2020 is well underway with the advent of the London Government dinner.  The Mayor of Greater London, the Lord Mayor of London and civic leaders from across the metropolis gathered to hear the annual speeches of the leader of London councils and our Mayors.

2020 has truly begun when the Lord Mayor opens his house for the first time of the year and lets in hundreds of excited children!

The Pension Insurance Corporation, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has invested £250m in debt issued by the City of London Corporation for an ambitious programme of major projects designed to benefit the Square Mile, London and the UK.

Today I joined a fascinating discussion on the consequences of the new minority government in Canada.

It was wonderful today to join a celebration of the pioneers of the GPS system who received the Queen Elizabeth Award for engineering.

Over the past 18 months the City of London Corporation has installed new lighting around the main and side roads in the city’s square mile and that it will install those needed in footways in the first quarter of next year. The project involves around 12,000 lights in total.

TfL has concluded that it will not grant Uber London Limited (Uber) a new private hire operator's licence in response to its latest application over safety concerns.

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Tonight it was a privilege to share memories of the Velvet or Gentle Revolution that saw the end of communism 30 years ago in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.  It was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, that began on 17 November 1989.  The Czech Ambassador to London

The 692nd Lord Mayor enjoyed his show in London today...https://www.linkedin.com/posts/city-of-london_lordmayorsshow-activity-6…

The City of London economy continues to look strong.  The latest news is great global growth in exports. More good ‘despite brexit’ news for London.