City Moves for 21 December 2015 | Who’s switching jobs December 20, 2015 HAMPSHIRE TRUST BANK Karen Brown and John Pollington have joined Hampshire Trust Bank’s Property Finance team as directors while Daniel Norman has been appointed as Property Finance Lending Manager. Karen, who has 12 years’ property finance experience, is based in Harrogate. Prior to joining Hampshire Trust Bank she ran her own training company and before [...]
A new Centre for Music would be a fantastic addition to the City’s strong cultural offering December 20, 2015 What makes a global city an attractive place in which to work and live? A buoyant economy, quick transport links, good housing, low crime rates, excellent education, and easy access to healthcare are always cited as key factors. But to that we should also add the cultural offer, and last week London upped its game [...]
Bank Tube station gets green light for major upgrade December 18, 2015 Transport for London has been given the green light to "dramatically transform" Bank Tube station, with work beginning in the new year. But before you groan and start planning your alternative route, there is good news: the station will remain open throughout the work, which is expected to be completed in 2021. That's not to [...]
As survey expects 31 million car journeys to be made over Christmas, Transport for London unveils festive roadworks on Embankment, Blackfriars Road and Old Street December 18, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has announced the details of its festive road work programme, which will hit parts of the Embankment, Blackfriars Road and Old Street – on the same day a survey suggested 31 million car journeys will be taken over the Christmas period. TfL said it was taking advantage of a time when roads in [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Sadiq Khan says he wants Tech City to be in the hands of City Hall as he matches Zac Goldsmith pledge for super-fast broadband December 18, 2015 Labour City Hall hopeful Sadiq Khan will today call for Whitehall to devolve certain powers relating to “Tech City” to the mayor of London. “London has made a great fist of carving out a leading position as a centre of tech but there’s much more to do to ensure we build on this success,” Khan [...]
The Bakerloo line extension to Old Kent Road, New Cross Gate and Lewisham just came a step closer December 17, 2015 The Tube's about to go (further) south of the river, after Transport for London (TfL) came a step closer to getting the go-ahead for an extension of the Bakerloo line, which will extend to Old Kent Road and Lewisham. In a statement today, TfL said it will begin "detailed technical work" next year, to "build a case" for the [...]
London cab drivers will protest against Uber and its regulation by Transport for London today December 17, 2015 Cabbies are staging a fresh protest against Uber and Transport for London (TfL) in the capital today over the way the taxi industry is regulated. This time, it's minicab drivers, who want TfL to suspend the recently launched UberPool ride-sharing service, claiming that by giving it the go ahead, TfL is "riding rough shod over the regulatory review process by pre-empting [...]
Liverpool Street signal failure causing severe delays on London Overground, Stansted Express, Greater Anglia December 17, 2015 If you've managed to dodge an alcohol-induced headache this morning, a transport-inspired one might be about to kick in instead. A signal failure at Liverpool Street was this morning causing severe delays on the London Overground, Stansted Express and other mainline services. On the London Overground, commuters travelling in from Hackney Downs faced major disruption while [...]
Behind the scenes: Better infrastructure is required to keep London’s tech sector on track December 16, 2015 The Lord Mayor of London Alan Yarrow has identified infrastructure as one of the keys to unlocking the capital’s future growth. Given that the tech sector is at the very heart of London’s economic success – with a further £1.6bn being pumped into tech investment this year alone – the Lord Mayor’s statement has never [...]
A third of London trains fail to run on time December 16, 2015 More than a third of trains into London during the morning rush hour fail to run on time, while nearly half of those arriving between 8.30am and 9am are delayed. However, trains running in nine other cities across the country suffer more delays than those in the capital, new data reveals, with Birmingham, Manchester and [...]