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Page 2 | 14-20 December 2016<br />

News <strong>Matters</strong><br />

On this week<br />

down the years<br />

16 December 1955: Her<br />

Majesty inaugurates ‘The<br />

Queen’s Building’ of the<br />

new central terminal of<br />

London Airport, built to<br />

accommodate increasing<br />

numbers of passengers.<br />

19 December 1984: The<br />

British colony of Hong<br />

Kong is to be returned to<br />

China after an historic<br />

agreement is signed.<br />

14 December 2003:<br />

The ousted President of<br />

Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is<br />

under arrest after being<br />

found hiding in a cellar<br />

by US soldiers.<br />

world leader: Hong Kong<br />

Corrections &<br />

clarifications<br />

The editorial team<br />

at <strong>City</strong> <strong>Matters</strong><br />

strives to ensure all<br />

information printed<br />

is true and correct<br />

at the time of<br />

publication.<br />

If you notice a<br />

story has been<br />

printed with an<br />

error or omission,<br />

please contact<br />

us through the<br />

website and we will<br />

be happy to amend<br />

as appropriate.<br />

Alternatively, to<br />

speak to a member<br />

of the news team,<br />

please contact us<br />

on the number<br />

below.<br />

No preferential<br />

Brexit treatment<br />

THE <strong>City</strong> has been warned it will not receive<br />

any special privilege when the UK begins<br />

proceedings to leave the European Union.<br />

Chancellor Philip Hammond and Brexit<br />

secretary David Davis are reported to have told<br />

a panel of Square Mile figureheads that the<br />

financial and professional services sectors will<br />

not be treated any differently when Article 50<br />

is invoked.<br />

Santandar chairman Baroness Vadera, Barclays’<br />

John McFarlane, and Inga Beale, chief executive of<br />

Lloyd’s of London, were all in attendance.<br />

The <strong>City</strong> contributes 11.8% of gross domestic<br />

product for the UK and calls had been made<br />

that London as a whole should benefit from<br />

a unique arrangement when Brexit becomes<br />

a reality. However, that hope seems to be<br />

fading as government readies itself to begin<br />

negotiations in March next year.<br />

In a joint statement, Mr Hammond and Mr<br />

Davis said: “As the UK exits the EU, we are<br />

determined that our country remains a great<br />

place to invest and to do business.”<br />

£30m pledge to<br />

hospital projects<br />

BARTS Charity has announced it will<br />

increase its annual grant giving up to<br />

£30million per year until 2020.<br />

Previously the charity – which supports<br />

the hospitals of Barts Health NHS Trust and<br />

its associated medical school, Queen Mary<br />

University of London’s School of Medicine<br />

and Dentistry – has typically had a budget<br />

of around £10m to fund projects delivering<br />

improved patient care through medical<br />

research, state-of-the-art equipment and<br />

community initiatives.<br />

However, for each of the next three financial<br />

years the charity is aiming to award up to<br />

three times as much.<br />

“We’re taking this step in recognition of<br />

the great need in the communities we serve,<br />

but also the great opportunities to work<br />

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together over the next three years to fund<br />

some extraordinary people and projects<br />

that will make a real difference to London,”<br />

explained charity chief executive Fiona Miller<br />

Smith.<br />

“We look forward to working with the<br />

trust and the medical school in the coming<br />

months and years to turn priorities into a<br />

compelling list of projects that will drive real<br />

improvements in health.<br />

Perspective<br />

“From a fundraising perspective, we’ll look<br />

to our supporters, businesses and the wider<br />

community to help us on this journey and<br />

to help us achieve as much as possible for the<br />

healthcare of the people of London.”<br />

This level of giving will place even greater<br />

importance on the charity’s fundraising, and<br />

Commercial Director:<br />

Nick Chapman<br />

Media Executive:<br />

Laura May Woodley<br />

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Serena Newbury<br />

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the key role supporters will play in achieving<br />

