London Bridge attack: Uber will refund journeys of people caught up in terror after surge pricing backlash June 4, 2017 Uber has said it will be refunding passengers who were caught up in the terror attack in London Bridge on Saturday night. Many people were left stranded in central London with public transport in the area closed down. Uber drew criticism from for so-called surge pricing, increasing the price by more than twice the normal [...]
Britons believe driverless future is on the way to our cities June 2, 2017 Britain’s transport authorities may be struggling with regulation of online taxi firms like Uber, but Britons themselves are ready to go a step further and embrace a driverless future, a new survey shows. Two-thirds of Britons believe that dedicated lanes on roads for driverless technology will be introduced as widespread self-driving cars become a reality, [...]
These are the 100 most disruptive startups in the world (and a third are from the UK): Roman Abramovich-backed Storedot, AI chip maker Graphcore and cancer detection scientists at Grail top list June 1, 2017 A Bristol-based startup developing computer chips for artificial intelligence, an app for helping kids manage money, and a fintech just backed by Aviva, are among the UK startups to be named the most disruptive in the world. AI chip firm Graphcore was ranked second in the annual list identifying companies with the potential to “influence, [...]
Is LinkedIn the new Tinder? After several over-excited advances, I’m starting to wonder how anyone has time to do any work May 22, 2017 One evening two years ago, LinkedIn sent me this message: “Klaus viewed your profile 11 times today”. As Klaus’s LinkedIn viewing patterns merited a restraining order, I thought of calling the police. Then I opened his profile. Klaus, which is not his name, was head of equity capital markets at one of the largest investment [...]
Interiors: Weather-proof furniture ideas to decorate terraces, patios and balconies for the British summertime May 22, 2017 This year, the outdoor room comes of age. Not just a Big Green Egg and some deckchairs, but a full-blown lounge, as if we lived in Palm Springs. Just as we now love to bring the outside in we are discovering that a raft of technical innovations mean we can bring the inside out. The [...]
Bank junction traffic ban: Mytaxi calls on the City of London Corporation to rethink the 18-month closure over disruption concerns May 22, 2017 The boss of e-hailing taxi app Mytaxi has written to the City of London Corporation calling for today’s closure of Bank junction to be reassessed amid concern over the disruption it will cause. In the letter, seen by City A.M., Mytaxi general manager Andy Jones calls for a regular review of the trial period, which [...]
UK jets off with private plane fleet | City A.M. May 22, 2017 The UK has been ranked as the third-largest home in Europe to private jets, with more than 200 such aircraft registered within its jurisdiction. With 223 business jets registered in the UK as of April, according to aircraft retailer Colibri Aircraft, the country ranks behind Germany and the Isle of Man, which boast 404 and [...]
Brexit has put foreign workers off UK tech jobs May 11, 2017 Fewer foreign worker are considering coming to work in the UK’s world-leading tech sector because of Brexit, new figures reveal. The number of candidates from abroad getting job offers to work at a tech company in the UK has shrunk by half since the vote to leave the EU, compared to the same period before [...]
Taxi drivers to protest outside the Evening Standard’s offices over George Osborne’s appointment as editor May 2, 2017 London cabbies are planning to demonstrate outside the Evening Standard’s offices this morning, on George Osborne’s first day as the newspaper’s editor. Taxi drivers will protest from 10am over “fears that the paper could lose its independence and status as the ‘voice of London’ under his leadership”, the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) said today. [...]
Gett partners with social care startup Cera for London cab drivers to deliver medicine on-demand to elderly patients April 27, 2017 On-demand black cab app Gett is partnering with social care startup Cera to deliver over the counter medicines and other essential items to elderly patients. The deliveries by London’s trainee cab drivers should help keep people out of hospital, according to Cera. Cera uses technology to match up those needing care with an experienced carer [...]