Showers, haircuts and GP appointments to be offered on revamped London buses October 7, 2021 Haircuts, doctors’ appointments, showers and financial advice will be offered on a number on revamped London buses. Two buses have been repurposed with the aim of providing direct support for more than 3,000 people a year sleeping rough in the capital. The project, by the not-for-profit company Change Please, will provide access to virtual GP [...]
Interest in multi-million pound London homes picks up October 6, 2021 Home buyer interest in London’s market for homes listed at £2m and above has jumped 5.8 per cent. Interest in properties £10m and above rose 1.8 per cent in the third quarter, the Prime London Demand Index by estate agent Benham and Reeves showed. In the £2m and above market, Wandsworth in the city’s south-west [...]
London set to drive UK recovery with business confidence highest in capital November 1, 2021 London businesses are set to drive the UK’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis over the coming months. Firms in the capital are the most confident out of all regions across the country, according to Lloyds Bank’s latest businesses barometer survey. 65 per cent of London businesses are optimistic about their medium term prospects, up [...]
Post-Brexit City jobs exodus to continent eases as firms maintain London footprint December 20, 2021 The exodus of City jobs to the continent after Brexit is easing as firms push to maintain a strong presence in London, reveals new figures published today. The number of staff relocations from the capital to the EU dipped over the last year to 7,400, according to research by consultancy EY. London’s top investment banks [...]
‘This city becomes unlivable’ say angry Londoners hit by severe transport disruption due to another tube strike March 1, 2022 Londoners said the capital is “becoming unlivable” as strikes across the Tube network left them travelling for hours to get to work. Transport for London announced that all Underground lines would be suspended today as Tube workers stage industrial action against pay and working conditions. John Rayner, 28, a construction worker who was waiting for [...]
More than 1,000 London buildings require emergency fire measures including waking watches February 6, 2022 More than 1,000 buildings in London necessitate emergency measures, including security patrols, because of fire safety defects, five years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster. A total of 1,149 buildings in the capital need measures including ‘waking watches’, according to the latest data from the London Fire Brigade, which was first reported by the Evening [...]
City of London Group’s SME bank receives over £1bn in lending proposals December 21, 2021 The City of London Group’s SME bank has already received more than £1bn worth of lending proposals, as the capital calls for more pandemic support. It comes a year after Recognise Bank launched operations, the Group said today in its unaudited interim results for the six months to September 30. The bank, which because fully [...]
Ryanair posts first profit since Covid but mulls London delisting November 1, 2021 Budget airline Ryanair has reported its first quarterly profit since the start of the pandemic, with shares going up to €16.96 compared to €16.46 registered earlier this morning. However, the Irish-based group said it still expected to post an annual loss of up to €200m (£195.4m) as it would need to discount tickets this winter. [...]
Londoners receiving benefits surge 200 per cent over the pandemic November 1, 2021 The capital was hit by the highest jump in financial vulnerability in the UK during the pandemic, new research has shown. Londoners receiving benefits surged 200 per cent in the months between the final quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2021, according to Lowell’s Financial Vulnerability Index – meaning that more than 20 [...]
Meet Londoner Simon Kenyon, Lloyds’ new ambassador for the capital October 4, 2021 Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Simon Kenyon as its new group ambassador for London, a role designed to help support businesses and communities across the capital, according to the bank. Kenyon, who has lived in London for 25 years, takes over from Ed Thurman as the city looks to emerge from the disruption caused by [...]