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Business chiefs want 'Crossrail 2' underground link

19.10.11
London business chiefs have set up a panel to explore building a new rail link - dubbed Crossrail 2 - beneath the capital... more

'Relax Sunday trading law during Olympics'

07.09.11
Strict Sunday opening hours should be relaxed during next year's Olympics to deliver a major boost to London's economy, business groups say... more

RMT to disrupt Heathrow Express during Tube strike

16.06.11
The RMT has ordered 72 hours of industrial action on the Heathrow Express to coincide with a Tube strike later this month... more

Vague government policies put economy at risk, says CBI chief

24.01.11
The outgoing head of the CBI launches a stinging attack on the Government for risking the economy with spending cuts and "vague" policies for growth... more

What we need are regulators with experience of the real world

17.01.11
So, European financial regulatory bodies are to be headed by a Dutch professor (capital markets regulator), Portuguese solvency guru (insurance and pensions regulator) and an Italian centralising policymaker (banking regulator).... more

Help us avoid unthinkable funding cuts, City tells Vince Cable

18.11.10
Leading City figures and senior academics urge Business Secretary Vince Cable to save London’s key economic development bodies... more

David Miliband: We need third runway at Heathrow

08.09.10
Labour leadership frontrunner David Miliband resurrects the idea of a third runway at Heathrow... more

Tube upgrades face axe as coalition spares Crossrail

09.07.10
London's Underground system today emerged as a key target for Treasury spending cuts... more

Ministers will push through plan for cap on immigration

25.06.10
Flagship Tory policy of an annual immigration cap is to go ahead despite fears from some ministers of the impact on business... more

Crossrail backers threaten to axe funding if project is diluted

04.06.10
London businesses delivered a stern 'hands off' warning on Crossrail, telling ministers they may withdraw funding if the rail scheme is spoiled by cutbacks... more

Don’t raise tax for wealthy in Budget, firms tell Chancellor Darling

22.03.10
London business chiefs call on Alistair Darling to use this week’s Budget to get tougher on spending cuts and rein in tax rises on the better-off... more

Tube misery as two million passengers face delays after funding slashed

10.03.10
Two million passengers who use Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines face years of delays after major row on Tube spending... more

Lord Adonis blast train companies over Oyster cards

10.03.10
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis expresses astonishment that Oyster cards are not on sale at all railway stations across London... more

Scrapping free evening parking in West End ‘will ruin businesses’

21.01.10
Westminster council bosses face a backlash over parking charge plans expected to cost West End businesses 'millions of pounds a year'... more

2012 Olympics 'stormtroopers are harming small businesses'

11.01.10
London’s 2012 Olympics chiefs are accused of behaving like 'stormtroopers' towards small businesses... more

Huge bus and Tube fare rises plus £10 C-charge

15.10.09
Latest: Boris Johnson blames the recession as he imposes huge rises in bus and Tube fares and a 25 per cent increase to the congestion charge ... more

Business chiefs quick to give ‘risky’ Darling a thumbs down

22.04.09
Business leaders gave Alistair Darling’s Budget the thumbs down today within minutes... more

Lobby groups 'lavish gifts on civil servants'

12.02.09
Top civil servants are being bombarded with free drinks, football tickets, shows and concerts by lobbyists seeking to influence Whitehall, it has been revealed... more

Lobbying baroness accused of breaching Lords rules

02.02.09
The £180,000 chief executive of business lobbying group London First said she was "unashamed" after being dragged into the "peers for hire" furore... more

Third runway for toffs: that idea won’t fly

14.01.09
Amid the fury of the row over Heathrow expansion, the environmental debate gets increasingly eccentric... more

Mr Quick and a lack of judgment

22.12.08
Mr Quick was right to withdraw his remarks but it remains worrying that he made them in the first place... more

Come on, Boris, cheer us all up and rebuild our confidence for 2009

22.12.08
A recession is upon us. For many consumers, business leaders and politicians, it's the first they can remember. Gordon Brown has portrayed himself as saviour of the universe; Boris has his recovery plan. But are our leaders making the right decisions for the economy - above all in London? ... more

Thames Gateway plan needs a single leader, Mayor told

03.12.08
Boris Johnson came under pressure to appoint a "legacy czar" for the £9billion Thames Gateway development or risk losing crucial investment... more

Curb bus congestion in West End, plead bosses

20.10.08
Business leaders in the West End are demanding a swift end to rising congestion caused by buses... more

Don’t cry for me Dame Marjorie

05.09.08
A report yesterday claimed the number of women in top jobs had fallen. But Antonia Cox argues not all women want to enter the corporate battlefield... more

City bosses tell Heathrow to reduce flights

25.06.08
Heathrow is hopelessly over-stretched and should consider fewer flights, a report has said... more

Does London need a bigger Heathrow?

23.05.08
Ruth Kelly has come under fire over the expansion of Heathrow and been accused of "extreme moral cowardice" over the controversial plans... more

Rules relaxed for revamp of theatreland

08.05.08
Ministers are set to pave the way for a major revamp of West End theatres by relaxing planning rules... more

Stop dithering - we have to fix London's Big Jam

25.04.08
Congestion in the capital is rapidly increasing again. So why won't any of the main mayoral candidates face up to it, asks one business leader... more


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