Last orders for Amy Lame, but London still needs a night czar October 4, 2024 Amy Lame let Londoners down but that doesn’t mean we should abolish the post of night czar altogether. There are three ways we can make sure the next person to hold the post make the capital a 24-hour city, writes James Ford After eight years in post, Amy Lame is calling time on her tenure [...]
Premiership Rugby 5 things: Bonus points more vital than ever September 30, 2024 Each Premiership side has now played a match at home and one on the road, so what have we learned from the early rounds of domestic rugby? Well Gloucester’s new attacking style started to reward them with results while Saracens and Bath remained the only unbeaten sides. Here are five talking points from round two. [...]
Volkswagen Golf GTI 2024 review: The end of an era September 26, 2024 Last year, Volkswagen quietly filed a trademark application for a GTI badge in which the letter ‘I’ is replaced by a lightning bolt. The new logo suggests the GTI will live on even after the ninth-generation Golf goes fully electric in 2028. As car enthusiasts, we can all be thankful for that. A battery-powered GTI [...]
CT Automotive: Shares rev up at Bentley and Lamborghini supplier September 26, 2024 Aim-listed CT Automotive supplies interior parts to the likes of Lamborghini, Bentley, Nissan, Ford and Lotus.
Jaguar Land Rover plans £500m ‘factory of the future’ in UK electric vehicle drive September 26, 2024 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to invest £500m to transform one its historic factories as part of its drive to build more electric vehicles. The Whitley-headquartered automotive giant has already spent £250m on upgrading the Halewood plant, near Liverpool, which was originally constructed in 1963 to make the Ford Anglia. The work will [...]
Caterham Seven 360R review: It’s coming home September 19, 2024 Growing up in Caterham, Surrey, at house number seven, I felt a strong connection to the local company that once lined up on the Formula One grid. It was exciting peering into the nearby Caterham Cars showroom (now a retirement home), but driving a Seven 360R – collected from Caterham’s new factory in Dartford – [...]
Worst corporate jargon of the week: The roadmap September 19, 2024 "Get in losers! We’re going to lift sales by five per cent in quarter four!"
A car-free Oxford Street does sound dreamy, but there’s a problem: buses September 19, 2024 An Oxford Street with no cars is a charming fantasy. But ignore the "red wall of metal" at your peril, writes James Ford
London Fashion Week Closes with a Unique Sustainable Event September 18, 2024 London Fashion Week 2024 has seen an exciting blend of tradition and innovation. Yesterday, the prestigious fashion week witnessed a unique show, Fashion Frenzee, where sustainable fashion took centre stage as it closed its programme of events. Photo credit: Mickey Lee Fashion Frenzee, delivered by London Heritage Quarter and Central London Alliance CIC in partnership [...]
Labour to soften 2030 petrol car ban by extending hybrid sales deadline September 15, 2024 Labour is planning to allow hybrid vehicles to be sold until 2035 amid concern over a slowdown in EV sales.