Breaking: ITV hit by outage, down across whole of London October 11, 2021 TV channel ITV appears to be largely down across the UK at the moment, with hundreds of viewers reporting technical issues. DownDetector indicates that the problem started about 30 mins ago and the problem seems to affect viewers across the entire country. The cause of the outage is not clear at this stage. Around 90 [...]
Lime looks to lessen London’s transport squeeze as e-scooter trial begins June 4, 2021 Tentatively, I step on to the slip-proof board with one nervous foot, kick away the stand with the other, and gently get going. Not having immediately crashed, I rather grandly decide I’m at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution as I begin to accelerate off into King’s Cross’ Granary Square. This, at a ‘safe ride [...]
LondonMetric snaps up urban logistics spaces from Savills for £122m December 22, 2021 LondonMetric Property has snapped up Savills Investment Management’s UK Income and Growth Fund for a little over £122m. The deal, which follows an equity placing in November, will see the Fund’s portfolio of 15 assets, mainly urban logistics spaces, fall under LondonMetric jurisdiction. Key occupiers of the assets include HSBC, Fujitsu and Volkswagen – who [...]
City of London Corporation will not remove statues of slavers : CityAM October 7, 2021 The City of London Corporation has U-turned on its decision to remove controversial statues of a slave owner and slave trader from its Guildhall headquarters. The Square Mile’s local authority said the statues of Sir John Cass and William Beckford would remain in place, but will have “plaques or notices placed alongside them, with contextual [...]
Revolut and Monzo say scrap stamp duty as top fintechs launch bid to boost stock market April 15, 2024 Revolut and Monzo are among a group of top fintech firms to urge the government to ditch its contentious tax on share trading today as part of a sweeping call for reform to revive London's stock market and boost its appeal to technology firms.
‘What th f*** bro’: Watch as reckless driver in East London live streams himself as he crashes in Newham March 28, 2022 A live stream on TikTok is going viral across London this morning, showing a street racer crash his car on the A13 in East London. Streaming himself like on the popular Chinese social media platform, the driver was seen racing at high speed through the east side of the capital late on Saturday night. While [...]
Jefferies and Cantor reach settlement on banker poaching squabble in London court November 1, 2021 American finance bigwigs Jefferies and Cantor Fitzgerald have reportedly agreed to settle a London lawsuit after a years-long battle that centred around a mass migration of bankers between the firms in multiple locations. It brings an almost three year lawsuit to an end, after Jefferies first filed a lawsuit in London against the brokerage and [...]
Exclusive: TfL chief on Crossrail, progress on a funding deal, and why levelling up needs London February 8, 2022 SOME fifteen years after the project was given government approval, TfL staff beam with pride as they escort journalists onto the gleaming Elizabeth Line platform at Paddington’s new Crossrail hub. “The Shard will fit in here quite comfortably. It’s the size of three Wembley stadiums,” explains Crossrail’s chief executive Mark Wild.Built jointly by construction giants [...]
Thousands in London issued with ‘no fault’ eviction notices despite proposed ban November 1, 2021 Thousands of Londoners have been issued “no fault” eviction notices, despite the government pledging to ban them in 2019. Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act has allowed private landlords to evict tenants with two months’ notice without having to prove any fault or wrongdoing – with 5,700 city folk receiving them over the last [...]
Facebook looking to expand into new London office space September 10, 2021 Facebook is readying to grow its London presence with plans to move into a new office block near its current Brock Street base. The tech giant is reportedly looking to move into all of the space at 1 Triton Square, which is owned by British Land. Media company Dentsu Aegis had signed a prelet on [...]