London’s housing affordability crisis is also a business problem September 28, 2023 “As a society,” the CNN journalist Luke McGee said on X/Twitter yesterday, “we need to address the fact that a semi-detached in Walthamstow is now a million quid.” Attached to the post was a fairly average looking 4-bedroom flat about five minutes walk from the tube, currently available on Rightmove for the low, low price [...]
Tube strikes: Bosses warn of ‘hammer blow’ to London trade as dispute drags on September 26, 2023 Business chiefs have warned that rail strikes set to take place in next week will deal another “hammer blow” to trade in the capital as the cost of rail strikes on City businesses continues to rise.
London Underground station staff to strike next month over pay and conditions September 20, 2023 Thousands of London Underground station staff are to strike next month in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
North and West London faces ‘bus standstill’ as workers vote on strike action August 10, 2023 North and West London’s bus network could grind to a halt this autumn, the Unite Union has warned, as hundreds of workers are to be balloted for strikes in an ongoing dispute over pay. 500 employees French-owned operator RATP in London will vote over the next month on whether to launch a campaign of industrial [...]
London tube strikes CALLED OFF as unions reach last ditch deal to evade chaos July 21, 2023 London tube strikes next week have been cancelled, after unions struck a last minute deal with Transport for London (TfL) this morning. Aslef, who represent train drivers, confirmed ahead of an official announcement that strikes from all unions would be called off. The RMT, ASLEF and Unite Unions had planned coinciding walk-outs – scheduled between 23 [...]
London workers brave rail strikes and head back to office – but are ‘exception to the rule’ of WFH trend July 21, 2023 Strikes are failing to deter London workers from heading back into the office, with the capital one of only three UK cities to see growth in commuter numbers over the last quarter. As the summer months kicked in, the number of Londoners heading into the office fell significantly across the board, data from Virgin Media’s [...]
Return to the office helps hike Fuller’s sales 18 per cent in London July 20, 2023 Fuller’s share price soared over three per cent this morning after the pub chain revealed that like-for-like sales growth in the City and central London grew over 17.9 per cent in the first half of the year. The London-listed company, which has a cluster of pubs in the capital, said that an increase in workers [...]
Rail strikes: Lynch says government hasn’t spoken to RMT since January July 16, 2023 Rail strike misery looks set to continue for commuters after Mick Lynch, the RMT’s general secretary, said the government had not spoken to him about finding a resolution since the start of the year. Speaking on Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday Programme, Lynch said that there has been “no contact. They seem to pick [...]
More London underground workers to strike in July July 13, 2023 More London underground workers will strike this month in an escalation of the ongoing dispute over pay and pensions. The Unite Union said today that members in engineering, maintenance and management positions on the service will walk out on 26 July and 28 July. It is calling for no job losses on the underground following [...]
London Underground drivers announce new July strike dates July 10, 2023 London Underground drivers are to strike this month in a long-running dispute over pensions and conditions. Aslef said its members will walk out on July 26 and 28, coinciding with industrial action by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union. Finn Brennan, Aslef’s full-time organiser on London Underground, said: “We take action only when [...]