The Garden Bridge just came a step closer as Bouygues TP and Cimolai ink construction deal March 15, 2016 The Garden Bridge just came a step closer despite fierce opposition, after contracts were signed to start detailed designs and construction of the bridge and several new planning applications were approved. Construction firms Bouygues TP and Cimolai will work on the £175m bridge which will host thousands of trees and shrubs over the Thames, which is slated to open in 2018. Lambeth [...]
Pigeon power: Air quality firm Plume Labs launches first flock of pollution-monitoring pigeons in London March 14, 2016 Pigeons may look like pests to some Londoners, but the prolific city birds have found a new purpose – today marks the first day of the capital's new pigeon pollution patrol. Air quality monitoring firm Plume Labs has partnered with Twitter UK and DigitasLBi to launch a flock of pigeons equipped with "little backpacks" – [...]
Mapped: The London areas best (and worst) at managing money based on the credit score of every borough March 14, 2016 Londoners are better at managing their finances than the rest of the country, but some areas are better than others. Residents of Kingston rack up the best credit score in the capital and 13 per cent higher than the city average of 386 and more than 14 per cent higher than the national average of [...]
London mayoral election 2016: New YouGov poll shows Sadiq Khan leads Zac Goldsmith by seven points March 14, 2016 Labour candidate for mayor of London Sadiq Khan has a seven-point lead over Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith, according to a new YouGov poll out this afternoon. Khan has the support of 32 per cent of voters, according to YouGov, while Goldsmith trails with 25 per cent of the vote. Both front-runners increased their share of the [...]
Police should be located in London Underground ticket offices, says think tank March 14, 2016 Police should be located in London Underground ticket offices to boost visibility and make it easier for the public to report crimes, a think tank has said. A report, titled Boosting London’s Frontline Policing, by the Capital City Foundation, the London focused unit of leading think tank Policy Exchange, has argued "underground police points" would also [...]
London office rents may be high – but there’s still plenty of fuel in the tank for growth as businesses look outside the centre March 14, 2016 Central London’s property market has been booming now for half a decade. Values and rents for the capital’s offices have risen steadily, by 88 per cent and 44 per cent respectively between April 2010 and January 2016, and those investing in the market have enjoyed total returns of 140 per cent over the same period. As ever, many [...]
EU referendum: Mayor of London Boris Johnson calls US President Barack Obama’s anticipated EU intervention “hypocrisy” March 14, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson is taking no prisoners in the EU debate, labelling President Barack Obama's plan to tell the British people they should vote to stay in the EU a "piece of outrageous and exorbitant hypocrisy". Johnson's comments come before Obama plans to land in the UK next month to urge voters to stay in [...]
Budget 2016: Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan urges chancellor George Osborne to take “emergency action” on housing March 14, 2016 Ahead of George Osborne's Budget this week Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has called on the chancellor to take "emergency action" to help fix London's housing crisis. Khan is pushing Osborne to help double the number of homes built in the capital fo more than 50,000 a year. He warned that the capital's housing [...]
London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse set to tell shareholders how proposed £20bn merger will save hundreds of millions March 13, 2016 The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse are this week set to tell shareholders how their proposed £20bn merger would save hundreds of millions of pounds. They are also expected to announce that LSE chairman Donald Brydon would stand down from the same position of the merged group after three years. City A.M. understands savings, as a [...]
Budget 2016: Top Gear’s Matt Le Blanc filming across London is distracting George Osborne from his Budget March 13, 2016 George Osborne is prepping for a busy week ahead of him, but there's nothing worse than a distraction popping up right at the exact moment you need to concentrate. Kids? Other half? Football? No, it's something a little more unusual to blame for taking the chancellor's mind off the maths – a beloved TV celebrity speeding around London gets the rap. [...]