Accountant who defrauded UK insurance trade body is jailed for 18 months August 24, 2016 A financial controller who defrauded his employer to the tune of almost £25,000 has been jailed for 18 months. Gurmukh Shehri, 33, from Woolwich, was sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to six counts of fraud by abuse of position, which occurred between November 2013 and November 2015. He was given 18 months in [...]
Do you have what it takes to become London’s “night czar”? August 24, 2016 Calling all party people – now's the chance to put to good use your love of the capital's night life, and get paid for it. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is looking for a "night czar" to champion the capital's buzzing night-time economy. Now the Night Tube has finally got going, it could open the flood [...]
The weather this weekend could have a surprising effect on beer sales August 24, 2016 With two of the summer's biggest events – the Notting Hill Carnival and the Reading Festival – due to take place this weekend, Britons will be keeping a close eye on the weather forecast as they make plans for the Bank Holiday. The Met Office has issued a heatwave alert – which prompted a health warning [...]
Health alert issued ahead of heatwave in London August 23, 2016 Public Health England (PHE) has issued a health warning as London braces for a heatwave over the next few days. The east of England was hit by a heatwave today, and soaring temperatures are now forecast for the south east and the capital. The Met Office today declared a Level 3 heatwave alert, which means [...]
The public sector’s vast bank of unused land is a national disgrace August 22, 2016 So Brexit means that overseas demand for London property will decline, prices will fall and the housing crisis will ease, right? Think again. Whatever the effects of Brexit on London house prices, short or long term, the basic problem persists: the capital faces a chronic shortage of homes. Demand for all but the most expensive [...]
City deliveries get healthy with new rotisserie chicken takeaway service from private equity grandee Fraser Duncan’s Clockjack August 21, 2016 Soon, you'll have no excuse to order an unhealthy takeaway lunch as the seasoned private equity grandee Fraser Duncan has raised £1m to add a delivery wing to his rotisserie chicken business. Famished City workers will be able to order rotisserie chicken meals directly from the company and via Deliveroo from Clockjack's takeaway kitchen, set up with funding [...]
50,000 journeys: The numbers of London’s first experience of the Night Tube August 20, 2016 It might have escaped your notice, but London's underground service ran throughout the night for the first time into Saturday morning. Trains ran on the Central and Victoria lines, while TfL and London mayor Sadiq Khan plan to expand the service to take in the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines later this year. So what did London's first [...]
Housing benefit going to private landlords has doubled to £9.3bn over a decade August 20, 2016 The amount of housing benefits being paid to private landlords has doubled over the last 10 years, with the cost to taxpayers greatest in London and the South East, and housing associations blaming a shortfall in social housing. According to figures from the National Housing Federation, almost one in three housing benefit recipients now live in a privately rented [...]
Night Tube finally arrives today: Here’s everything we know August 19, 2016 After months of umming and ahh-ing, London’s long-awaited Night Tube launches today (hurrah). Transport for London (TfL) first unveiled plans for a 24-hour Tube service in September 2014 – the bright idea of then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson. But the service has been delayed by a year, due to conflicts over pay and conditions with the RMT Union. TFL [...]
Sharing economy firms must mobilise the public to fight regulation-hungry politicians August 18, 2016 An increasing number of politicians and commentators are starting to look at the sharing economy as an exploitative one. Once apparently loved by all, it is being portrayed as unregulated and unfair – undermining hard-working people, reducing crucial tax revenue and ignoring the concerns of ordinary people whenever it is necessary. The latest furore in the [...]