this vision.<br />

Alwen Williams, chief executive of Barts<br />

Health NHS Trust, said: “We are clear that<br />

our strong partnership with Barts Charity<br />

is critical and we look forward to working<br />

closely together as we take forward this<br />

exciting agenda and realise the opportunities<br />

that I know we can for the benefit of our<br />

patients.”<br />

The five hospitals the charity supports serve<br />

some of the UK’s most diverse communities,<br />

with over 2.5m people relying on them every<br />

year.<br />

The research that takes places at the School<br />

of Medicine and Dentistry is world-leading in<br />

many areas of healthcare – including trauma,<br />

cancer and cardiac.<br />

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CITYMATTERS.LONDON<br />

‘Clear the air’ talk becomes action<br />

SADIQ KHAN made a move to quite literally<br />

‘clear the air’ last week by declaring he will<br />

double the amount of cash available to tackle<br />

pollution in the Capital over the next five<br />

years.<br />

Ahead of the publication of the draft<br />

Transport for London Business Plan, the Mayor<br />

of London announced that £875million will be<br />

invested to address the city’s air quality crisis.<br />

Some 10,000 Londoners die early each and<br />

every year because of poor air quality, and last<br />

week the <strong>City</strong> – along with Westminster – was<br />

put on high alert over the safety of what its<br />

population breaths in when out and about in<br />

the Capital. Mr Khan said he wanted London<br />

to be a ‘world leader’ in tackling toxic air and<br />

challenged ministers to ‘prove they share my<br />

ambition.’<br />

“London’s air quality continues to breach<br />

legal levels, which is why I have taken this<br />

unprecedented action,” he said.<br />

“The onus is now on the government to prove<br />

that they share my ambition. By funding a<br />

national diesel scrappage scheme and reforming<br />

vehicle excise duty the government could also<br />

prove that they understand the enormity of our<br />

air quality emergency.”<br />

The Mayor is proposing a range of far-reaching<br />

trebling their efforts:<br />

Barts Charity is promising<br />

additional finances<br />

Station shows<br />

no signs of<br />

slowing down<br />

JUST shy of 100million<br />

passengers use London<br />

Waterloo every year, a<br />

study has confirmed.<br />

Figures released by<br />

the Office of Rail and<br />

Road reveal that the<br />

station is still Britain’s<br />

busiest as Network Rail<br />

and South West Trains<br />

continue their work to<br />

boost capacity by 30%<br />

as part of an £800m<br />

investment.<br />

Becky Lumlock, route<br />

managing director at<br />

Network Rail, said:<br />

“Passenger numbers<br />

are at their highest level<br />

since the Victorian era<br />

and are continuing to<br />

grow, so it is vital that<br />

we keep investing and<br />

deliver a better Wessex<br />

route.<br />

Improvements<br />

“The investment is<br />

the biggest package<br />

of improvements<br />

for passengers using<br />

Waterloo for decades,<br />

and will provide: five<br />

additional platforms;<br />

longer platforms for<br />

longer trains between<br />

Waterloo and Reading;<br />

new trains between<br />

Waterloo and Windsor;<br />

and longer trains on<br />

London Suburban<br />

services.”<br />

Nearly 6,000<br />

bureaucrats to<br />

be relocaed<br />

AN exodus of civil<br />

servants out of central<br />

London will create a<br />

‘Whitehall of the East’<br />

in Docklands.<br />

Nearly 6,000<br />

bureaucrats are set to be<br />

relocated to a new office<br />

in Canary Wharf under<br />

government plans to cut<br />

costs by 2018.<br />

programmes to tackle the threat to health from<br />

poor air, enhancing the quality of life across the<br />

Capital.<br />

Among the proposals is the launch of<br />

the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone;<br />

consulting on the Emissions Surcharge, which<br />

will remove older polluting vehicles from central<br />

London, involving £22m of direct investment;<br />

and the introduction of ‘Low Emission<br />

Neighbourhoods’, spanning eight boroughs and<br />

involving a range of local businesses.<br />

In addition, the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund<br />

will provide £9m to take targeted action in some<br />

of the worst pollution hotspots.<br />

We at <strong>City</strong> <strong>Matters</strong><br />

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Page 4 | 14-20 December 2016<br />

