London Fashion Week 2018: Why do brands still hold catwalk shows in a digital age? February 19, 2018 You might be hard-pressed to identify anyone sat on the front row at Mulberry’s spring/summer fashion show last Friday. Once the reserve of top buyers and the fashion press elite, the front row has undergone a revolution in the past decade. Actresses and models sat shoulder to shoulder with a new breed of fashion VIP: [...]
What Brexit? London’s still attracting more foreign tech talent than other European cities February 16, 2018 London remains the most attractive location in Europe for tech talent seeking to move for work, new figures reveal. The capital attracted more foreign workers than other tech hubs across the continent, including Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam last year, according to data from London & Partners and LinkedIn. Read more: Maybe it’s time we ditched [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan ramps up affordable housing starts in race to meet yearly target | City A.M. February 15, 2018 Sadiq Khan has ramped up the number of affordable housing starts in London over the past month as he races to meet his yearly target of 12,500 starts. In the year to the end of January, the Greater London Authority recorded 4,125 housing starts across all of its affordable housing programmes, up 86 per cent [...]
Transport for London to crackdown on Uber and private hire (PHV) licence with new rules February 15, 2018 London’s transport regulator has promised to get tough on Uber and other ride-hailing companies, admitting that current rules are failing to keep up with technological developments. New plans could include women-only car sharing options and forcing innovative companies to share their data, as well as granting permission to operate only for limited periods of time. [...]
Transport for London to crackdown on Uber and private hire licence with new rules February 15, 2018 London's transport regulator has promised to get tough on Uber and other ride-hailing companies, admitting that current rules are failing to keep up with technological developments. New plans could include women-only car sharing options and forcing innovative companies to share their data, as well as granting permission to operate only for limited periods of time. [...]
London’s among the world’s smartest cities alongside Barcelona and Singapore February 13, 2018 London has been named as one of the world’s top “smart cities” along with Singapore and Barcelona. The UK capital was heralded for being a “honeypot of technologies and partnerships” as well as its green spaces, according to a new report from Philips Lighting and SmartCitiesWorld, based on research involving more than 150 city planning [...]
Transport for London fears wider travel changes impact on passenger numbers as it faces near £1bn deficit February 13, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has raised concerns falling passenger numbers could be part of a wider change in travel, according to internal documents seen by City A.M.. The capital’s transport body, known as TfL, finds itself at the centre of a political storm after forecasting a near-£1bn deficit, as it deals with lower-than-expected fare revenues. [...]
Transport for London (TfL) faces near £1bn operational deficit as revenue raising efforts run into trouble February 12, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) faces a near £1bn operational deficit next year, as it looks to secure new revenue raising options amid a surprise dip in passenger numbers and the loss of government funding. The organisation said in its most recent business plan that it expects a £784m deficit this year, which will then hit [...]
TLA’s Russ Shaw is fortifying London’s position as a global tech powerhouse February 12, 2018 With a discernibly American twang, tainted softly-British, New York-born Russ Shaw is, perhaps, not who one might expect as London’s tech cheerleader on the world stage. Although, perhaps his being here is testament to exactly why the capital, a hotchpotch of international talent and innovation, is worth shouting about so loudly. He’s the founder of [...]
Transport minister Jo Johnson calls for diesel-only trains to be ditched by 2040 and fast rollout of hydrogen train trials February 12, 2018 Transport minister Jo Johnson will today call for diesel-only trains to be taken off Britain’s railways by 2040, as the government seeks to tap the use of alternatives such as hydrogen. As battery technologies improve, the government expects to see the diesel engines in bi-modes replaced with batteries powering the train between the electrified sections [...]