TfL to invest £8.1bn into London’s road and rail network December 1, 2022 TfL is set to invest £8.1bn into London’s road and rail network as part of its long-term business plan. Set to support London’s economic recovery whilst achieving financial sustainability, the draft plan includes an annual £150m expenditure in safe and active travel, as well as a £110m scrappage scheme. The scrappage scheme will help offset [...]
Winter of discontent: Platform staff join rail workers with more strikes in December November 30, 2022 Station platform workers have piled on more pressure to the British public before Christmas announcing a series of strike days in mid-December. Members of the TSSA union will join railway colleagues on the picket line as part of a long-standing dispute over salaries and jobs. Avanti West Coast workers will walk out on 13, 14, [...]
Rail strikes: Time for the government to bang some heads together November 30, 2022 Government has continued to claim rail strikes are a private discussion - but it's time for them to muscle in and find a deal
The best city cars to buy in 2022 November 30, 2022 Drive in London? Tim Pitt nominates the best city cars you can buy in 2022, including the Citroen Ami, Kia Picanto and Volkswagen Up.
Open banking should be a blueprint to create more competition across sectors November 29, 2022 When Transport for London opened up their data, it enabled the creation of Citymapper.
Demand for London offices unphased by remote work and downward economic trends November 28, 2022 Demand for office space in central London has held firm despite the ongoing work-from-home trend and economic downturn risking upending the capital’s market. Uptake of central London offices surged 63 per cent in the first nine months of this year, in comparison with 2021, according to data shared exclusively with City A.M. today by BNP [...]
Qatari investment in London pulled into question over transport advert ban November 26, 2022 Qatar is reportedly reviewing its investment in London after the capital banned the country’s adverts from its transport network. Transport for London (TfL) contacted Q22, the body overseeing the World Cup, to inform them of the ban this week, the Financial Times reported, citing a person involved in the Qatari review. In response, Qatar said [...]
SSE offloads transmission network stake to Canadian pension fund in £1.5bn deal November 25, 2022 SSE has sold a 25 per cent stake in its electricity transmission network in Scotland to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board for £1.5bn.
Nightcap: Cocktail group urges RMT to move rail strikes in exchange for free drinks November 25, 2022 The owners of UK cocktail group Nightcap have called on the union RMT to switch the rail strike dates in exchange for free drinks. Co-founders Sarah Willingham and Michael Toxvaerd – who own the likes of Cocktail Club, Barrio and the Adventure Bar Group – pleaded with the RMT to move their planned walkout from [...]
Sadiq Khan presses ahead with London-wide ULEZ expansion November 25, 2022 Sadiq Khan has pressed ahead with his decision to expand the ultra-low emission zone London-wide from next August. The ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) is aimed at cleaning London’s air, forcing vehicles that don’t conform to the environmental standards to pay a daily £12.50 to enter. It will also help relieve congestion in the capital. The [...]