News <strong>Matters</strong><br />

Cyber crime not<br />

to be ignored<br />

SIGNIFICANTLY more<br />

people (60%) believe<br />

they are more likely to<br />

fall victim to a home<br />

break-in than a digital<br />

crime (37%), according<br />

to new research from BT.<br />

This is despite the fact<br />

that, on average, people<br />

aged between 16 and 44<br />

are now almost as likely<br />

to suffer a digital crime<br />

(15%) as a break-in (17%).<br />

Commander Chris<br />

Greany, national<br />

co-ordinator for<br />

economic crime, said:<br />

“Many broadband and<br />

telephone providers offer<br />

free security solutions;<br />

we strongly encourage<br />

everyone to ensure they<br />

are protected.”<br />

Turn the tap to<br />

avoid trouble<br />

CITY residents have<br />

been told to check their<br />

water supply so they<br />

aren’t caught cold this<br />

Christmas.<br />

Homeowners are<br />

advised to check their<br />

internal and external<br />

stop taps regularly to<br />

ensure they are working<br />

properly in dropping<br />

temperatures.<br />

A faulty tap could lead<br />

to residents being unable<br />

to shut off their water<br />

supply in an emergency.<br />

Chief stops in for<br />

quick inspection<br />

THE man at the helm of the Corporation’s<br />

charitable arm was the guest of honour<br />

at the Centre for Armenian Information<br />

and Advice (CAIA) as the organisation<br />

recognised the financial aid it has received<br />

over the past two decades.<br />

<strong>City</strong> Bridge Trust has made donations<br />

totalling £320,000 to the Acton-based service<br />

since 1995, allowing CAIA to reach out to all<br />

Armenians who call the Capital home.<br />

Latest figures estimate that CAIA has<br />

worked to enhance the quality of life of<br />

over 20,000 people through the provision of<br />

welfare, educational and cultural services.<br />

David Farnsworth, trust director, recently<br />

dropped in on the charity to see first hand<br />

how funding was being used to reduce<br />

....more on its way<br />

ARTSADMIN, a charity that enables<br />

artists to “create without boundaries”,<br />

is the latest organisation to have secured<br />

<strong>City</strong> Bridge Trust approval.<br />

More than £95,000 is on its way to<br />

the charity after their bid for support to<br />

finance building works to enhance the<br />

accessibility of Toynbee Studios in East<br />

London – to ensure all visitors are able<br />

disadvantage. He said that he was “inspired<br />

to see the amazing work” CAIA is doing to<br />

support the lives of Armenians across London<br />

and the community as a whole.<br />

Misak Ohanian, charity chief executive,<br />

said: “My colleagues and I were very pleased<br />

to welcome David to witness some of the work<br />

we carry out day in, day out, for vulnerable<br />

and disadvantaged people such as the elderly,<br />

carers and refugees.<br />

Overcome<br />

“Thanks to the <strong>City</strong> Bridge Trust, funding<br />

the centre has changed many lives. The<br />

trust has supported CAIA seven times over<br />

the past 20 years; most recently with our<br />

advisory services which many people rely on<br />

to use the facilities independently – was<br />

signed off.<br />

A significant part of Artsadmin’s work<br />

is its ‘Unlimited’ commissions programme<br />

which places work by disabled artists into<br />

the cultural sector.<br />

Unlimited has so far awarded £932,000<br />

to 103 disabled artists; and over the three<br />

years it has been running a total of 1,797<br />

performances, exhibitions, screenings and<br />

events have been seen by 132,059 people.<br />

to access their rights, public services and help<br />

overcome various inequalities and barriers<br />

they experience.”<br />

