Embracing digital technology will help the City to shape the future of the UK November 12, 2018 As the 691st lord mayor of the City of London, I follow a long continuum dating back to 1189, before the Magna Carta. My focus over the next 12 months will be on how the City can help shape the UK’s future. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, British innovations such as railways, cotton mills and [...]
City faces a Brexit ‘nightmare’ unless a deal is done by Christmas, says new lord mayor November 11, 2018 The new lord mayor of London has said banks and insurers will face an "administrative nightmare" unless a Brexit deal is secured by Christmas. Former Barclays executive Peter Estlin told the Sunday Times that there was a "huge amount" of anxiety in the City despite recent suggestions that the Prime Minister was closing in on a [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Show: Everything you need to know about the City’s annual extravaganza November 9, 2018 The annual new Lord Mayor procession will this year take place tomorrow through the streets of central London. Who is the new Lord Mayor? Alderman Peter Estlin will become the 691st Lord Mayor of London and will ride in a gold state coach during the procession, which has become tradition since its inauguration in the 16th century. Lord Mayor [...]
Looking back on my year as lord mayor, I am fully optimistic about London’s future October 29, 2018 As I approach the end of my year as lord mayor, the pace of activity across the City is accelerating rather than slowing down This week, the governor of Tokyo will visit the Square Mile, further strengthening ties with our Japanese friends after my trip earlier this year. This visit follows the Dutch King and [...]
Trust in the City October 19, 2018 Global Ethics Day was on 17 October. Now in its fifth year, this regular calendar event was created by the Carnegie Council to mark its centenary in 2014. The broad theme this year was ‘ethics in action’, and we partnered with the Carnegie Council and CFA Institute to produce a series of films called Ethics [...]
Cromwell should fall – and so should all government statues October 9, 2018 For those of us whose first exposure was Monty Python’s song about him, it’s difficult to get animated about whether Oliver Cromwell’s statue should continue to adorn the parliamentary estate. But the legacy of the seventeenth century Lord Protector does seem to upset many, not least Brits of Irish descent. The historian Jeremy Crick recently renewed [...]
Boris Johnson launches no-holds barred attack on Theresa May’s Brexit plan in highly-anticipated conference speech October 2, 2018 Boris Johnson took a hammer to Theresa May's Brexit plan today as he claimed her proposals were "dangerous and unstable". Addressing a packed fringed meeting at the Conservative party conference, the former foreign secretary dubbed the so-called Chequers plan "an outrage" that was "not democracy". Read more: Conservative Party conference app flaw exposes MPs' phone [...]
Senior Barclays adviser elected as 691st Lord Mayor of the City October 1, 2018 Senior adviser to Barclays, Peter Estlin, has been elected as the 691st Lord of Mayor of the City of London. Estlin, who will take a sabbatical from his role with the bank, will succeed Charles Bowman on 9 November for a one-year term. The elected head of the City of London Corporation will act as [...]
Responsible business isn’t a fad – it’s at the heart of how the City operates October 1, 2018 Being a responsible firm is now an essential part of everyday business for many companies, with this ethos engrained in the culture, purpose, and day-to-day activity, rather than as a separate initiative. This is a great step forward from the picture 10 years ago – and progress is continuing. Last week was a big week [...]
Brexit: New poll says UK would vote to remain in the EU September 5, 2018 Brits would vote 59-41 in favour of remaining in the EU if another Brexit referendum occurred today, according to a new poll. The six-point swing away from Leave saw Remain win its highest level of support since the 2016 referendum, and contrasts the actual result at the time, which saw 52 per cent people vote [...]