Heathrow airport reveals third runway ‘masterplan’ June 18, 2019 The masterplan for Heathrow’s £14bn third runway will be revealed to the public for the first time today, alongside its largest-ever consultation into the project. The airport will reveal how it plans to reduce emissions and noise – two areas that campaigners have circled out as areas of concern – as well as a proposed [...]
Square Mile to get electric charging hub by end of year as part of Sadiq Khan’s EV push June 17, 2019 The Square Mile is to get a new electric charging hub by the end of this year as part of Sadiq Khan’s push to expand London’s electric vehicle infrastructure. The London mayor has today set out plans to deliver five flagship charging points over the next few years, with the first one installed in the [...]
Facebook to create 500 tech jobs in London as it opens new engineering hub June 12, 2019 Facebook has said it will create 500 new tech jobs in London by the end of the year as it launches a new engineering centre in Soho. Roughly 100 of the new roles will be in artificial intelligence, with many of the employees working to detect and remove malicious content, fake accounts and other harmful [...]
Brexit dogma is a one-way ticket to extinction for London’s Tories June 11, 2019 As 11 candidates prepare to enter the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative party leader and Prime Minister, London Tories have their own identity crisis to worry about. They just chalked up a new electoral record: 7.8 per cent of the vote, fifth place citywide, and zero MEPs returned to the European parliament. Ex-Tory [...]
London named world’s top tech hub as leaders descend on the capital June 10, 2019 London has been named the top city in the world for foreign direct investment from overseas tech companies. The capital attracted significantly more projects in 2018 than any other country, according to data from London & Partners. It racked up 91 tech investment projects to the tune of £864m in the last 12 months, compared [...]
Five extraordinary remarks from Trump’s Whitehall press conference June 4, 2019 As tens of thousands of people took to the streets today in central London to protest President Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, the object of their ire gave a joint press conference with Theresa May in Whitehall. Trump’s press conferences are seldom dull affairs, and his arrival in the UK was marked by [...]
Donald Trump: UK can strike ‘very substantial’ trade deal with US after Brexit June 4, 2019 Donald Trump has told the UK it would be able to strike a “very substantial” trade deal with the US once it leaves the EU. The US president is in the UK for a three-day state visit, which began yesterday. Trump has already attended a state banquet with the royal family. This morning he met [...]
Trump meets FTSE business leaders over breakfast June 4, 2019 Business leaders will sit down for breakfast with US President Donald Trump this morning as part of a bid to strengthen transatlantic relations, as fears over an impending global trade war continue to mount. Representatives from 10 leading companies – five from the UK and five from the US – will break bread at St [...]
Our politicians should rise above Trump’s taunts June 4, 2019 Today marks 30 years since China used brutal force against pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Read more: Trump receives royal welcome at Buckingham Palace It is an appropriate time to reflect on our continued good fortune to live in a country where protest movements grow and march without impediment. In this spirit, the anti-Trump demonstrations in the [...]
US President Trump greets Queen at Buckingham Palace in UK state visit June 3, 2019 Donald Trump met the Queen for the second time as President this morning as he began a three-day UK state visit to the UK to coincide with the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Trump's first state visit to Britain will see him meet with an array of politicians and royalty and began at Buckingham Palace, where he [...]