Open House London 2015 dates: Guide to the best places to visit on 18, 19 and 20 September including the Gherkin, Crossrail, 10 Downing Street and Culture Crawl September 18, 2015 Good news Londoners: the weekend's weather is looking distinctly drier than it has been during the week, just in time for people hoping to take advantage of the annual Open House Weekend. Running from Friday 18 September to Sunday 20 September, Open House London gives people who live and work in the capital a rare [...]
City Moves for 18 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 17, 2015 BNP PARIBAS INVESTMENT PARTNERS The asset manager has announced several appointments to its institutional business. Guy Williams becomes chief investment officer. He was formerly chief investment officer of the firm’s global fixed income affiliate Fischer, Francis, Trees & Watts (FFTW) Daniel Morris joins Williams’s team as senior investment strategist and Richard Barwell (pictured) joins as [...]
Transport for London secretly make a geographically accurate Tube map and it’s strangely hypnotising September 17, 2015 The London Tube map that's been in use since Harry Beck designed it in 1931 may (rightly) be lauded as a classic feat of design, but with all those 45-degree corners and straight lines, it doesn’t come particularly close to reality. Journeys that appear only a few hundred metres in length on the map sometimes [...]
TfL issues travel advice for the 2015 Rugby World Cup: Delays expected as one million spectators descend on London September 17, 2015 Transport for London has warned London's commuters to expect delays for the next six weeks as one million spectators descend on the capital for the Rugby World Cup, which starts on Friday. Between Friday 18 September and Saturday 31 October, there will be 17 matches across three London venues, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park [...]
London housing crisis: There’s a practical way to boost home-building – release surplus public sector land in the capital September 16, 2015 I congratulate Sadiq Khan on being selected as the Labour candidate for London mayor. However, Khan seems to be long on analysis of the problems Londoners face but short on practical solutions. London’s housing crisis is clearly the leading issue at the moment, but all he offers are “new teams” at City Hall without [...]
Transport for London partners with startup Blaze to trial new safety light for Boris Bikes September 16, 2015 Transport for London is trialling a new safety feature on Boris Bikes in a bid to reduce the number of accidents with cyclists in London. Blaze lights will project a laser image of a bike onto the road in front of the bike to alert pedestrians and drivers to the oncoming cyclist. The feature is [...]
London turns to Rugby World Cup 2015 to beat the blues September 16, 2015 Judging by the weather, summer is well and truly behind us. Now, Londoners are itching to start talking scrummages; as the Rugby World Cup is due to begin on Friday, the City is kicking things off with a whole host of rugger-centric events and deals. First, TfL announced yesterday that it will be teaming [...]
Transport for London will stream Rugby World Cup updates live on the Tube September 15, 2015 Rugby fans rejoice. You won't have to miss a second of the Rugby World Cup action, even on your daily commute. Transport for London has announced a deal with ITV to stream live scores, results and text updates throughout Tube and DLR stations. The electronic display boards and station entrances and on the platforms will keep [...]
TfL Tube strikes 2015: Why they were good for commuters and the economy September 14, 2015 The chaos of the Tube strikes may have caused misery and disrupted your commute, but actually they more than likely did you a favour – and the economy too. A summer blighted by strikes forced people to find alternative routes and deviate from their usual commute. Of course, no one likes change, but new research suggests that [...]
From the Apple iPhone 6s launch and Labour’s mayoral race to the refugee crisis and Sports Direct: Here’s what got us talking this week September 11, 2015 There was a record breaker. There was some space whisky. And somewhere in the heart of the City, there was a good old-fashioned knees up. Here's what got us talking this week 1) The bus driver's son won Sadiq Khan beat favourite Tessa Jowell to become the Labour candidate for London Mayor in 2016, [...]