Uber appoints Amazon guruJamie Heywood as regional manager of northern and eastern Europe May 14, 2018 Uber has poached Amazon’s director of electronics as its new regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe as the management shakeups continue. Jamie Heywood will join Uber next month to take on the role that covers its operations in more than 70 cities and 12 countries, including the UK. The role was previously held [...]
We meet Annabel Karmel, the celebrity cook who leaves children hungry for more May 14, 2018 Annabel Karmel comes bounding into the room like a bundle of sunshine. With her yellow dress and immaculate makeup, she seems a world apart from the drab Bloomsbury bar where we meet. For millions of parents, Karmel is a household name, with major supermarkets stocking her baby and toddler food. It was her first book, [...]
How much is property in Mayfair? May 11, 2018 Last month, Mayfair knocked Knightsbridge off the top spot as the most expensive place to buy in London for the first time in 10 years. Local agent Wetherells, which commissioned the report from Dataloft, puts this dethroning down to a lack of new homes being built in Knightsbridge, whereas that certainly isn’t the case in [...]
Homeowners near Crossrail 2 stations could be hit by new tax May 11, 2018 People living near Crossrail 2 stations could be hit by a new tax, under proposals being considered by Transport for London (TfL). The proposed £31bn project will start from Cheshunt in Hertfordshire and run through London and then out to stations in Surrey such as Epsom, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Shepperton. Property magazine Estates [...]
Sadiq Khan floats ‘junk food’ advertising ban on entire TfL network May 11, 2018 London Mayor Sadiq Khan has today proposed a ban on “junk food” across the entire Transport for London (TfL) network. The move is intended to tackle the “ticking timebomb” of childhood obesity in London. Khan said: “Child obesity in London is a ticking timebomb and I am determined to act. If we don’t take bold [...]
Heidi Alexander quits as Labour MP to take on transport reins at City Hall May 8, 2018 Labour MP Heidi Alexander has quit her parliamentary role to join City Hall as the new deputy mayor for transport. The Lewisham East MP had been widely expected to resign as she increasingly came into conflict with the current leadership’s approach to a number of issues, most notably Brexit. She will take over from Val [...]
Minicab drivers protest outside TfL headquarters over ‘institutional racism’ May 3, 2018 Minicab drivers have launched a surprise flash demo at Transport for London’s (TfL) headquarters today to protest against “institutional racism”. The United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) branch of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has accused TfL of pushing policies that have added “crushing new costs” to drivers such as regulations including additional [...]
London’s busiest Tube line is the Northern Line as full ranking shows Central and Jubilee aren’t far behind | City A.M. May 2, 2018 As those passengers using the stretch between Tooting Bec and Stockwell may have guessed, the Northern Line is London’s busiest Tube line with 294m journeys made on it during the past year. It runs through both Waterloo and King’s Cross St Pancras Tube stations – the two busiest on the network. But how do the [...]
Northern Line extension row over rising costs on the £1.2bn project remains unresolved seven months on April 27, 2018 A row over extra costs to the Northern Line extension is still yet to be resolved, six months since Transport for London (TfL) said that court could be an option in the stand-off, though not one it was keen to pursue. The £1.2bn project will extend the Northern Line from Kennington to Battersea via Nine [...]
Fresh doubt cast over Oxford Street pedestrianisation as Westminster orders halt on works April 27, 2018 Fresh doubt has been cast over Sadiq Khan’s plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street after Westminster Council said work should be halted while it mines the responses of residents in an ongoing consultation. Council head Daniel Astaire, who is a vocal opponent of Sadiq Khan’s plans to take buses, cabs and delivery vans off one of [...]