Is Soho nightlife really dead? We went partying to find out October 3, 2026 “I’m trying to prove you can still have a great night out in Soho,” I say. “You can. But not a late one,” replies Lesley Lewis over a glass of white wine at her beloved pub the French House. “I’ve always loved Soho,” says the legendary proprietor, who has run the French House for 37 [...]
On this day: Concorde first breaks the sound barrier October 1, 2026 On this day, the 1st October, in 1969, Concorde first showed off its real party trick - breaking the sound barrier, writes Eliot Wilson.
Why are so many London buses crashing? October 1, 2026 The number of buses crashing in London is up by a fifth in seven years, but City Hall seems unconcerned. James Ford is worried Something is going badly wrong with London’s buses. On average, every day a staggering 44 London buses crash. That is an increase of nearly 20 per cent on 2019 (which is [...]
InfraBridge Completes Sale of 50% Stake in 5.4 GW North American Power Portfolio September 30, 2026 InfraBridge, a division of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG), today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its 50% stake in Invenergy AMPCI Thermal Power (“IATP”) to funds of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC. IATP is a large-scale, diversified portfolio of 11 power infrastructure assets representing approximately 5.4 GW of generation capacity across [...]
Lime targets commuters with ‘more affordable’ cycle to work scheme September 30, 2026 Lime is making its e-bikes cheaper for workers through the Cycle to Work scheme as the ubiquitous green operator steps up its push for a bigger wedge of London’s daily commute. Workers will be able to pay for an annual Lime subscription through salary sacrifice, cutting the cost by as much as 47 per cent [...]
Exclusive: Mayors can use tourist tax to ramp up borrowing, Burnham tells business September 30, 2026 Andy Burnham has looked to justify his new uncapped “tourist tax” to business chiefs by claiming it will allow mayors to ramp up borrowing, City AM understands. In various meetings at Labour’s Business Day, top business groups were told by ministers the so-called overnight stay levy will let mayors take on more debt and use [...]
Aviation bosses confident Burnham won’t abandon third runway September 30, 2026 The aviation industry is confident that Andy Burnham won’t abandon the government’s flagship expansion of Heathrow, despite the Prime Minister and transport secretary distancing themselves from the megaproject at Labour conference. Several industry figures told City AM that ministers’ refusal to endorse the multibillion-pound third runway development was a sign Burnham had not yet evaluated [...]
E-bike giants back Khan bid to end London ‘Wild West’ September 29, 2026 London’s leading e-bike operators have backed Sadiq Khan’s bid to end the capital’s regulatory ‘Wild West’ while piling pressure on the government to get a long-awaited city-wide licensing regime into force. Lime, Forest and Voi welcomed new plans to replace London’s borough-by-borough wars with a single framework overseen by Transport for London (TfL), after years [...]
JCDecaux marks 10 years of Nurture at London Stock Exchange after supporting 500+ UK growth businesses September 29, 2026 JCDecaux UK announced that JCDecaux Nurture, its programme dedicated to supporting startups and scale-ups has marked its 10th anniversary with an official Market Close ceremony at the London Stock Exchange last week, that brought together founders, CEOs, investors and partners from across the UK’s scale-up ecosystem. Launched in the UK in 2016, JCDecaux Nurture was [...]
Andy Burnham can’t treat Heathrow expansion as a local planning issue September 29, 2026 Has Andy Burnham’s commitment to devolution morphed into a convenient excuse not to lead? I ask, because he seems to have excused himself from the debate about a critical £50bn national infrastructure project: Heathrow’s third runway. The project has been debated since the 1980s but officially kicked off in 2003 when Labour’s Alistair Darling, then [...]