Climate change protests: 122 arrests as Extinction Rebellion’s London shutdown continues April 16, 2019 More than 120 protesters have been arrested during the ongoing anti-climate change demonstrations that have brought central London to a standstill. The Met confirmed that 122 arrests have been made at the Extinction Rebellion protests since they began at 1pm yesterday, with the majority of people arrested for obstructing the Waterloo Bridge last night. Read more: [...]
Climate change protest: 113 activists arrested as London rally enters second day April 16, 2019 More than 100 protestors were arrested during an anti-climate change demonstration in central London yesterday. Read more: Climate protesters attack Shell HQ as London blockades continue Police confirmed that a total of 113 arrests had been made at the Extinction Rebellion protest, the majority of which were for breach of the public order act or [...]
Japanese telecoms giant NTT Group set to pick London to host international headquarters April 16, 2019 Japanese telecoms giant NTT Group is set to make London home to its international headquarters, it is reported. Read more: IWG shares surge after £320m Japanese franchise deal Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt held discussions with NTT over the project yesterday while in Tokyo, according to the Financial Times. While no official confirmation has been made, [...]
Bonus round: Take our salary survey to find out how your pay compares to your peers April 15, 2019 How much was your bonus? We want to know. At City A.M., we’re working with salary benchmarking site Emolument.com to track the state of pay across the Square Mile. We’ll compare asset managers to dealmakers and analysts to associates in a bid to paint a picture of the different levels of remuneration among sectors and [...]
London house prices: How Brexit hit house prices in every London borough April 15, 2019 Asking prices in Greater London have edged down by 2.2 per cent in the last year, with values falling to £614,250 on average. Read more: DEBATE: Should we be concerned about falling house prices? But new research released by Rightmove today underlines just how varying prices within London’s housing market are, with high end areas such as [...]
Ground to a halt: Climate change protesters smash windows at Shell’s London HQ as blockades continue April 15, 2019 Climate change protesters have attacked the London base of Shell, smashing doors and defacing the property as thousands of activists took to the streets in central London today. Read more: The cheek of it: Climate activists strip off in parliament Demonstrators graffitied the oil giant’s headquarters near Waterloo and several appeared to have glued their [...]
London’s tech sector can’t keep leaving our young people behind April 15, 2019 The UK’s tech sector is growing three times faster than the rest of the economy. Currently, London is broadly considered to be the world’s third largest startup ecosystem, with the mythical centre of the capital’s tech community being Old Street and Shoreditch, in east London. However, herein lies the problem – and it’s an embarrassing one. [...]
It’s time to write the next chapter in the City’s story of technological innovation April 15, 2019 When I travel across the globe, there is an issue I get asked about time and time again: what is it about London that makes it such a successful global financial hub? And what is it about the UK that makes us stand out from the crowd? A key part of the answer is innovation. [...]
London’s junior stock market sees fewest IPOs in ten years in first quarter April 15, 2019 Flotations on London’s junior stock market fell to the lowest level in a decade in the first three months of the year amid political and economic uncertainty, new analysis has shown. Read more: London Stock Exchange to buy €278.5m stake in Euroclear London’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) saw just one company offer up shares for [...]
Houses of Parliament’s refurbishment could face years of delays April 13, 2019 The £4bn multiyear restoration project on the Houses of Parliament is running behind schedule and could be delayed for several years, the Financial Times claim. A third of MPs and hundreds of administrative staff are due to move out of during autumn so that work be completed on creating a temporary debating chamber and offices, while [...]