By Valentina Magri Ten million people will live in London by 2036 according to a forecast by the business advocacy group London First, but the big question is what does that mean for the future of London and how can the city prepare to the forthcoming boom in its population? The risks of a ...
By Steve Taggart David Cameron tops poll, but almost two thirds believe British politicians don’t know enough about technology Twitter fan David Cameron is the UK’s most tech-savvy politician with Nigel Farage polling in a distant fifth place, according to new research released today by Crucial.com. However, the insights also ...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.” ― Karl Marx If there was ever an example of 21st century Marxism, the open letter fiasco between Russell Brand and Jo 'the disgruntled RBS worker' would be it. ...
London has come out as the most expensive place to party on New Year's Eve in a new study that compares popular cities around the world. The poll revealed that almost a quarter of Brits prefer to celebrate the night abroad in order to party harder for their budget, with a ...
By Bill Lytton The Rochester and Strood by-election delivered more than a second Ukip MP last week. In fact, the incumbency of former Conservative Mark Reckless was backseat news to other, more telling, political situations. Namely that, in Alberto Nardelli’s words, “Britain has gone from a two-three party system to ...
By Pieter Cranenbroek Last month, protesters against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) carried a Trojan Horse onto a square in Amsterdam. The horse was not nearly as big as the original one that, according to myth, marked the fall of Troy, but its message was clear: the trade ...
The Mayor of London's office has skirted big questions over the financing of the 2014 New Year's Eve fireworks display after a Freedom of Information request into the matter bore little fruit. Plans were announced late in September to ticket the event to control crowds after an estimated 500,000 people ...
London’s property market has been booming in recent years, bouncing back after the recession far faster than anywhere else. But for those in the capital who want to get onto the property ladder for the first time, affordability is a major issue, with the average cost of a new home ...
The general public is becoming increasingly conscious of business ethics. Look at the front pages of newspapers, Twitter feeds, the placards of street protesters and it’s clear that ethics and particularly the green aspect of business ethics is something that consumers are particularly keen to see businesses addressing, and not just ...