Opinion: Why net-zero needs a gear change in STEM education October 10, 2020 National Grid have announced a major new investment in London – and now they’re looking for the right people to fill jobs in the future. Today Gareth Burden – Project Director, London Power Tunnels – tells City A.M. why they’re doing it. For this country to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 we require the development [...]
Beavertown spruces up London’s pubs with new murals October 8, 2020 North London brewery Beavertown have given four pubs a mural makeover to encourage Londoners back out to their local. Beavertown’s creative director Nick Dwyer, responsible for the brand’s iconic artwork, has reimagined the pub’s signs for the modern day. Read more: London’s taprooms fizz back into action after their four month hiatus The artwork is [...]
British Airways’ last ever Boeing 747 flight touches down October 8, 2020 The last British Airways Boeing 747 flight from Heathrow has touched down at Kemble Airport in the Cotswolds. The iconic jet has had its retirement brought forward due to the slump in air travel caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Two flights took off from Heathrow this morning, with the first touching down at St. Athan [...]
What are the best paid job titles in London’s financial services market? October 8, 2020 Keeping the financial services industry going is no easy feat – and firms need everybody from compliance officers to risk managers to make sure nothing goes awry when deals are struck. Executive search agency Robert Half’s 2021 salary guide, released today, shows the best paid jobs in the ‘back rooms’ of financial services. Read more: [...]
West Ham install ‘Covid tunnels’ at training ground – could fans be next? October 7, 2020 Premier League club West Ham United have installed sanitisation tunnels at their academy training ground to protect staff and players. The tunnel operates initially as a temperature scanner before misting individuals with a controlled, odourless, water-based solution to disable bacteria and viruses. Taking just three to five seconds in total, the technology could in theory [...]
Consumer survey sees Netflix on top of Covid-19 satisfaction rankings – with Ryanair grounded October 7, 2020 A consumer ranking of how businesses performed for their customers during the Covid-19 pandemic has seen Netflix and Amazon take first and second spot. At the other end of the scale, power companies were seen to be thoroughly underperforming – with more of the bottom five responsible for gas and electricity. Read more: The businesses [...]
East London water outage: “Intermittent supply” this morning but services returning October 6, 2020 Thames Water have confirmed to City A.M. that supplies are “now returning” to thousands of east London homes after an outage that began Tuesday afternoon. However the supplier warned of an intermittent supply as “it will take some time to fully recover as pressure in the network rebuilds.” The outage has been traced to a [...]
Gunnersaurus could be saved from redundancy after Mesut Ozil offers to pay mascot’s wages October 6, 2020 Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has offered to “reimburse the full salary” of the club’s mascot Gunnersaurus just 24 hours after the footballing dinosaur was revealed to be at risk of redundancy. Tweeting on Tuesday, the German international said: “I was so sad that Jerry Quy aka our famous & loyal mascot @Gunnersaurus and integral part [...]
In full: PM Boris Johnson’s Tory conference speech in full October 6, 2020 Boris Johnson took the stage Tuesday for the Tories’ virtual party conference, announcing policies on 1:1 teaching and low-deposit mortgages, but also promising to unleash the private sector. Here’s the text in full. Good morning conference, I want to begin by thanking you for everything you did at the election, pounding the streets in the [...]
EU removes Cayman Islands from ‘tax haven’ blacklist October 6, 2020 EU finance ministers have today removed the Cayman Islands from its ‘tax haven’ blacklist. The list was set up in the aftermath of media reports of complex tax schemes in 2017. The Caymans, a British oversea territory, was added in February this year. Oman was also removed from the list, with Barbados and Anguilla added [...]