In 2015 the charity received an<br />

unconditional grant of £20,000 from the<br />

<strong>City</strong> Bridge Trust, awarded as part of its 20th<br />

anniversary celebrations.<br />

The organisation chose to spend the<br />

financial package on repairing the community<br />

centre’s roof and internal structure, as well as<br />

updating its IT system and photocopiers and<br />

boosting its operating costs.<br />

HOT shot table tennis players from the <strong>City</strong><br />

of London School banded together to take top<br />

honours in not one but two age groups during a<br />

prestigious table tennis competition.<br />

Hosted by the Raines Foundation in Tower<br />

Hamlets, the East London Regional Final of the<br />

Jack Petchey Foundation London Schools team<br />

competition served up a day of high quality<br />

contests.<br />

Held in partnership with Table Tennis<br />

England, the competition bought together<br />

some 160 players across 41 teams representing<br />

13 schools. And it was in the under-11 and U16<br />

divisions that the <strong>City</strong> scooped silverware.<br />

It was the elder crop of players who led the<br />

way; 13-year-old Joseph Hee, Partha Mulay, 15,<br />

and 14-year-old pair Dung Tran and Daniel<br />

Valdavicius crushing hosts Raines 8-0 in a<br />

one-sided final. It was the first time any of the<br />

four had entered an official competition.<br />

“It was a good team effort considering<br />

our standard,” said Joseph after he and his<br />

all ship shape: David<br />

Farnsworth was amazed<br />

CITYMATTERS.LONDON<br />

Piracy sunk in<br />

landmark case<br />

AN historic legal case<br />

has resulted in a man<br />

being jailed for four<br />

years on charges of<br />

conspiracy to defraud.<br />

Following the first ever<br />

trial involving a supplier<br />

of Internet protocol<br />

television (IPTV),<br />

which enables viewers<br />

to watch unauthorised<br />

content, Terry O’Reilly<br />

was sentenced at<br />

Nottingham Crown<br />

Court.<br />

A second supplier,<br />

Will O’Leary, pleaded<br />

guilty to similar charges<br />

and received a two-year<br />

suspended sentence<br />

after the Premier League<br />

brought a prosecution<br />

against the pair.<br />

O’Reilly and O’Leary<br />

had sold devices to<br />

pubs and consumers<br />

which facilitated mass<br />

piracy, including<br />

the broadcasting of<br />

football on unauthorised<br />

foreign channels. The<br />

convictions followed a<br />

significant investigation<br />

by <strong>City</strong> of London Police.<br />

Detective Chief<br />

Inspector Pete Ratcliffe<br />

said: “Protecting our<br />

creative industries is<br />

vital to the economy<br />

and the millions of<br />

jobs that work within<br />

them.”<br />

Youngsters secure a<br />

place at the top table<br />

cohorts qualified for the next round of the<br />

competition which will resume in the new<br />

year.<br />

“We liked winning and are looking forward<br />

to the final [proper].”<br />

It set the stage for a <strong>City</strong> double, with the U11<br />

quartet of Alex Botgros, 11, Leonardo Cortese,<br />

Josh Lyttle and Jacob Yoon, all 10, cruising<br />

passed Sir Thomas Abbey School from Stoke<br />

Newington 6-2 in the final.<br />

Challenging<br />

Again, this was the team’s first competition<br />

together – previously they had only ever<br />

practiced against each other.<br />

Alex said: “We did very well, much better<br />

than we thought. We had some challenging<br />

matches but came through in the end.”<br />

Winners of the regional competitions now<br />

progress to the London Schools team finals<br />

in the Sports Dock at the University of East<br />

London on 14 January.<br />

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CITYMATTERS.LONDON 14-20 December 2016 | Page 7<br />

