Businesses in London are being encouraged to market their goods and services around the world to help the capital pull through the recession.
More trade advisers could be drafted in to help more firms become exporters, as part of the Export Promotion Programme.
It is being spearheaded by London mayor Boris Johnson and business leaders.
The capital’s total [...]

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LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of London commuters face two days of
transport disruption after a 48-hour strike shut down the capital’s
underground rail network on Tuesday evening in a dispute over pay and
jobs.
London Mayor Boris Johnson condemned the walkout by thousands of
drivers, station staff, maintenance workers as “utterly demented.”
“We will do everything in our power [...]

The global financial crisis has come to London Mayor Boris Johnson’s doorstep.
The mortgage on the egg-shaped glass building on the Thames River where London’s City Hall has its offices is in default, a victim of the falling value of U.K. office properties. The building is part of a 13-acre development near London Bridge owned by [...]

A board of ten to twenty City professionals is to be drawn up to promote London as a world financial centre in response to the credit crunch and economic downturn.
The decision to create the new body, with the working title of the Financial Services Board, was taken in parallel by the City Corporation and a [...]

Speaking at the London Development Agency’s (LDA) annual public meeting the Mayor welcomed the LDA’s planned £23m package of public sector support, which will be available for small to medium sized businesses in the capital from December.
The measures include a funding package of more than half a million pounds, with which the LDA is backing [...]

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has ordered a spectacular fireworks display to kick off the New Year in the capital with a bang. Live television coverage around the globe will ensure the iconic skyline of the West End is seen from Beijing to Brazil, New York and New Delhi as Big Ben strikes midnight.
Renowned [...]

London’s mayor has been accused of abusing his political position after admitting contact with a senior Tory MP currently under police investigation.
Boris Johnson told the London Assembly he spoke with Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green following his arrest into alleged Home Office leaks.
Mr Johnson, as chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), was briefed on [...]