Focus On the City of London: How much does it cost to live in the shiny new developments in the Square Mile? February 11, 2019 Have you ever thought about living in the Square Mile? Fair enough if you haven’t because you’re certainly in the majority, With an eye-watering average second-hand sale price of £840,053 – for context, the London average is £497,452, according to Savills Research using the Land Registry – and an outmoded reputation for being suits central, [...]
Heathrow passenger numbers take off in strong start to 2019 February 11, 2019 Heathrow Airport started 2019 as it meant to go on by boosting passenger numbers two per cent year on year to 5.9m, it revealed today, despite posting a stark drop in demand for local flights. Read more: Sadiq Khan: TfL working with airports to plan for no-deal Brexit The 2.1 per cent rise helped Heathrow [...]
Westminster council victorious as court rejects TfL appeal over blocked CS11 cycle superhighway February 7, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) will not be able to build its proposed CS11 cycle superhighway at Swiss Cottage after it lost an appeal against a decision by Westminster council to block its construction last year. The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld an earlier ruling that TfL could not proceed with the CS11 without considering traffic and [...]
Commuters hit with severe morning delays on Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines February 7, 2019 Commuters continue to be severely disrupted by delays to the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines due to signalling problems. The Metropolitan Line was hit with severe delays this morning after a Tube driver went through a red light at Harrow-on-the-Hill forcing following trains to be stopped as a safety procedure. https://twitter.com/metline/status/1093451576574988288 Got held up at #Harrow On [...]
Tube delays: Severe delays hit Circle Line and Hammersmith & City Line with London Overground part suspended February 7, 2019 Severe delays were affecting three London lines this morning as commuters made their way to work. Read more: Watchdog bans Red Bull Tube ad telling workers to clock off early A signal failure at King’s Cross was behind severe delays on both the Circle Line and the Hammersmith & City Line this morning – both [...]
Siemens and Alstom merger plans blocked by EU antitrust regulators February 6, 2019 A planned merger between Siemens and Alstom has been stopped in its tracks after EU regulators rejected the deal due to competition concerns. The transportation giants had put forward plans to create a combined company with revenues of roughly €15bn (£13.2bn). Read more: Alstom and Siemens offer merger concessions to get EU on side But [...]
TfL urged to be ‘open’ with Londoners about Northern Line extension delay February 5, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) has been told to be "open" with Londoners about the reasons behind the Northern Line extension delay after boss Mike Brown said a revised opening date would have "no material impact" on its revenues. The extension, which will lengthen the Northern Line to Battersea and create 25,000 new jobs and 20,000 new homes, was scheduled to open next [...]
An adrenaline rush every morning will relieve stress and boost your energy, according to new research February 5, 2019 Businesses are constantly searching for innovative ways to encourage creativity, boost productivity, and reduce stress among their employees – all factors that we know impact a company’s bottom line. We also know that implementing strategic change in companies of scale takes time. So what if there were a simple shortcut to achieving these outcomes? We [...]
An end to gridlock? How artificial intelligence could help get London moving again February 4, 2019 London is a truly remarkable city – an economic powerhouse and a cultural destination without equal. It’s a magnet to millions, and rightly so. But it’s a terrible irony that this fast-moving, fast-living, fast-earning metropolis is stuck in traffic so much of the time. We simply cannot move. According to traffic data company INRIX, London [...]
Disruption from snow and ice could continue today with Met Office weather warnings remaining in place February 2, 2019 Disruption from the snowstorm that hit the UK at the end of this week could continue today with a number of Met Office weather warnings still in place. The south of the country is covered by a yellow warning for snow and ice which means some roads and railways are likely to be affected with [...]