Business <strong>Matters</strong><br />

get a leg up: in<br />

the Isle of Man<br />

Isle of Man alive...<br />

island urges <strong>City</strong><br />

firms to relocate<br />

THE Isle of Man Wealth & Fund Services<br />

Association sailed for the mainland for its<br />

annual lunch this year – with the Clothworkers<br />

Hall the grand setting for the gathering.<br />

The yearly event serves as an opportunity to<br />

showcase the work being done on the island,<br />

and to drum up new business with the <strong>City</strong>’s<br />

many big name contacts.<br />

Networking<br />

Association chairman Carolyn Gelling<br />

welcomed an impressive guestlist before<br />

thanking those who have provided considerable<br />

backing to the Isle of Man over the course of<br />

the last 12 months.<br />

Taking the mic soon after were department<br />

of economic development minister, Laurence<br />

Skelly, and chief executive of the UK Business<br />

Angels Association, Jenny Tooth. Each<br />

promoted the “significant benefits” the Isle of<br />

Man offers to businesses looking to relocate.<br />

Following the speeches, guests enjoyed a<br />

three-course lunch and were welcomed to a<br />

post-event networking session.<br />

University’s full<br />

of bright sparks<br />

STUDENTS IMPRESS TO LAND SHARE OF £5,000<br />

UNIVERSITY students and graduate<br />

entrepreneurs were in the spotlight<br />

recently when 18 teams competed<br />

to secure finance for their business<br />

ideas.<br />

A panel comprising 60 judges ran<br />

the rule over a wide range pitches, with<br />

a share of £5,000 up for grabs in the<br />

<strong>City</strong>Spark Marketplace event at <strong>City</strong><br />

University London.<br />

Held at <strong>City</strong>Bar on 1 December,<br />

the competition attracted more than<br />

200 attendees. Esteemed judges<br />

included business founders, alumni<br />

entrepreneurs and staff from across<br />

the university.<br />

Special guest on the night was<br />

previous <strong>City</strong>Spark champion Jeremy<br />

Evans (MA broadcast journalism,<br />

2<strong>013</strong>).<br />

Jeremy won <strong>City</strong>Spark in 2014 with<br />

Explaain, a website that breaks down<br />

complex news stories and issues into<br />

easily digested, bite-sized chunks.<br />

Since then, Jeremy has gone on to be<br />

included in Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30 Europe<br />

Media List’ and has been backed by the<br />

Google Digital News Initiative.<br />

Alex Elkins, entrepreneurship<br />

THE BIG WINNERS<br />

First prize £1,000: The Oven<br />

Second prize: £500: The Nusa<br />

Project; Student Circus; Pzee<br />

Third prize £250: <strong>City</strong> Go; Grubify;<br />

Eat Chay<br />

The People’s Champion £250: <strong>City</strong><br />

Food Co-op; Grubify; Direq<br />

GreenSpark £1,000: The Nusa Project<br />

education manager at <strong>City</strong>, said that<br />

the quality and range of ideas this year<br />

had been truly outstanding.<br />

He added: “From intelligent property<br />

search to a street food incubator and<br />

using virtual reality to help structural<br />

engineers build better buildings, the<br />

businesses offered something for<br />

everyone.<br />

“Every year I am overwhelmed by<br />

the entrepreneurial talent <strong>City</strong> has to<br />

offer and the amazing concepts and<br />

ideas students produce.<br />

“The energy and enthusiasm in the<br />

room was amazing and really promotes<br />

just how good <strong>City</strong> is when it comes to<br />

entrepreneurship.”<br />

The overall winners banking £1,000<br />

towards their business venture were<br />

‘The Oven’, who sought backing to<br />

provide market space and incubation<br />

to food start-ups to enable them to<br />

scale in a low risk environment.<br />

Three second place and third place<br />

prizes were also handed out, as well as<br />

the GreenSpark prize for sustainable<br />

ideas and The People’s Champion<br />

accolade, which was voted for by all<br />

those in attendance.<br />

dream team: The<br />

Oven quartet<br />

The peak of<br />

going social<br />

THE fourth Social<br />

Value Summit will<br />

take place in London<br />

on 8 February.<br />

The summit<br />

– which aims to<br />

promote social values<br />

in business – brings<br />

together more than<br />

300 commissioners<br />

and providers from<br />

across the public,<br />

private and, of course,<br />

social sectors.<br />

A spokesman for<br />

Social Enterprise<br />

UK, organisers of<br />

the annual event,<br />

said: “The summit<br />

will deliver leading<br />

expertise in the<br />

field of social value<br />

measurement and<br />

reporting; the latest<br />

intelligence on good<br />

practice; practical<br />

advice and takeaways<br />

on what to do<br />

in your organisation;<br />

dialogue and debate<br />

on key issues from<br />

high-quality speakers;<br />

leaders from across<br />

different sectors;<br />

and some excellent<br />

networking.”<br />

Early bird tickets<br />

are now available –<br />

book your place by<br />

searching ‘Social<br />

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The plan, which will be considered by the TfL<br />

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Community <strong>Matters</strong><br />

