Extinction Rebellion: Climate change protesters target London Stock Exchange and Canary Wharf station April 25, 2019 Climate change protesters glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange this morning as they target the City of London in their last day of activism after two weeks . A string of seven Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked the entrance to the exchange, with campaigners dressed in what they described as “Robocop-style” masks with the [...]
General Election live: Tories on course for majority, says Ipsos Mori poll December 12, 2019 Please manually refresh this page for our latest General Election updates. Voters head to the polls today for the third time in five years in what has been described as party leaders as the “most important General Election in a generation”. Read more: Readers send in pictures of their dogs at polling stationsRead more: Your [...]
What do a scarecrow, a five foot chocolate Easter bunny and a glass eye have in common? January 2, 2019 Budget hotel brand Travelodge said today that weird and wacky items customers had left behind in its rooms last year included a blue eyed cockatoo called Brexit, a five foot teddy bear made of popcorn and a doggy throne. The hotel chain said pet owners had been particularly forgetful with three butterfly tail fish named [...]
Revealed: These are London’s most stressful Tube stations February 21, 2019 There’s nothing that Londoners love more than hating the Tube – and their local Tube station, in particular. But thanks to new research by web conferencing firm Powwownow we can officially name and shame the very worst of the worst. Read more: Citymapper launches contactless London travelcard for commuters Powwownow crossed Transport for London (TfL) 2017-18 data [...]
Extinction Rebellion protests: 26 arrested after London Stock Exchange climate change protest April 25, 2019 Police arrested 26 people this morning after climate change activists blocked the London Stock Exchange as the Extinction Rebellion protest group targeted Square Mile financial institutions. Read more: Climate change protesters glue themselves to London Stock Exchange The Metropolitan Police said they were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespassing. Meanwhile other activists were demonstrating outside [...]
Crazy golf club Swingers tees up multimillion-pound investment as it prepares for US expansion November 25, 2018 London-based crazy golf club Swingers has received multimillion-pound funding from a private investment firm as the popularity of competitive leisure activities continues to grow. Cain International today announced it has made a “significant investment” in the golf club’s parent company Competitive Socialising, which it said would allow the leisure brand to open new venues in the US. [...]
Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi says company can be profitable within three years January 23, 2018 The chief executive of ride-hailing app Uber has said the company can be profitable within three years. Speaking to Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Dara Khosrowshahi said the firm is becoming more efficient, though it will still maintain its expansion push. “At some point we absolutely have to become profitable and that’s [...]
Facebook opens new London office and creates 800 new UK tech jobs December 4, 2017 Facebook has this morning cut the red ribbon of its new London office, home to the tech giant’s biggest engineering hub outside the US. Located in Rathbone Place, Facebook has said its new building will be home to 800 new jobs – meaning the total number of staff working for Facebook in the UK will [...]
US flexible working startup Knotel shrugs off Brexit as it opens three new London offices October 12, 2018 US flexible working office space provider Knotel has today revealed it has signed three new central London properties into its portfolio, as it seeks to take advantage of Brexit in cementing its UK expansion. The new offices include a 7,480 sq. ft space across two floors on Great Titchfield Street in Oxford Circus, an 8,395 [...]
Digital Innovators: three market transforming companies leading business into the world of tomorrow May 9, 2018 Technology has become one of the main driving forces of the world economy, allowing businesses to become more productive and efficient, and helping to create new types of jobs. Data analytics and machine learning mean that artificial-intelligence powered devices are becoming faster and smarter, able to solve all sorts of problems and tasks. These three [...]