The City should welcome apprenticeships to build a higher-skilled economy for all January 30, 2017 The City of London Corporation recently announced its pledge to hire 100 new apprentices. This figure, combined with 17 current positions, will give 117 career-starters a role in the organisation. This echoes Sadiq Khan’s recent calls for more powers to build skills among London’s workforce – and to help keep the capital globally competitive in [...]
British tech sector slams President Donald Trump’s migration block, echoing US counterparts January 30, 2017 British tech bosses have echoed their American counterparts by criticising President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to the US for people hailing from several majority Muslim nations. Just days after Prime Minister Theresa May met the President in a bid to reinvigorate the “special relationship”, she was forced to distance herself from his controversial order on [...]
Here’s how British citizens are affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban January 29, 2017 UPDATE: The Foreign Office has issued a clarification that UK nationals will be exempt from the travel ban. Read more. An executive order by President Donald Trump has provoked waves of protest at US airports, where those travelling from seven majority Muslim countries have been detained or turned back. Signed on Friday, the order has [...]
“Shameful and cruel”: London mayor Sadiq Khan reacts to Trump’s ban January 29, 2017 The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven majority Muslim countries entering the US "shameful and cruel". Writing on Facebook on Sunday morning, he said: President Trump's ban on refugees and immigrants from certain countries is shameful and cruel. The USA has a proud history of welcoming [...]
The government really wants more people to cycle and walk to work – so it’s investing £64m to encourage them January 26, 2017 The government is keen to see people get their Lycra on and get pedalling. Transport Minister Andrew Jones has announced £64m will go towards encouraging people to cycle and walk, supporting local projects over the next three years. It forms part of a wider government package of more than £300m to boost walking and cycling [...]
The Central and Piccadilly Lines didn’t have enough trains for peak times once last month January 26, 2017 Perhaps not the best day to break this to strike suffering Central Line commuters, but they may well have suspected it anyway… There wasn't a single weekday last month when the Piccadilly and Central Lines had the required amount of trains during peak evening times. The daily service requirement at peak time for the Piccadilly Line is 79 trains [...]
Theresa May backs down over plans for a Brexit white paper January 25, 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed plans to publish a Brexit white paper, just over 24 hours after the Supreme Court ruled that she must gain the approval of parliament to trigger Article 50. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions today, May said she recognised an "appetite" among her own MPs for the paper, citing questions [...]
Mayor wants London employers to make childcare more accessible January 25, 2017 London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged employers to help parents "locked out of the workplace" due to rising childcare costs. He said more should follow the example of the Greater London Authority, which has just introduced a new childcare deposit loan across all organisations within it. All parents in the GLA group, spanning TfL, the [...]
We’re still paying tax on the Olympics – even though the debt has been paid off January 25, 2017 Londoners are still paying tax for hosting the Olympic Games, despite having paid off the debt for the sporting event. According to the Conservatives at City Hall, London mayor Sadiq Khan hasn't removed the Olympic precept from his first budget, and is using it to fund other projects. It was set up before the games [...]
Do you have the best job in the UK? Finance managers rejoice January 24, 2017 Finance managers, prepare to do a lap of honour around the office (if you really want your colleagues to hate you). For Glassdoor has crowned yours the best job for 2017, followed by tax managers and design managers. Now the rankings are totted up by assessing jobs that are in demand, pay well and funnily [...]