What’s on when &<br />

where in the <strong>City</strong><br />

FOOD / Evening of Cheese<br />

Borough Market’s Evening of Cheese is back<br />

with an even greater variety of weird and<br />

wonderful cheeses from all over the world,<br />

including Alsop and Walker’s Lord London,<br />

as featured at the Royal wedding. As well<br />

as sampling and Christmas cheese-board<br />

shopping, a ‘cracking of the parmesan wheel’<br />

competition will take place along with an<br />

exclusive demonstration by Michelin-starred<br />

chef Luca Marchini.<br />

14 December, 6pm-9pm<br />

Borough Market, 8 Southwark Street SE1 1TL<br />

CONCERT / Fables and Festivities<br />

Join international development charity Farm<br />

Africa for a free evening of seasonal live music<br />

with performances from three fantastic choirs.<br />

BBC reporter Kate Adie and Independent travel<br />

editor Simon Calder will share stories from<br />

their travels, alongside Farm Africa CEO Nico<br />

Mounard, who will reflect on the charity’s work<br />

to reduce poverty by empowering smallholder<br />

farmers across eastern Africa. Stick around<br />

after performances by the London Africa<br />

on song: Fables<br />

and Festivities<br />

Gospel Choir for free mince pies and mulled<br />

wine.<br />

15 December, 6.30pm<br />

St Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street<br />

EC3R 6DN<br />

SHOP / Melissa Odabash Sample Sale<br />

Leading luxury swim and beach wear brand<br />

Melissa Odabash is having a pre-Christmas<br />

sample sale, offering everything from resort<br />

wear to evening dresses, flip flips and bikinis...<br />

because nobody wants to spend their hardearned<br />

winter break in the Canary Islands<br />

wearing last summer’s swim wear. Entry is £1,<br />

with all proceeds donated to charity.<br />

15 to 18 December<br />

F Block G4, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick<br />

Lane E1 6QL<br />

MUSIC / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra:<br />

Prokofiev, Stravinsky & Ravel<br />

Dutch ensemble the Royal Concertgebouw<br />

Orchestra is no stranger to London audiences;<br />

nor is its chief conductor Daniele Gatti. But<br />

this is their first time here together, and with<br />

a programme of Stravinsky, Prokofiev and<br />

Ravel lined up, this should be a colourful<br />

introduction to a promising new partnership.<br />

Solo violinist Lisa Batiashvili is sure to wow<br />

audiences with a Prokofiev that will serve as<br />

a brilliant centrepiece to a programme that<br />

crackles with energy.<br />

16 December, 7.30pm<br />

Barbican Hall, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS<br />

WORKSHOP / Gold Embroidery<br />

This one-day workshop will introduce<br />

goldwork embroidery techniques inspired by<br />

the Barbican’s critically acclaimed exhibition<br />

‘The Vulgar’. Participants will tour the show<br />

with the London Embroidery Studio’s Alice<br />

Richardson, learn some basic skills and<br />

produce a design for a badge or brooch.<br />

17 December, 10am-4.30pm<br />

Barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS<br />

FILM / The Brothers Karamazov<br />

A special screening of the 1968 classic based<br />

on Dostoevsky’s final novel rounds out the<br />

Barbican’s 150th anniversary celebrations<br />

of the release of Crime and Punishment<br />

throughout the December. Director Ivan<br />

Pyrev died during the making of this lavish<br />

production, which follows the story of three<br />

sons following the murder of their tyrannical<br />

father.<br />

18 December, 2pm<br />

Barbican Cinema 3, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS<br />

CONCERT / Big Christmas Wind Orchestra<br />

Singers, brass and wind players from all over<br />

London will converge on Spitalfields for an<br />

afternoon of carols to raise money for the Rural<br />

Libraries Project in Northern Peru. Launched<br />

in 2012, the event has grown to more than<br />

100 musicians of all ages and abilities playing<br />

all your favourite festive carols conducted by<br />

Matthew Hardy. If you can carry a tune on<br />

the clarinet then join in the fun (no rehearsal<br />

required) but if not just turn up and support<br />

their cause from the sidelines.<br />

18 December, 1pm-4pm<br />

Bishops Square, Brushfield Street E1 6FQ<br />

MARKET / Leadenhall Christmas Market<br />

Left all your shopping to the last minute?<br />

Leadenhall Market hears your pain and is<br />

putting on live music, events and festive drinks<br />

in the lead up to Christmas to take the edge<br />

off the mad rush. After all, bashing your way<br />

through the masses with bags full of wrapping<br />

paper is best done with a slight buzz on.<br />

19-23 December<br />

all smiles: Sam McKnight<br />

with Linda Evangelista<br />

and Jesse the chimp<br />

Leadenhall Market, Gracechurch Street<br />

EC3V 1LR<br />

TALK / Sam McKnight in conversation with<br />

Anna-Marie Solowij<br />

From Kate Moss’ bedhead to Princess Diana’s<br />

slicked-back crop, celebrity hairdresser Sam<br />

McKnight has produced some of the best hair<br />

days in the business. McKnight’s portfolio<br />

has been on display at Somerset House to rave<br />

reviews, now catch the man with the golden<br />

scissors in conversation with award-winning<br />

beauty journalist Anna-Marie Solowij. The<br />

pair will delve into the stories behind the<br />

editorial shoots, catwalk shows and advertising<br />

campaigns, and discover why Vogue calls Sam<br />

McKnight ‘part of the connective tissue of<br />

fashion’.<br />

20 December, 6pm-9.30pm<br />

Somerset House, Strand WC2R 1LA<br />

Weekly Planner<br />

Wednesday<br />

FOOD / Evening of Cheese<br />

Thursday<br />

CONCERT / Fables and Festivities<br />

Friday<br />

MUSIC / Royal Concertgebouw<br />

Orchestra: Prokofiev, Stravinsky & Ra<br />

Saturday<br />

WORKSHOP / Gold Embroidery<br />

Sunday<br />

FILM / The Brothers Karamazov<br />

Monday<br />

MARKET / Leadenhall Christmas<br />

Market<br />

Tuesday<br />

TALK / Sam McKnight in conversation<br />

with Anna-Marie Solowij<br />

To act as a <strong>City</strong> <strong>Matters</strong> Collection Point<br />

