Chinese property firms in plans to upgrade eastern end of City December 10, 2019 Chinese firms that own swathes of the City are leading a drive to transform the area into a 24/7 leisure destination while maintaining its status as a leading global financial centre. The owners of the skyscrapers known commonly as the Cheesegrater and the Walkie Talkie are working with other landlords in an initiative to create [...]
General Election 2019: The rail industry’s Christmas wishlist December 10, 2019 The rail industry is on the verge of the most precipitous change since John Major took it private 28 years ago – whether it likes it or not. On the one hand, the Conservatives are likely to tear apart the system which decides who runs each line – known as franchising – having grown impatient [...]
How global cities are promoting sustainability and helping to fight climate change December 9, 2019 The 2016 Paris Agreement gave the world a sense of hope that politicians could work together to limit temperature rises to 2 degrees centigrade. However, much has changed since the milestone agreement. More frequent extreme weather events, increasing political nationalism and growing economic inequality are making the goal of a carbon neutral world by 2050 [...]
Election 2019: Boris Johnson raises red flag over Heathrow and HS2 December 9, 2019 Boris Johnson appeared to raise a red flag over major infrastructure projects including the expansion of Heathrow and HS2. Read more: Former Ofcom boss to advise on Heathrow terminal monopoly probe The Prime Minister, who broke off from campaigning in the north of England to speak to LBC radio, said that while he wasn’t “temperamentally [...]
General Election 2019: Sadiq Khan’s Christmas wishlist December 8, 2019 Election season can be a fruitful time for local councils to stick their hands out and plead with prospective governments to turn on the taps for their part of the country. With Labour and the Conservatives both keen to spend big, and prove to voters austerity is over, this may be the best opportunity in [...]
General election 2019: Labour pledges to electrify England’s 35,000 buses by 2030 December 6, 2019 Labour will on Saturday unveil a plan to electrify the country’s entire bus fleet by 2030 and bring “bus services into the future”. The initiative would be funded by the party’s green transformation fund, should Labour get into power following next week’s general election. Read more: Labour and Tories are sweeping immigration under the rug [...]
Property of the Week: A quirky Georgian terrace in Bow – complete with pool December 6, 2019 Bow, the formerly industrial district of East London, isn’t renowned for its grand period properties – so there is considerable excitement among buyers when one does come on to the market. Such is the case with this five-bedroom property on Bow Road, which is not only an example of a beautifully-preserved Georgian period house, but [...]
Uber pushes back against Khan criticisms December 5, 2019 Sadiq Khan has lashed out at Uber by criticising the firm’s response to its London ban, while also shaming the app for allowing a driver to operate after it was found he possessed “obscene photos of a child”. Transport for London (TfL) refused to renew Uber’s licence last month due to a “pattern of failures” [...]
Transport to Europe crippled as French national strikes take hold December 5, 2019 Travellers trying to get the Eurostar to the continent have been thwarted today, after 78 trains linking London to Paris, Belgium and the Netherlands were cancelled amid ongoing strikes in France. Most affected routes are for trains from St Pancras to Paris, with the cancellations taking place between 5-8 December. Read more: Eurostar warns customers [...]
TfL: Crime on London public transport soars December 5, 2019 Crime on London’s public transport network has surged by 30 per cent in the past year. Transport for London (TfL) today released statistics for the first quarter of 2019-20, revealing the increase in crime on its services was three-times as large as the increase for the capital as a whole. Read more: London Night Tube [...]