment after record 2021 January 13, 2022 London’s is heading for another bumper year of investment after 2021 saw record amounts of venture capital (VC) injected into the capital’s tech firms.
Sadiq Khan declares ‘major incident’ in London as Omicron cases surge December 18, 2021 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" in the capital amid deepening fears of a fourth lockdown as Omicron cases surge.
London home to £41bn empty properties despite soaring buyer demand January 13, 2022 Some £41bn worth of empty homes are sitting vacant across the London market despite increased buyer demand. An estimated £200bn worth of homes are vacant across Britain, a 2.1 per cent increase on the previous alone. Estate agents Barrows and Forrester analysed government data to reveal that London is home to 80,295 empty properties with [...]
Get jabbed: The London vaccine clinics offering walk-in boosters this week December 17, 2021 London’s first 24-hour vaccine clinic has opened today, in a bid to trim down queues that have prompted wait times of several hours. It comes after the prime minister amped up the national effort for people to receive a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, further widening the programme earlier this week to include people [...]
Man hammers BBC London HQ statue by disgraced sculptor Eric Gill January 13, 2022 Police were called to the BBC's main headquarters yesterday after a man damaged one of its statues with a hammer.
London sees the return of the pied-à-terre September 24, 2021 Demand for second homes came to a grinding halt in the spring of 2020 when Covid changed the world as we knew it. As stock markets began to fall and Boris announced that we could no longer leave the house for anything more than the essentials and a quick walk around the block, most pied-à-terre [...]
US law firm bucks the homeworking trend by signing lease for larger City of London offices March 3, 2022 US law firm Jenner & Block is set to buck the trend towards office downsizing by expanding the size of its City of London offices. The Chicago headquartered firm will take on new premises with 45 per cent more office space than it currently has at its offices in Tower 42. In a statement, [...]
Letters: Sadiq Khan is right – London deserves better October 22, 2021 [Re: London mayor Sadiq Khan will use Cop26 to vouch for cities like London, October 20] I read with interest the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will use the upcoming Cop26 summit to vouch for cities like London to have greater powers and funding. This is a welcome step to ensure we make real progress [...]
Week ahead: Rate cut may offer optimism for housebuilding sector August 4, 2024 In a rather quiet week ahead, London markets are expecting updates from financial services firm Legal & General (L&G), housebuilder Persimmon, and real estate investment trust (REIT) Derwent London.