Thursday’s 24-hour Tube strike has been called off, as talks between unions and TfL are suspended June 13, 2018 A 24-hour Tube strike on the Jubilee line due to be held on Thursday has been called off, due to a row over timetable changes between theTransport for London (TfL) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union. Two previous 24-hour walkouts, organised by both RMT and train drivers' union Aslef and set for 6 [...]
A million tech jobs? The race is on to define London’s digital future June 11, 2018 London is a city defined by numbers: 11 tube lines whisk us across the capital with ease and efficiency, 22 football stadiums attract spectators every weekend, 40,000 Ubers offer us a comfortable ride home, and 100 languages are spoken in every borough, creating the greatest melting pot in the world. The city must now strive [...]
First look: London’s roadmap to becoming the world’s smartest city June 11, 2018 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will today reveal more details around his plan to make London the world’s smartest city, as chief digital officer Theo Blackwell gives City A.M. the inside scoop. The Smarter London Together roadmap, which will be discussed in full tomorrow in collaboration with Transport for London (TfL), is proposing more than [...]
Justine Greening: Yes, it’s time for a woman mayor of London June 11, 2018 Don’t groan. Don’t roll your eyes. We may be two years away from the next mayoral election but the runners and riders for 2020 are already being lined up. And so they should. After 2016’s excruciating campaign pittingZac Goldsmith against Sadiq Khan, the Conservatives need a better plan – and a better candidate. One name [...]
City groups raise concerns over Elizabeth Line crowding after Oxford Street pedestrianisation is ditched June 8, 2018 Businesses and environmental groups have expressed concern that Westminster council's decision to pull the plug on Oxford Street will lead to dangerous levels of overcrowding once the Elizabeth Line comes into force. The council announced yesterday evening that after consulting with residents it has decided to take the plans "off the table for good". The [...]
The UK tech industry pulled in more than three times as much investment as any other European country post-Brexit June 8, 2018 Since the EU referendum, UK tech companies received over £5bn in venture capital funding, with London taking in 80 per cent of that number. Over the last two years, the UK earned more than the next three top-earning European countries combined, including France (£1.55bn), Germany (£2.15bn) and Sweden (£644m). London also topped the charts for [...]
Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans cancelled: Mayor Sadiq Khan hits out at ‘betrayal’ of millions of Londoners June 8, 2018 The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has hit out at the "betrayal of millions of Londoners" after Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans were shelved by Westminster City Council yesterday. "This will be seen as a betrayal of the millions of Londoners and visitors to our city who would have benefited from making Oxford Street a safer, [...]
Sadiq Khan’s meddling is a bigger threat to London than Brexit June 8, 2018 Next week’s vote in the House of Commons to either accept or throw out their Lordships’ amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has all the appearance of being the defining moment for what type of relationship we are likely to have with the EU. As is usual with everything to do with Brexit, to [...]
Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans scrapped by Westminster Council June 7, 2018 Plans for pedestrianisation of Oxford Street have effectively been scrapped by Westminster Council this evening. In a letter sent round to residents, Westminster council leader Nickie Aiken said there was a "strong democratic mandate" that the scheme was not backed by residents. "As a result, Westminster City Council has taken the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street [...]
Virgin Hyperloop One is expected to launch in London within the next 10 years, but its progress is being hindered by Brexit and HS2 June 5, 2018 London is set to be getting its own Virgin Hyperloop One system between the capital and major UK cities within the next ten years, pending regulatory approvals, but Brexit and HS2 have been its biggest delays, City A.M. has learned. Two Hyperloop London destinations that are in the works are routes to Manchester and Edinburgh, [...]