The City remain top dog for charitable activity December 17, 2015 Lord Mountevans, Lord Mayor of the City of London, on the City’s charitable highlights The year is drawing to a close and for the City, it has been a fantastic year for charitable outreach. In addition to promoting the City as a global centre for financial and professional services, I will be picking up the baton from my [...]
Behind the scenes: Better infrastructure is required to keep London’s tech sector on track December 16, 2015 The Lord Mayor of London Alan Yarrow has identified infrastructure as one of the keys to unlocking the capital’s future growth. Given that the tech sector is at the very heart of London’s economic success – with a further £1.6bn being pumped into tech investment this year alone – the Lord Mayor’s statement has never [...]
Philanthropy is at the heart of the City – and there are more ways to give than ever December 14, 2015 With only 11 days left until Christmas, streets that until recently were sparse and drab with winter gloom are now transformed. People stride around with rolls of wrapping paper, tinsel glints in shop windows, and gingerbready aromas waft down Cheapside. It’s a unique time when the City community is even closer than normal. Our minds [...]
City Moves for 14 December 2015 | Who’s switching jobs December 13, 2015 MARKETFORM Robert Brown has joined specialist underwriting firm Marketform as global practice leader of its M&A Insurance operations, heading up a team specialist underwriters and lawyers who are responsible underwriting complex transactions to provide bespoke warranty and indemnity and tax insurance products. Robert has more than 20 years’ worth of underwriting experience and has previously [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne’s speech transcript in full including stamp duty, business rates and corporation tax announcements November 25, 2015 Mr Speaker, this Spending Review delivers on the commitment we made to the British people that we would put security first. To protect our economic security, by taking the difficult decisions to live within our means and bring down our debt. To protect our national security, by defending our country’s interests abroad and keeping our [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne doubles government housing budget November 25, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to increase housing in inner cities, sell off prisons to develop new homes, and plough cash into affordable housing schemes. Delivering his Autumn Statement, Osborne announced plans to double the housing budget, doubling the amount the government spends on affordable housing. "We choose to build. Above all, we choose to build [...]
David Cameron speech on Paris attacks: PM delivers robust defence of UK’s counterterrorism strategy at Lord Mayor’s banquet November 16, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron launched a robust defence of the government’s counterterrorism strategies in a speech in the City last night, vowing that British “resolve” would defeat Islamist terrorism. Speaking at the Lord Mayor’s banquet at Guildhall, an annual white-tie formal dinner, Cameron said, “Britain, France and our allies around the world will never be [...]
Paris attacks: Government to ramp up terrorism and aviation security against Islamic State in wake of Friday night’s attacks November 16, 2015 The UK government has said it will "substantially" increase counter-terrorism resources against the threat posed by Islamic State as part of its five year security review, which will be unveiled next week. Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce huge cuts across government departments as part of his Comprehensive Spending Review, but Number 10 revealed this morning [...]
From the City to the sea: My plans for my year as the Lord Mayor of London November 15, 2015 Since assuming the role of lord mayor of London on Friday, the hours have been both hectic and eclectic. The “Silent Ceremony” – so-called because no words are spoken at the handover – is a meaningful and moving start to the mayoral year; inherited from my predecessor as lord mayor Alan Yarrow. Alan has done [...]
Lord Mayor’s Show 2015 in pictures: City of London procession marks Jeffrey Mountevans taking over from Alan Yarrow November 14, 2015 Today, Jeffrey Mountevans became the new Lord Mayor of London, taking over from Alan Yarrow. To mark the occasion, the annual Lord Mayor's Show took place in the City of London, with a procession travelling the three miles from Mansion House to the Royal Courts of Justice, passing St Paul's Cathedral along the way. A [...]