Student housing landlord looks to raise £110m from London float May 13, 2014 EMPIRIC Student Property is to become the latest student housing fund to list on the stock market as it seeks to take advantage of a demand for rooms from wealthy overseas students across the UK. The fund plans to list next month as a real estate investment trust (Reit) and is looking to raise £110m [...]
Londoners back Cameron’s plan to toughen up Tube strike rules May 12, 2014 A MAJORITY of Londoners agree with PM David Cameron that rules allowing Tube workers to go on strike need to be toughened up, according to a new poll. Research by the business membership organisation London First showed that 56 per cent of people living in the capital support plans to enforce a voting threshold for strikes, [...]
Union suspends Tube strike after last-ditch talks May 6, 2014 A PLANNED three-day strike by London Underground (LU) workers was called off yesterday just hours before it was due to take place, after both sides called a truce. Members of the RMT union were set to walk out at 9pm last night in a row over LU’s plan to close all Tube ticket offices and [...]
Q and A: What happens now strike is suspended May 6, 2014 Q What did members of the RMT and London Underground agree on yesterday? A A station by station review will now continue, with all the trades unions invited to take part before any further Tube proposals are made. The review is due to be completed on 23 May. Q What will happen to the jobs [...]
Commuters face another week of tube strikes May 1, 2014 STRIKES on the London Underground next week, starting on Monday evening and lasting until Thursday, are still set to go ahead as talks between Transport for London (TfL) and the RMT transport union continue today. “Should next week’s strike go ahead there is likely to be disruption but we will do everything we can to [...]
The super-duper Uber app April 30, 2014 Alex Dymoke on the minicab app that helped Londoners through the strikes THIS is my second day on Uber. I went for my test day and they said I was ready to start right away,” Omar my minicab driver tells me excitedly. He is polite and chatty, reminiscing about the days before sat-nav and waxing [...]
Tube peace talks resume tomorrow April 30, 2014 THE RMT union will meet with London Underground executives tomorrow in an attempt to avoid a second week of strike action, following the conclusion of a 48-hour walkout last night. Neither the union nor the Tube have offered to alter their stance on ticket office closures.
Letters to the Editor – 01/05 – Tube strikes, Best of Twitter April 30, 2014 Tube strikes [Re: As Tube strikes cause transport chaos, should such union action be restricted?, yesterday] It is time to break the threats of militant union bosses. The GLA Conservatives have long made the case for banning strike action on the Tube. In return, unions should gain the right to independent mediation. Under a process [...]
Misery strikes again April 29, 2014 LONDONERS face another day of chaos today as the RMT union continues its strike action. One in three stations was forced to close yesterday, leaving long queues outside other stations and bus stops. Yet Transport for London said half of all Tube services ran as planned during the day, adding that it managed to run [...]
Mind the snap: Boris poses for a strike selfie April 29, 2014 NEVER one abandon to his people to a morning of queueing at bus stops and squeezing, sardine-like, into Tube stations alone, Boris Johnson trooped down to London Bridge yesterday to support strike-stricken commuters. He was happy to pose for a selfie with a passer-by but deftly maintained a half-grimace to show his displeasure at the [...]