Former London night czar Amy Lamé founds consultancy 24hr Cities January 24, 2025 The former London night czar Amy Lamé has founded a new global consultancy called 24hr Cities. Lamé, who served as Mayor Sadiq Khan’s expert on the capital’s nightlife, received a £132,846 salary by the end of her tenure at City Hall and stepped down in October 2024. But her time in office saw London’s nightlife [...]
UK nightclubs are ‘more concerned now than during the pandemic’ January 9, 2025 The UK’s nightclub sector has been hit with an alarming decline in activity as it continues to battle “unsustainable” cost pressures following the Autumn Budget’s tax hikes. Fresh figures from the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) have today revealed there has been a 32.7 per cent decline in activity since 2020 amid what is seen [...]
Rally to save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club from closure as thousands sign petition July 29, 2024 Over a hundred Londoners gathered in Bethnal Green this lunchtime to protest against the closure of the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, one of the capital’s most important nightlife venues. It is facing closure after owners voted to stop events being run on the premises, which has for the last twenty years established itself as [...]
Heaven club owner: The West End has to stand up to rip-off landlords together June 21, 2024 London's Heaven club is facing closure - we spoke to its owner