London businesses suffer the highest level of employee frauds in the UK September 18, 2017 British businesses lost at least £40m last year from frauds perpetrated by their own employees, with London accounting for the largest chunk by far, new data published today has revealed. Losses from employee fraud were highest in the Greater London area covered by the Metropolitan Police, at £7m in 2016/17, according to government figures obtained [...]
Dress-down Friday? Dress-down every day. The City of London is becoming more casual, with bowler hats out and designer stubble in September 8, 2017 Goodbye bowler hats, brollies and polished black shoes – hello dress-down Fridays, jazzy colours and designer stubble. Dress codes appear to be falling out of fashion in the City of London. Around two-thirds of financial services employees will be allowed to travel into work in casualwear for dress-down Friday today, the results of a new [...]
London ranked the most prosperous spot in the UK, but its growth is slowing against other regions September 5, 2017 London has held its position as the UK’s top spot for prosperity, but growth in the capital is lagging against a backdrop of fluctuating economic conditions and Brexit negotiations, new research suggests. Barclays Wealth & Investments’ annual UK prosperity map, which will be published today, found London’s growth was slowing across a range of indicators [...]
The 25 towns Londoners are leaving the capital for July 2, 2017 Samuel Johnson might have suggested being tired of London meant being tired of life, but he probably hadn't had to endure astronomical house prices or daily elbow wars on the Tube. Indeed, figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the capital has the highest level of internal migration net outflow, aka people [...]
Queen’s 91st birthday flypast 2017: How to watch it, what time it’s happening and which RAF aircraft are taking part June 17, 2017 The Queen's 91st birthday may have been and gone, but Her Majesty is still getting presents from her subjects – the next will be a flypast, taking place today. If you're interested, here's everything you need to know about the big event: What time will the flypast start? The flypast will begin at 1pm today, [...]
London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry June 5, 2017 Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called [...]
London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry June 5, 2017 Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called after [...]
Major work on the Westminster Bridge cycle lane revamp will cause travel disruption from next week until 2018 March 20, 2017 Work starts next week to develop two cycle lanes on Westminster Bridge that will cause nearly a year of disturbance, though Transport for London (TfL) has pledged to "minimise disruption". The bridge will become the fourth Thames crossing to get segregated bike lanes, and the south-side junction will be remodelled to make it easier to cross [...]
Disruption on the DLR leads to Monday morning rush hour delays for City commuters March 20, 2017 City commuters are facing disruption this morning, with delays on the Docklands Light Railway. Transport for London warned of severe delays on the line between Canary Wharf/Poplar and Bank, and said it was due to a person ill on a train earlier. https://twitter.com/LondonDLR/status/843723794778902529
London’s Islamic finance boom shows that flexibility and innovation are in the City’s DNA March 20, 2017 In recent years, the UK has stepped up its game in Islamic finance. In 2014, for example, it became the first country outside the Islamic world to issue a sovereign sukuk, the Islamic equivalent of a bond. With such significant developments taking place here in the UK, I was very much looking forward to a trip [...]