12 September 2023
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London Business Matters - A vote for the future prosperity of St James's by Ros Morgan
St James's Conservation Trust - A Review of 2022
London bosses ramp up calls for Jeremy Hunt to axe ‘tourist tax’ making Paris, Madrid and Milan ‘winners’
Scrap the tourist tax to reinstate London as a global culture capital
Piccadilly Circus Has Been Transformed Into An Illuminated Flower Garden For Two Days Only
Art After Dark returns to the West End this June and the line-up is incredible
What are the new flags around Piccadilly Circus? Art of London unveils new colourful flags
ART OF LONDON UNVEILS PUBLIC ART DISPLAY IN PICCADILLY
Tourism to London bounces back… ‘but we still need VAT-free shopping’
King Charles III’s Coronation Gives Hoteliers Something To Smile About
EXCLUSIVE: Victoria Beckham and Marks & Spencer join more than 130 businesses demanding the end of the hated 'tourist tax'
Heart of London Launches Plan For The West End’s Evening and Night-Time Economy
Masterpieces and margaritas: National Portrait Gallery to open new bar as part of revamp
Westminster Council Launches New Initiative to Clamp Down on Properties with Unclear Ownership Structures
Heart of London Launches Plan For The West End’s Evening and Night-Time Economy
Ros Morgan, chief executive of Heart of London Business Alliance, tells how the consortium is boosting commerce and culture in the West End
Action plan launched to boost West End night-time economy
Later shop and cafe openings urged to revive night economy
West End lit up with Ramadan lights for first time
Ramadan Lights’ street illuminations in Piccadilly Circus mark the start of holy month
Art After Dark: Accessing London's West End art scene in the evenings
Heart of London Business Alliance’s Ros Morgan gives her 10 reasons to be happy three years on from Covid
Art of London launches free late-night culture programme
Elizabeth line clocks more than 100 million passenger journeys
London business leaders slam Hunt’s “bitterly disappointing” new energy package
TfL urges Christmas shoppers to use London buses as passenger numbers still not back to pre-Covid levels
London Tube passenger numbers back to pre-Covid levels at key shopping spots
Tube trips in shopping hotspots hit one million as people fall for Christmas frenzy
London businesses hit out at new rail strikes
There’s nothing Scrooge-like about an Elizabeth line Christmas
Three West End pedicab drivers fined after complaints of Disney hit blasting at high volume
Show football mobs the red card
Designated Entertainment Zones good for cities
Letter: Arts cuts in London make country culturally poorer
Tourist-fleecing pedicabs are a menace to London
London arts industry counts cost of ‘levelling up’ funding cuts
London’s cultural venues from Donmar Warehouse to Royal Opera House respond to major Arts Council funding cuts
Mayfair PA at The Londoner
‘Jewel in the crown’: Elizabeth Line’s Bond Street station formally opens
Bond Street’s Elizabeth Line station has officially opened
The darkest hour: fixing London’s night-time economy
Four new hotels In London’s rapidly transforming West End
Picture the scene
What London needs from the next PM
West End Girl
West End requires urgent action
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak urged to address business rates reform
West End business leaders beg Tory PM contenders for relief
West End retail figures lobby PM candidates for lower business rates
Further calls for Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to reform business rates that are ‘devastating’ high streets
Date for Elizabeth line link-up finally revealed
London’s Elizabeth Line to serve Reading, Heathrow and Shenfield from November
London’s Elizabeth Line to serve Reading, Heathrow and Shenfield from November
Next phase of Elizabeth Line confirmed to open this November
Elizabeth line: Direct services from Reading and Heathrow to central London will begin in November
How is a summer of strike action impacting London retail?
Hospitality firms plead for energy bill support to survive ‘dire’ situation worse than pandemic
Businesses to receive boost following restoration of Night Tube services for first time since pandemic
Hospitality reiterates calls for Government to ease Brexit visa regulations as vacancies continue to grow
West End hospitality businesses suffer 20% loss in sales due to staff shortages
The jobs crisis in hospitality is worsening
New figures show London suffering high rates of both unemployment and staff shortages
West End bars and restaurants call for staff crisis visa reforms
Mayor’s tourism campaign encourages visitors back to the capital
The funding deal ‘vital’ for London
Train strikes: Commuters’ fury as they are stranded for hours on gridlocked roads and in queues for overcrowded buses
London businesses hit out at rail strike action
Labour MPs to join rail strike picket lines: The UK starts grinding to a halt as unions plunge Britain into a £1bn ‘lockdown’ and the RMT is accused ‘punishing millions of innocent people’ in pursuit of a massive pay rise
A new streaming site is about to transform the West End into a movie-verse
West End tells ministers promising crackdown on rogue pedicabs and rickshaws: ‘Get on with it!’
Jubilee Night Tube services to return next weekend, TfL confirms
Shaftesbury’s higher valuation is a sign of West End health
A manifesto for London’s recovery
Westminster City Council creates pop-up boutique for 12 emerging brands
Westminster Council opens pop-up for emerging independent businesses
If you were Prime Minister for a day, what would you change?
