Square Mile to celebrate Queen’s platinum jubilee with Commonwealth Games baton relay May 24, 2022 The Square Mile will celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee this weekend with a baton relay ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Her Majesty will be honoured during an afternoon of sport-themed activities hosted at Paternoster Square, next to St Paul’s Cathedral, on 4 June. The event, beginning at midday, marks the closing stages of the baton’s [...]
Money maker: Traffic camera at Bank Junction makes £15m in fines in three years May 20, 2022 The traffic camera at Bank Junction has made £15.2m in fines between 2018 and 2021. According to a FOI request by Bloomberg News to the City of London Corporation, in 2021 fines at the junction amounted to £3.2m – 40 per cent of all penalties levied in the City during the year. Drivers in fact [...]
Police charge man over murder near St Paul’s Cathedral May 16, 2022 City of London Police have charged a man over the murder of Emmanuel Odunlami near St Paul’s Cathedral. In a statement today, the force said detectives investigating the murder of Emmanuel Odunlami have charged a man, naming him as Quincy Ffrench-Yethman, 26, of Foyle Road, Tottenham. He was charged on Monday 16 May 2022 with [...]
Audit giant Mazars ups size of London offices with new City premises next to Old Bailey court May 9, 2022 French auditor Mazars is set to move into new City of London premises after setting out plans to expand the size of its office space by 10 per cent. The accountancy firm is set to move from its current offices in Tower Bridge House to new, larger City of London premises at 30 Old Bailey. [...]
City of London backs plans to ‘design out suicide’ from skyscrapers April 29, 2022 Plans to “design out suicide” from the Square Mile’s skyscrapers have been approved by the City of London. The Corporation’s planning committee backed advice in a paper about preventing deaths in high rise buildings, using methods which designers should take on. According to EGI, developers will have to take suicide prevention measures into “material consideration [...]
Former Citibank exec named head of City of London police force’s insurance fraud unit April 26, 2022 The City of London police has named a former Citibank exec as the head of its crack unit dedicated to tackling insurance fraud. Detective Chief Inspector Tom Hill, who joined the City of London police more than 15 years ago from his previous role as a project manager at Citibank, is set to lead the [...]
City’s prestigious Dragon Awards to focus on firms promoting socio-economic diversity April 12, 2022 Firms hiring workers from diverse socio-economic backgrounds will be the focus of the City’s prestigious Dragon Awards this year. As the ceremony returns to an in-person event for the first time since the pandemic, the City of London Corporation is looking to shine a light on companies offering opportunities to those less well off. This [...]
Hospitality venues receive less than half of £635m Omicron support package April 4, 2022 Hospitality businesses in England received less than half of a £635m support package promised at the end of last year to make up for Omicron cancellations. Just £305m was paid out less than three weeks before the final cut off, analysis by the Altus Group revealed. The Treasury had announced one-off grants worth up to [...]
Charity supporting young disabled people into work gets £100k boost from City March 14, 2022 A London charity supporting young disabled people’s job prospects has received a £100,000 boost. Bromley Mencap was given the funding from the City of London Corporation’s charity funder, City Bridge Trust, following unprecedented demand during the pandemic. The organisation received 1,200 new referrals last year – a 100 per cent increase, and will put the money [...]
Brexit impact minimal as London lost only 7,500 jobs due to UK’s departure, says EU-born City mayor March 7, 2022 The City of London’s mayor, Irishman Vincent Keaveny, rejects any notion that London is losing its position as Europe’s financial capital. In fact, the Square Mile has lost less than 7,500 jobs as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU, Keaveny said, while City firms employ more than 500,000 people. “A certain number [...]