May 22nd is National Beer Garden Day in the UK – a day dedicated to gathering friends, family, co-workers or neighbours, and celebrating in the sun at...
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Plans to help London’s bars and restaurants offer al fresco dining have been boosted after Sir Sadiq Khan announced a £300,000 fund to support venues and...
The “alarming” plight of young Londoners who grow up in care but do not then progress into higher education, employment or training has been urgently raised...
Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to revitalise the capital’s high streets by commissioning new public art and helping Londoners take over empty shop spaces for...
Sir Sadiq Khan has welcomed £27m in Government funding for ‘skills bootcamps’ to help “fast-track Londoners into good jobs” while growing the capital’s economy.
Pressure grew on Thursday for the Government to allow Sir Sadiq Khan to impose a tourist tax on overnight visitors to London, as a leading think tank argued it...
A £10.7m investment package for London’s creative industries was launched by Sir Sadiq Khan last week, with the goal of boosting the capital’s economy and...
Sir Sadiq Khan has voiced his support for a London ‘tourist tax’ in a move which could eventually see overnight visitors charged extra for every night they...
Further action is needed to encourage the roll-out of full-fibre internet connectivity across London, City Hall was told on Tuesday.
Spending towards temporary housing for the homeless in Islington increased significantly since 2018-19, new figures show.
Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” by Conservative critics after he urged London’s businesses to encourage their staff back into the office...
Sir Sadiq Khan has shared his fears about the rise in Londoners working from home.
Sir Sadiq Khan has launched a ‘Nightlife Taskforce’ aimed at boosting London’s struggling night economy.
The bosses of the biggest companies in the UK earned the average Islington worker's annual salary by 8am on Tuesday January 7, figures suggest.
Londoners who work at night are 40 per cent more likely not to earn a ‘real living wage’ than those who don’t, a new report has warned.
More businesses were created in Islington last year, new figures show.
Islington Council has refused to say whether its new freedom to introduce a four-day week for staff has affected its own policy.
London’s night czar, Amy Lamé, marked her last day at City Hall on Thursday amidst an ongoing mystery over whether she will be replaced by anyone in the role.
More than 140,000 Londoners will get a pay boost of 5.3 per cent as it was revealed on Wednesday that the capital’s ‘real living wage’ has increased to £13.85...
More than half of the almost 600,000 Londoners who do not earn a ‘real living wage’ have had to resort to using a foodbank in the last year, a new report has...
Proposals for the Night Tube to run on Thursday nights are being kept “under review”, Sadiq Khan has said.
Islington Council is still waiting on further advice before it decides whether to pull pension fund investments from companies linked to human rights abuses in...
Dan Levene, co-founder of Two Blues Solar, is among 14 businesses announced today as Start Up Loans’ 2024 Ambassadors.
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