12 Piccadilly Arcade launches – brand new pop-up boutique concept
12 Piccadilly Arcade launches – brand new pop-up boutique concept to be home to 12 emerging brands
Multi-brand pop-up opens in heart of West End
Vision for London’s West End revealed
New £1bn recovery plan for London’s West End shopping district unveiled
Bold vision for West End by Heart of London Business Alliance
Plan to ‘reinvigorate’ London’s iconic West End revealed
Sadiq Khan faces further congestion charge criticism over quashed weekend fines
Now end the WFH misery hurting London
Show us a way out of Covid Plan B, plead London bosses
New Covid-19 measures will ‘cost businesses immensely’
West End landlords ‘cheered’ as shoppers undeterred by Plan B Covid-19 rules
Plan B: Retail and property boss call for government support as Boris Johnson introduces new restrictions
Arts quarter planned for West End as part of pandemic recovery
Fresh home working rules will hit central London ‘disproportionately hard’
London hit by biggest Tube strike in three years
London hit by biggest Tube strike in three years
London’s Night Tube to return from November – but only two lines
Central London disproportionately hard hit by Covid
Property chiefs join Khan in calling for West End al fresco extension
End pingdemic now – it’s crippling London’s economy, say business leaders
Relaxing of tourist quarantine rules hailed as ‘next step’ in theatre’s recovery
Our Chief Executive, Ros Morgan, speaks to Jim Diamond on LBC
51 women who thrived in 2020 and 2021, featuring our Chief Executive, Ros Morgan
Why art and culture is good for the soul, the West End and the UK
Why all of London’s West End needs ‘levelling up’
Making working from home a right is a dangerous ground, warn business chiefs
‘West End productions cannot survive under social distancing’ warn theatres
How art and culture will draw people back to the city
London’s West End restaurants prepare for al fresco-only dining
Retail reopening to trigger ‘spending splurge’
London needs a recovery plan
Overhaul archaic business rates
We can’t afford any more false starts after lockdown, say hospitality bosses
‘London night life will go dark for ever without help’, say industry chiefs
Forecast for 2021: looking ahead with hope
West End retail chiefs plead for more cash to protect livelihoods
£9,000 Covid-19 recovery grants ‘laughable for firms facing West End costs’
Predictions of cultural ruin are becoming a reality with third lockdown
London business groups renew plea for more government help as tighter Covid rules loom
Tier 3 will kill off our fragile recovery, business chiefs warn Boris Johnson
Retailers extend returns policies for Tier 4 customers
Fears bars and restaurants face three months of restrictions with 21,000 venues in England currently under Tier 3
Fears bars and restaurants face three month of restrictions with 21,000 venues in England currently under Tier 3 and millions of pints poured away
Retail is allowed to remain open in London under Tier 3 regulations, but there are fears that the closure of hospitality will depress footfall in the lead-up to Christmas
Mayor and fellow London leaders step up efforts to avoid shift to Covid Tier 3
Boris Johnson was urged not to snuff out London’s fragile economic recovery by plunging the capital into Tier 3 this week despite a surge in coronavirus infections.
Thousands of jobs are feared to be at risk as Tier 3 Covid restrictions come into force this week in London, at a time when the streets would normally be packed with Christmas shoppers
London shops should stay open until 11pm after lockdown to boost West End, business leader says
Essential retailers and streaming services stand to gain once again, but travel and leisure firms are staring at a bleak winter
London businesses warn against city lockdown
West End business alliance responds to Tier 2 lockdown of London
Sadiq Khanage: Restaurants, pubs and hotels blast London mayor for ‘cursing’ the capital with Tier 2 lockdown putting ‘250,000 hospitality jobs at risk’
Tier 2 lockdown a catastrophe for us, say hospitality bosses
London Tier 2 rules to come into force from midnight on Friday as capital faces tough new lockdown measure
London business alliance warns of ‘catastrophic’ lockdown impacts
UK hospitality sector to demonstrate against ‘catastrophic’ coronavirus restrictions
Tough new restrictions for London as cases rise
West End arts jobs could plunge by 95% under long term virus restrictions, warns Tory MP
Government’s 10pm curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants caused ‘catastrophic collapse’ in weekend takings, say West End business owners
Report: ‘Worst-case’ Covid-19 scenario could ‘wipe out’ London’s cultural sector
Transport for London finance fears over Boris Johnson’s ‘work from home’ plea
Worst-case Covid scenario delivers Armageddon for the West End
London’s West End faces 97% slump in added value, study warns
Covid could cost the West End’s arts and culture sector £4.7bn in 2024 – a decrease of 97% in annual gross value added, compared with 2019, according to a new worst-case-scenario report from Arup
Report: ‘Worst-case’ Covid-19 scenario could “wipe out” London’s cultural sector
Homeworking u-turn could turn London ‘into a doughnut’
Companies scramble to reverse UK back-to-office plans
Desperate plea from business leaders and experts: We need leadership from Boris Johnson to help people get back on public transport
Westminster: Council Labour Group calls for Covid recovery ’emergency action’
As few as one in ten civil servants heed Boris Johnson’s ‘back to work’ call, new figures show
Cleaning up the West End: the £27m plan to tackle crime and pollution in Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square
22 incredible things to do in London this weekend (Scenes in the Square)
Celebrate 100 years of cinema with this interactive sculpture trail in Leicester Square
Batman and Wonder Woman statues to be erected in Central London
Scenes in the Square
Statues celebrating nearly a century of cinema to be placed in Leicester Square
Statues celebrating nearly a century of cinema to be placed in Leicester Square
Laurel and Hardy, Batman and Paddington to be honoured with Leicester Square statues
Statues of the iconic movie stars will fill Leicester Square from next month