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Forget London Mayor Khan’s Ulez Row and Get On Your Bikes, Says Brompton Boss

Will Butler-Adams doesn’t have much patience for cars, or public transport for that matter. Especially on a warm day. “What on earth are you doing?” he says. “Scuttling under the ground, getting shoved into a metal tube, being belched on. Get on a bike and whiz across town and discover your city.” Unsurprisingly, the Brompton […]

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London Lord Mayor for 2023 Hits Back at Pension Bosses’ Criticism Of Growth Fund

Nicholas Lyons, the Lord Mayor of London and a veteran financier, has hit back against industry criticism of his plan for a £50 billion ($62 billion) fund to boost investment in UK growth companies.  The opposition is “from people with a vested interest in trying to prevent modernization of our pension schemes,” Lyons said in […]

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Follow Goldman Sachs Beyond London, Tory Mayor Andy Street Tells City Giants

Shortly after we arrive at Andy Street’s office, he insists on bundling into a taxi. Darkening rain clouds aren’t going to stop the mayor of the West Midlands from showing off his proudest new achievement: luring Goldman Sachs to Birmingham. Minutes later, Street marches across the city’s new financial district and plants himself in front […]

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