#FarringdonTrains floods to disrupt Thameslink services all day “at least” January 26, 2015 The flood between Farringdon and St Pancras is still causing travel chaos three days after the water main first burst. Thames Water has been attempting to fix the flood, which is playing havoc with Thameslink services across London, since Friday. But the line is still out of action and Network Rail said this [...]
The Supper Club founder Duncan Cheatle talks cowboys, venture capital and safe spaces January 25, 2015 If you ask Duncan Cheatle, founder of members-only entrepreneur networking group The Supper Club, to describe his formative entrepreneurial experience, you’re instantly transported. “Like lots of entrepreneurs, the first early thing I did was to sell tuck,” he tells me. “I guess there’s a limit to what you can do as a kid to show [...]
Travel chaos at London Waterloo, Paddington and Charing Cross stations January 23, 2015 There was travel chaos during rush hour this morning, as two of London's biggest stations were evacuated and one was hit by delays and cancellations after signalling problems. Waterloo station was reopened following an evacuation after a member of London Underground accidentally set off an alarm. The alarm sounded at 9.01am, according to the British [...]
DLR 48-hour strike to hit commuters next week January 22, 2015 Some Londoners are set for two days of transport chaos after RMT members on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) voted for strike action. DLR workers voted to go on a 48-hour strike because of a dispute over pay and conditions. RMT members will walk out at 4am on 28 January. The union's general secretary, Mick [...]
North vs south London: Whose music tastes come out on top? January 22, 2015 London's cultural zeitgeist has long focused on the capital's famed north-south rivalry. Both have their benefits and Londoners will often argue fiercely for their side of the river. The north is sometimes stereotyped as a snooty, transport-spoiled playground for the well-to-do. Some north Londoners dread the prospect of going "south of the river", with its [...]
DHL Express launches helicopter delivery service between London’s Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf January 21, 2015 You know what it’s like. You land at Heathrow, those all important M&A dealsheets from Asia all set to be whisked off to your boss when – shock horror – the Piccadilly Line goes down. If only I could fly them there, you think, then we’d be first on the deal and I’d get my [...]
Bouncing around: How Londoners can save Vauxhall’s Bounceway January 21, 2015 THE CHARITY behind plans to install the world’s longest open-air trampoline says the project can bounce back – but only with the support of Londoners. Architecture for Humanity told City A.M. the project – which it hopes to install on Laud Street, in Vauxhall – could still become a reality, but only if there’s enough [...]
Uber raises $1.6bn from Goldman Sachs clients January 21, 2015 Uber has raised $1.6 billion in financing from the clients of Goldman Sachs’s private wealth arm, adding even more cash to its ever-expanding pile. This comes months after the popular taxi-app raised $1.2 billion from big institutions, and one investment valued the company at a weighty $41.2 billion, the Financial Times reported. The cash will be used [...]
DHL’s new helicopter service will fly deliveries to Canary Wharf January 21, 2015 (Source: DHL Express UK) DHL Express has launched a helicopter service which will fly deliveries between London's Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf, whittling down delivery times by skipping traffic jams. The chopper will enable important documents to be transported between DHL's Heathrow base and the City in just 20 minutes, down from the two hours it [...]
Time to bounce back? How Londoners can save the “Bounceway” January 21, 2015 The charity behind plans to install the world's longest open-air trampoline says the project can bounce back – but only with the support of Londoners. Architecture for Humanity told City A.M. the project – which it hopes to install on Laud Street, in Vauxhall – could still become a reality, but only if there's enough support for [...]