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FSB announces ‘Recovery and Renewal’ Agenda for London

The Federation of Small Businesses has outlined a ‘Recovery and Renewal’ Agenda to support London’s 1.1million small businesses in run up to the Mayoral and Assembly Elections Small businesses need support in these extremely challenging times, with around 50,000 businesses at the beginning of 2021 fearing they could go out of business without more support. The...

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FSB announces ‘Recovery and Renewal’ Agenda for London

The Federation of Small Businesses has outlined a ‘Recovery and Renewal’ Agenda to support London’s 1.1million small businesses in run up to the Mayoral and Assembly Elections Small businesses need...
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Business leaders react to Prime Minister’s roadmap out of lockdown

As Boris Johnson prepares to set out his roadmap for the national easing of lockdown restrictions, London’s business leaders have identified how they want to see the capital emerge. Last...

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More support needed to help London’s small businesses achieve net-zero

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has published its FSB London Infrastructure Report which highlights the small business views on transportation, broadband and mobile telephony, and how these...
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City Corporation extends popular outdoor dining measures to support hospitality industry

The City of London Corporation has agreed to continue efforts to help the hospitality sector by continuing to issue pavement licences free of charge for suitable premises. In...
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LCCI launches London business community app to aid economic recovery

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry is offering the capital’s businesses a new, free, way to be part of its community, with the launch of a networking app...
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Fourteen in the running as responsible business gongs go ‘virtual’

Businesses ranging from multi-national banks to an online tea shop are in the running for an award as London’s top responsible business gongs go ‘virtual’ for the first...
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Centre for London appoints new chief executive

The Centre for London has unveiled Nick Bowes as its new Chief Executive. Mr Bowes will take up the post in June 2021, succeeding Founding Director Ben Rogers.
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Blueprint for London’s COVID recovery from “cultural catastrophe” set out by City Taskforce

Close collaboration across the cultural, civic and commercial sectors will be essential in tackling the “cultural catastrophe” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a report published by the Culture and...
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Shortlist announced for London’s top environmental awards

The City of London Corporation has revealed the 10 Square Mile businesses shortlisted in the capital’s top environmental gongs – the Clean City Awards. The scheme, now in its...
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London had highest rate of unemployment in the country

London had the highest rate of unemployment in the UK between September and November last year. While unemployment in the UK rose to 5 per cent, London saw unemployment rise...
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FSB London publishes findings of latest Small Business Index study

The Federation of Small Business' London Small Business Index (LSBI), which measures confidence amongst firms, has fallen in Q4. The index score now sits at -61 after...
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Small firms offered way to have employee credentials acknowledged

Small businesses are being offered a new way to have their employee wellbeing, sustainability and diversity credentials acknowledged thanks to a fresh collaboration between Federation of Small...
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250,000 small businesses set to fold without further help, new study warns

A record number of small business owners are planning to close their firms over the coming 12 months, putting the UK on course to lose more than...
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Search is on for new CEO of London First

CEO Jasmine Whitbread will be leaving business campaign group London First at the end of March. Ms Whitbread, who joined London First four years ago, will...
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Catherine McGuinness: Lockdown makes trading exceptionally difficult – if not impossible

City Policy Chair Catherine McGuinness has said new national lockdown measures will make trading exceptionally difficult – if not impossible – for many business. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak...
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LCCI says New Year’s resolution required for London

As the start of a new working year gets fully underway in London, figures released by London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) show the challenge that...
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Fresh round of lockdown funding “won’t go far enough” for businesses

New lockdown funds don't go far enough to help small businesses in crisis. That's the message from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as Rishi Sunak unveiled a raft of...
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Five-point plan needed to support small businesses, says FSB

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling for a five-point support plan for small firms impacted by the latest wave...
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£1.5million raised for local businesses struggling through Covid

More than £1.5 million has been raised for small and independent businesses in London that have struggled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 400 small businesses in the capital...
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Only one in five small firms fearing end of transition have prepared, study finds

A new FSB study of more than 1,500 firms shows that just 18% of those that believe they will be negatively impacted by the end of the transition...
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Government must support firms through “bleakest winters on record”

Government's decision to extend the furlough scheme is "a step forward", but more needs to be done to assist small businesses facing "one of the bleakest winters on record". FSB...
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Businesses must do more to represent diversity of the capital

Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of London First, and Andrien Meyers, Co-Chair of the City of London Corporation’s Tackling Racism Taskforce, pen a joint column on the need to drive...

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Women in Philanthropy: “Not just ribbon cutters”

A common criticism of charitable giving is that it is dominated by older, white...
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Ministers must do more to prioritise frontline worker vaccinations

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on Government Ministers to “do more” to...
By Joe Talora 1st March 2021
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Calls to trial a public register of fire risk assessments

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is being urged to trial a public register of...
By Joe Talora 1st March 2021
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100,000 Londoners could be plunged into poverty

An additional 100,000 Londoners could be “plunged into poverty” without further support from the...
By Joe Talora 1st March 2021
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Bid for author could be remembered in Hampstead Heath’s 150th anniversary

His characters kept in the shadows. If they had become recognised, their cover would have...
By Julia Gregory 26th February 2021
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FSB salutes its volunteer Covid-era champions

A group of enthusiastic small business owners from the London region who have stepped up...
By Ben Brown 26th February 2021
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GLA budget approved despite strong opposition from members

Sadiq Khan’s GLA budget for 2021/22 has been approved in the London Assembly –...
By Joe Talora 26th February 2021
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Galvin La Chapelle’s at-home Mother’s Day kits

Galvin La Chapelle, the Michelin-starred French restaurant in Spitalfields, has created a special Mother's...
By Andrew Zuccala 25th February 2021
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Violent crime ‘not on the up’, says Met boss

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has said that violent crime in London is...
By Joe Talora 25th February 2021
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Elderly housing needs not met in London

London is not doing enough to meet the housing needs of older people, a...
By Joe Talora 25th February 2021
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Citizen Science project helps City residents measure air quality

A new project has launched in the City of London giving...
By Ben Brown 25th February 2021
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