Dear Gen Z, put down the mini golf clubs and get to the pub February 11, 2025 Gen Z, our pubs are depending on you - so stop playing mini golf and get to your local, writes Katie Perrior in today's Notebook.
Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul has small business owners scared February 11, 2025 As the government’s long-awaited overhaul to workers rights’ returns to the Commons, small business owners are worried not enough has been done enough to accommodate their concerns, writes Ali Lyon. For a company that promises to unleash clients’ growth by helping them overcome knotty engineering issues, Bass Rock consultancy has adopted a staid approach to [...]
Post-Brexit immigration wave could cost Brits £234bn February 11, 2025 The City of London is an immigration success story, but most of those who have entered the country since we ‘took back control’ of our borders will never pay enough tax to cover the cost of the public services and welfare they consume, representing a net fiscal cost of £8,200 for every UK household, says [...]
Commercial real estate: Why London needs 15 new Walkie Talkies February 11, 2025 Commercial real estate can be the growth lever the government is looking for, but as the industry gathers in London today, the global investment community has its eyes on the current shortfall of London offices, says Philip Hobley As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves cast around for the `growth lever’ there [...]
City of London seizes dockless e-bikes in Lime and Forest crackdown February 10, 2025 The City of London Corporation has seized more than a hundred dockless e-bikes as part of a crackdown against operators’ Lime and Forest. The Square Mile’s local authority said it had confiscated bikes that were found to have obstructed or caused immediate danger to others, over a two-week enforcement period. The bikes were stored in [...]
Heathrow: BA and Virgin in call for ‘urgent’ reform before expansion February 10, 2025 Heathrow’s airlines have joined forces to call for an urgent re-think of the way in which the hub is regulated, amid soaring passenger charges and a general decline in standards. Virgin Atlantic, the IAG and Heathrow AOC, which represents the interests of the airport’s airlines, urged the aviation regulator on Monday to launch a “fundamental [...]
Labour market: Vacancies ‘tumble’ in January ahead of Labour’s tax raid February 10, 2025 Demand for staff fell at its greatest extent since August 2020, a new report from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said.
Call for UK regions to bid to become AI Growth Zones February 10, 2025 Regions across the UK have been encouraged to put themselves forward to become new economic centres for AI development, as the Government opened bidding for new AI Growth Zones. Growth Zones were announced as part of the Government’s AI Action Plan last month, designed to be new centres of development for AI technology and infrastructure. [...]
Law firm HFW hires Deloitte executive as new global COO February 10, 2025 Sector-focused City law firm HFW has hired its new chief operating officer from Big Four giant Deloitte
As tariffs loom, the UK-India trade deal is all the more important February 10, 2025 Tariffs are the road to ruin. But the UK still has many opportunities with trade partners like India, writes Lord Mayor Alastair King.