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