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I tried a self-driving taxi ahead of Waymo’s UK debut October 17, 2025 When Waymo announced this week that London will host its first European fleet with autonomous taxis hitting the capital’s streets from next year, I thought it was the perfect time to test one out. It’s an unusual feeling, sitting in a car with no one in the driver’s seat, watching it turn, brake and steer [...]
Tony Matharu: Made in London October 16, 2025 Few people embody the spirit of London quite like Tony Matharu — hotelier, businessman, philanthropist, and proud Londoner. As Executive Chairman of Integrity International Group, Tony has spent a lifetime building, creating, and giving back. Yet, as he told BBC Radio London’s Made in London, his success is rooted not only in enterprise but in [...]
Blaming booze for Britain’s productivity crisis is enough to drive you to drink October 16, 2025 A left-wing think tank is claiming after work drinks are reducing productivity and making non-drinkers uncomfortable – utter rot, says Joseph Dinnage Another of life’s rapidly vanishing joys is in the crosshairs of Britain’s public health lobbyists: the work drinks party. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a number of Gen Z [...]
Here’s what the NFL can teach football about global expansion October 16, 2025 It had taken me 18 years and 40 missed opportunities in London before I got round to seeing my first NFL game in the flesh on Sunday: an attritional contest edged by the Denver Broncos at a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that looked for all intents and purposes as though it had been flown from [...]
Is Sadiq trying to gaslight Londoners about crime? October 16, 2025 The Mayor is desperate to convince Londoners that crime is falling, despite all the evidence to the contrary, writes James Ford London does not have a crime problem; it has a misinformation problem. That is the assertion of the capital’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan. Clearly wounded by President Trump’s recent claim that “crime in London is [...]
Macquarie ups stake to become majority owner of London City Airport October 15, 2025 An asset management giant has become the majority owner of London City Airport after buying out some of its fellow shareholders. Macquarie Asset Management has increased its stake in the transport airport to 75 per cent after acquiring a further 50 per cent equity stake from Alberta Investment Management Corporation and OMERS. The move comes after Macquarie [...]
Silver prices tail off after hitting first record in four decades October 15, 2025 Silver prices retreated on Tuesday after hitting their first all-time high in over 45 years, as supply fears and a short squeeze added momentum to a year-long rally spurred by investor fears over government debt levels and sticky inflation. On a historic day of trading, spot prices for the precious metal broke $53 an ounce [...]
Can Liverpool really add £10bn to its economy? October 13, 2025 The Labour mayor of the Liverpool City Region has unveiled a 10-year plan to create tens of thousands of jobs and add £10bn to the local economy. Steve Rotheram’s “bold and ambitious” plan has been described as a “roadmap” to increasing wages, driving investment, raising living standards and providing better services for the region’s 1.6m [...]
Business Leaders, Policymakers and Innovators Unite to Shape London’s Future October 11, 2025 London, 11 October 2025 – Hundreds of senior business leaders, policymakers, and innovators gathered last night at The Emmanuel Centre, Westminster, for “London – Opportunities and Obstacles for Growth,” a major public forum hosted by Central London Alliance CIC. Timed strategically to take place before the party conference season, but postponed because of the industrial action which [...]
Majority of Brits reject Labour’s ‘nanny state’ policies October 11, 2025 A majority of Brits reject ‘nanny state’ measures from Labour to control “unhealthy” lifestyle choices stating they have more trust in themselves than the government. Fresh polling from the Adam Smith Institute shows six in ten Brits do not support the government having much control over adults’ health and personal decisions. It comes after the [...]