Piccadilly Line running with severe delays at rush-hour peak September 19, 2018 Rush-hour commuters are facing severe delays across the entire Piccadilly Line this morning following a signal failure at Russell Square. TfL urged passengers to find other ways to get to work while it resolves the issue: https://twitter.com/TfLTravelAlerts/status/1042303446152564736 Yesterday the DLR was out of action until the mid afternoon following a signal failure at West India Quay. [...]
Piccadilly Line running with severe delays at rush-hour peak September 19, 2018 Rush-hour commuters are facing severe delays across the entire Piccadilly Line this morning following a signal failure at Russell Square. TfL urged passengers to find other ways to get to work while it resolves the issue: https://twitter.com/TfLTravelAlerts/status/1042303446152564736 Yesterday the DLR was out of action until the mid afternoon following a signal failure at West India Quay. [...]
RMT union to launch three-day strike on South Western Railway from Friday August 29, 2018 A three-day strike will hit the embattled South Western Railway (SWR) this weekend, as the RMT union's industrial action over the role of guards continues into September. The strike will begin on Friday from midnight and end at midnight on Sunday this weekend. Strikes will also take place at the same times on Saturday 8 [...]
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to remain in London after Brexit August 17, 2018 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to stay in London after Brexit, in spite of the departure of other agencies with a remit covering Europe. The partly EU-owned development bank is considering a move out of its offices overlooking Exchange Square, by Liverpool Street Station, but will remain in London if [...]
May’s gamble: Prime Minister faces backlash on Brexit plans July 8, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch meeting tomorrow as she attempts to keep her party onside amid grumblings of a leadership challenge and a growing backlash over her newly-revealed Brexit negotiating position. May will meet Conservative backbenchers on the party’s powerful 1922 Committee to try to persuade them to back the plan, which would [...]
The Petersham at Petersham Nurseries in Covent Garden review: Some decent, basic food for those willing to splurge an obscene amount July 5, 2018 Covent Garden has reinvented itself more times than Madonna, had more facelifts than Mickey Rourke, seen more costume changes than Matthew Kelly. Once a Monk’s vegetable patch, it’s been home to prostitutes and drunks, clowns and mimes, apples and Apple. Before Capital & Counties (Capco) bought the market and the surrounding seven acres in 2006, [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond uses Mansion House speech to accuse EU of ‘land grab’ of the City June 21, 2018 Chancellor Philip Hammond tonight slammed the European Union for attempting a land-grab of the Square Mile, and promised to stand firm on the UK’s post-Brexit demands for the financial services sector. Hammond used his annual Mansion House address to rubbish the so-called enhanced equivalence regime proposed by Brussels. “These proposals have nothing to do with [...]
Abortion and customs deals collide over the Irish border June 8, 2018 It all started with wood pellets. The Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) launched in Northern Ireland in 2012, providing subsidies for switching to low-carbon energy sources, such as biomass generators that burned wood chips. Unfortunately, the subsidies were worth more than the fuel cost, and no cap was set. This led to a bizarre situation where [...]
Last Week in the City: England has an 8.5% chance of winning the World Cup May 18, 2018 Garry White, chief investment commentator, looks at the market-moving events that have shaped the UK equity markets this week (14 to 18 May 2018). UBS has used its City analysts’ predictive firepower to try and work out the winner of the upcoming World Cup in Russia – and England came surprisingly high in its league [...]
Theresa May will have to compromise on the customs union May 10, 2018 Yesterday was Europe Day, the EU’s annual celebration of the ideals behind the project. In London, the occasion was recognised by a display of member states’ flags in Parliament Square. A reminder, perhaps, that the UK has yet to leave the EU. Just yards away from the display, members of the House of Lords were [...]