Southern Rail sets out eight-point plan in open letter to RMT as it attempts to avert more strikes October 3, 2016 Southern Rail's owner has made a final attempt to break the deadlock in its long-running industrial dispute with the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union. A series of five walkouts between 48 and 72-hours are planned in the coming weeks with the first starting on 11 October. And Govia has upped its efforts by setting out an eight-point plan that [...]
Cronut craze: I queued for two hours for a £4 pastry and this is what I learned September 30, 2016 In 2013, Dominique Ansel’s New York bakery started selling a croissant-doughnut hybrid, which he called the Cronut. Nine days later, he’d registered the pastry’s name and crowds of people were queueing around the block to try the odd new delicacy. Now the super-baker has brought his brand, and his Cronuts, to London. The store opened [...]
UK GDP growth revised up to 0.7 per cent before EU referendum September 30, 2016 The UK economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the three months to the end of June, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed this morning as it revised up its previous estimates. The ONS initially thought the UK grew by 0.6 per cent in the run up the the referendum, though it now estimates [...]
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to retire as Metropolitan Police commissioner September 29, 2016 Britain's most senior police officer is to retire after five years in the post, Scotland Yard said today. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said its commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, who oversees 32,000 police offers, will stay in his post until February next year to allow for a successor to be appointed. During his time in office, Hogan-Howe [...]
Blackout Britain: Don’t blame the EU alone for the UK’s energy crisis September 29, 2016 Today, the government will release its monthly statistics on total energy production in the UK. This new data will no doubt reflect the poor state of the UK’s energy system, which has suffered from a series of highly damaging state interventions that have burdened consumers with unnecessary costs and left the UK with a worrying [...]
Foxtons has moved into The Big Issue’s former offices in Vauxhall September 28, 2016 Foxtons has moved into The Big Issue's former office in Vauxhall after the local council rejected the estate agent's plans for an illuminated shop front. The Big Issue's head office had been in Vauxhall for 15 years. But now the magazine – which raises money for the homeless – is headquartered in Finsbury Park, in the constituency of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Foxtons officially opens [...]
City Moves for 27 September 2016 | Who’s switching jobs September 27, 2016 Covington Graham Vinter, general counsel of BG Group from 2007 until 2015, has joined Covington’s London office. Graham will chair the firm’s project finance practice and supervise an expansion of the firm’s capabilities in this area. At BG Group, he was a member of the group executive committee and reported to the chiefexecutive officer. He was responsible for the company’s legal [...]
Brexit and the City: Here are the names you need to know September 25, 2016 As rumours circulate that Article 50 could be triggered towards the start of next year, many in London are more than a little curious as to what the City will look like post-Brexit and who will be fighting to keep their best interests front and centre during the course of the negotiations. City A.M. profiles some [...]
Brexit advice to brokers: hope for the best, plan for the worst September 23, 2016 It’s three months since the UK voted to leave the EU, and we still don’t know what kind of exit deal, if any, will be agreed. The government can’t seem to make its mind up. Earlier this month we saw the secretary of state for Brexit – David Davis – saying it was unlikely that the UK would [...]
Barristers need to keep tabs on what tech means for their profession, warns chairman of the Bar September 22, 2016 Legal eagles need to think long and hard about what exactly technology means for the future of their profession, the chairman of the Bar has cautioned. Speaking yesterday at the International Bar Association conference in Washington, Chantal-Aimee Doerries QC warned certain aspects of the modern working world, including commercial pressures, red tape and political problems as well as technology, risked undermining [...]