50 City Businesses Gather to Discuss Breaking Down Bias in the Workplace March 20, 2024 Over 50 businesses joined The Lord Mayor Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli and The Lady Mayoress Elisabeth Mainelli last week to break down socioeconomic bias in the City. At the first Power of Inclusion workshop of 2024 hosted by Howden Insurance UK, senior leaders and City representatives shared personal experiences of tackling bias and discussed what [...]
How Westminster planning restrictions will choke off London’s super-prime property boom March 16, 2024 Changes to planning laws made by Westminster Council could see the current boom in super-prime developments shut off and bring a scarcity value to expensive central pads in the next few years. The local authority’s new restrictions, which were adopted in 2021 as part of the borough’s 2019-2040 ‘City Plan’, mean that no new residences [...]
Olympia London achieves precertification on healthy offices March 14, 2024 Olympia, the £1bn regeneration scheme in Hammersmith, has achieved all the precertification required to ensure staff in offices which will open on the development have the healthiest space to work.
Lloyd’s of London and Bermuda Monetary Authority partner to strengthen ties between global insurance hubs March 14, 2024 Lloyd’s has joined forces with the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to jointly develop an initiative for closer collaboration and alignment on sharing risk expertise between the two global insurance hubs.
The Square Mile Comes Together for the Launch of City Giving Day 2024 March 14, 2024 The Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli and Lady Mayoress Elisabeth Mainelli hosted the Square Mile’s top businesses at Mansion House this week to launch City Giving Day 2024. A firmly fixed date in the Square Mile’s social calendar, the annual event hosted by The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, brings the [...]
Nord Stream launches lawsuit against Lloyd’s of London insurers over pipeline sabotage March 12, 2024 Nord Stream AG, a consortium headquartered in Switzerland, is majority owned by the Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom.
Primarybid ditches UK consumer app to ramp up international expansion March 10, 2024 London-based retail investment platform PrimaryBid is preparing to cut its UK consumer app in order to increase spending on overseas expansion.
Royal London plots bulk annuities push as profits rise March 8, 2024 Life insurer Royal London said it was looking to push further into the booming bulk purchase annuities market today as it posted a 19 per cent rise in profits for the year.
Embattled energy trust crashes after relisting on London Stock Exchange March 7, 2024 The trust began trading on the London Stock Exchange from 3:30pm yesterday after the trust published its delayed annual and interim results in January.
Lloyd’s of London’s underwriting profit nearly doubled in 2023 following ‘outstanding’ year March 7, 2024 The market’s combined ratio - a measure of insurance profitability - improved by 7.9 percentage points to 84 per cent from 91.9 per cent in 2022.