Boris Johnson dismisses Uber as “excessively bumptious” August 5, 2014 London Mayor Boris Johnson has criticised the attitude of San-Fransico based firm Uber as "excessively bumptious." Johnson, speaking on LBC, added that he didn't like the way Uber were "moving into London and claiming they could take all this business away from black cabs." The company's rapid growth and penchant for innovation have clearly not conformed [...]
The UK should “not be frightened” of leaving the EU – Boris Johnson August 3, 2014 The UK must be prepared to leave the EU – this is the message Boris Johnson will give to David Cameron this week. The Mayor of London believes that the UK should "not be frightened" of the prospect of leaving the trading bloc and that financial conditions would be better outside the union. The Mayor [...]
Boris Johnson reveals £1.3 trillion plan to fix London’s water shortages July 30, 2014 As London races towards a record population size of 8.6m people next year, topping its previous population record in 1939, it could face daily water shortages of up to 60m litres, according to the latest figures from Thames Water. By 2050, as London reaches an expected population of 11.3m people in the capital, its daily [...]
How £1.3 trillion needs to be spent on city infrastructure by 2050 for London to stay competitive July 30, 2014 London Mayor Boris Johnson has outlined ambitious investment plans to improve the capital’s infrastructure which could require £1.3tn of spending from now until 2050. As London’s population continues to expand, the “London Infrastructure Plan 2050” outlines the spending needed for the capital to remain one of the world’s leading cities. Transport and housing make up [...]
Boris Johnson promises ultrafast 5G mobile data in London by 2020 July 28, 2014 Tomorrow Mayor of London Boris Johnson, will promise that London will be one of the first cities in the world to offer the next generation of ultrafast mobile connectivity (known as 5G) by 2020. Johnson’s pledge comes as part of his London Infrastructure Plan 2050, which will set out the infrastructure requirements for the [...]
Boris Johnson avoids talking tennis by pulling on his sparring gloves July 24, 2014 It looks like the “will he, won’t he” tennis match between Boris Johnson and the Chernukhins (the Russian couple who paid £160,000 at a fundraiser to play BoJo and David Cameron) will go ahead, after Boris said he was going to get in training for it yesterday. Now we think we know how he’s getting [...]
Boris Johnson’s sale of London police buildings frees up £125m and housing space July 3, 2014 London mayor Boris Johnson yesterday hailed the better-than-expected sales of under-used police buildings across the capital, which had raised £125m – more than three times the estimate. The figures, in the second annual report of the mayor’s office for policing and crime, showed that 32 no longer operational buildings were vacated and sold in 2013/14 and [...]
Boris Johnson’s Barclays bikes could be getting an animal print paint job June 26, 2014 When Barclays hands over the reins of its Boris Bike sponsorship next year it could well be passing them to an east London toy maker. TellTails is hoping to raise £37.5m on crowdfunding site Indiegogo to give each bike an animal print paint job and tail. We think they’re rather fetching… From the [...]
Boris predicts decade-long tech boom June 16, 2014 LONDON’S tech sector is growing by 5.1 per cent a year and will add another £12bn to the British economy over the next decade, mayor Boris Johnson said yesterday. As London Tech Week began, figures from South Mountain Economics and Bloomberg Philanthropies showed London has more people working in financial technology than any other city [...]
Pictures: The Boris Johnson-themed Japanese restaurant at County Hall June 11, 2014 London’s blonde-mopped mayor has had many a tribute to him in the capital; there’s Boris Bikes, there’s the oft-pedalled but as yet inexistant Boris Airport and now we’ve got the Boris restaurant. You might not have put Boris and Japanese cuisine together normally, but County Hall’s Izakaya Boris has. There’s a plastic [...]