Six fire engines and 30 firefighters attending blaze in 22-storey building near 02 Arena September 16, 2015 Update: Fire crews are still at the scene of a blaze that broke out in the ground floor flat within a 22-storey building under construction near to the O2 Arena this morning. Six fire engines and 30 firefighters from the London Fire Brigade tackled the fire on Millenium way, Greenwich. The Fire Brigade was first [...]
EU referendum: Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters want him to campaign for staying in European Union September 16, 2015 Almost 60 per cent of Jeremy Corbyn's supporters want him to campaign to stay in the European Union and almost a quarter of want the UK to remain a member of the EU. A new YouGov poll of 1,130 people found that 57 per cent of Corbyn supporters want the new Labour leader to follow [...]
Flexible working may be on the up but we’re not there yet September 16, 2015 It’s great that more men and women in the City are working flexibly. But could more work be done flexibly? Employers who are still blocking flexible working requests are missing a trick or two. Since June 2014 all employees with at least 26 weeks’ employment can make flexible working requests under a specific procedure. Employers [...]
How technology could help solve London’s housing crisis September 16, 2015 With no end in sight for London’s housing crisis, London’s major landowners and councils need to think differently about how tenants can access and use space. Technology is changing the way we consume products on a day-to-day basis, enabling individuals to share everything from cars to clothing on a temporary basis. So far this idea [...]
Three ideas for the future of London housing September 16, 2015 How do you solve London's housing crisis? A "floatilla" of floating homes on the capital's waterways and new homes built on top of hospitals or schools are just some of the ideas put forward by leading architects and developers to revolutionise how we live in London. A 100-strong shortlist of concepts, which also include a [...]
Energy price decline dampens Eurozone inflation as ECB boss Vitor Constancio hints at greater stimulus September 16, 2015 A steep drop in energy prices held down prices in the Eurozone in August, according to figures released by Eurostat this morning. Energy prices fell 7.2 per cent in July, dampening overall annual inflation to 0.1 per cent in August, down from 0.2 per cent in July. The biggest price fall was in Cyprus [...]
Crossrail 2: Hundreds of thousands of homes, jobs will be created by major new project – and here is the team behind it September 16, 2015 The first Crossrail is still more than two years away from completion, but the government is already planning for Crossrail 2, which it claims could "unlock up to 200,000 new homes and support 200,000 jobs across London and the South East". The government has just unveiled the team that is being charged with ensuring [...]
The UK will soon run out of diesel and become reliant on foreign markets, warns RAC Foundation September 16, 2015 The UK will soon be unable to produce enough diesel to satisfy domestic demand, according to the RAC Foundation, putting it at risk of becoming completely dependant on foreign markets. In its latest report, the motoring research group said the number of diesel-run cars in Britain had increased from 1.6m in 1994 to 11m [...]
UK inflation falls back to zero in August September 16, 2015 The UK slipped back into the land of "noflation" last month, amid falling petrol prices and a smaller seasonal increase in clothing prices than last year, according to data released today by the Office for National Statistics. Britain's consumer price index fell to zero in the year to August, from 0.1 per cent a month earlier, [...]
EU migrant crisis: Refugees turn to Croatia as Hungary closes borders September 16, 2015 Refugees fleeing Syria and other countries are turning to Croatia for safety after Hungary started closing its borders yesterday. Police and aid workers have been deployed to Croatia's border with Serbia, where refugees are now being transported to as it became increasingly difficult for them to take the route into Hungary through which thousands of [...]