contact: 020 8640 6015<br />

www.citymatters.london<br />

Find Our Collection Points:<br />

Coffee Stall<br />

In front of St Mary Abchurch,<br />

Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA<br />

EL Vino Wine Merchant<br />

6 Martin Lane, Cannon St, London EC4R 0DP<br />

James Shoe Care<br />

59 Moorgate, London EC2R 6BH<br />

Jeeves Dry Cleaners<br />

131 Fleet St, London EC4A 2BH<br />

J Rogers & Sons - Shoe repair shop<br />

28 Liverpool St, London EC2M 7PD<br />

Guildhall Library<br />

Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH<br />

Lord Raglan Pub, St Martins le Grand<br />

61 St Martins le Grand, St Pauls London EC1A 4ER<br />

Merchant House Pub London<br />

13 Well Court, London EC4M 9DN<br />

Middle Library<br />

Middle Temple Ln, London EC4Y 9BT<br />

Pod Good Food<br />

75 King William Street, London EC4N 7BE<br />

Protestant Truth Society Inc - Book Shop<br />

184 Fleet St, London EC4A 2HJ<br />

Romo Coffee<br />

1 Minster Court, Mincing Ln, London EC3R 7AE<br />

Scott’s Shoe repair & Dry Cleaners<br />

<strong>City</strong> Thameslink Station, Holborn, Concourse<br />

London EC4M 7RA<br />

Scott’s Shoe repair & Dry Cleaners<br />

<strong>City</strong> Thameslink Station, 65 Ludgate Hill<br />

London EC4M 7JH<br />

Sweetings Restaurant<br />

39 Queen Victoria St, London EC4N 4SF<br />

Temple Brew House<br />

46 Essex St, London WC2R 3JF<br />

The Natural Kitchen<br />

176 Aldersgate St, London EC1A 4HR<br />

The Old Bank of England Pub<br />

194 Fleet St, London EC4A 2LT<br />

Ye Old Cheshire Cheese<br />

145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU


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Page 14 | 14-20 December 2016<br />

Extra <strong>Matters</strong><br />

Grayling’s block is<br />

bad for London,<br />

says LCCI boss<br />

THE <strong>City</strong>-based London<br />

Chamber of Commerce<br />

& Industry (LCCI) has<br />

slammed the transport<br />

secretary for blocking a<br />

move that would see the<br />

operation of suburban<br />

rail services handed over<br />

to the Capital.<br />

MP Chris Grayling’s<br />

decision to deny<br />

Transport for London<br />

power over local rail<br />

affairs has been labelled<br />

“a step backwards.”<br />

LCCI chief executive<br />

Colin Stanbridge said:<br />

“We are extremely<br />

disappointed in this<br />

decision by Chris<br />

Grayling.<br />

“Under the previous<br />

government we had<br />

seen the real possibility<br />

of coming to a sensible<br />

arrangement where the<br />

management of Londonbound<br />

rail services was<br />

transferred to TfL.”<br />

The LCCI has<br />

repeatedly called for<br />

the move in an effort<br />

to improve reliability<br />

and punctuality for<br />

commuters, and avoid<br />

damaging the economy.<br />

“We had hoped<br />

that this could be<br />

done so as soon as<br />

possible to deliver<br />

real improvements<br />

in frequency and<br />

reliability,” added Mr<br />

Stanbridge. “Instead<br />

we are left in the same<br />

intolerable situation<br />

where passengers are<br />

subject to delays and<br />

cancellations with<br />

horrendous costs to the<br />

economy.<br />

“Many people have<br />

little choice but to live<br />

outside London because<br />

of housing prices and<br />

are forced to rely on<br />

commuter trains offering<br />

a substandard service<br />

day in day out.”<br />

Capital crunch<br />

hits home after<br />

just three months<br />

ONE in five students<br />

studying in the Capital<br />

are given a rude<br />

awakening by their bank<br />

account just three months<br />

into their studies.<br />

Research shows<br />

prospective students<br />

expected to be<br />

financially stable for the<br />

duration of their course,<br />

but 20% find themselves<br />

in their overdraft before<br />

the Christmas break.<br />

The average student<br />

in London spends £71<br />

a month on food, £92<br />

on bills, £66 on beauty/<br />

fashion treats, and £61<br />

on getting drunk.<br />

Despite the struggles,<br />

54% of those surveyed<br />

by help-link.co.uk don’t<br />

work whilst at university.<br />

Annual fundraiser pulls in £8.2m for good causes<br />

ICAPing a top<br />

day of giving!<br />

IT was a right Royal affair at ICAP’s Charity<br />

Day when leading figures from Buckingham<br />

Palace visited the <strong>City</strong> to lend their support<br />

to the annual fundraiser.<br />

ICAP is a leading markets operator and<br />

provider of post trade risk mitigation and<br />

information services, and has been holding<br />

charity days for nearly quarter of a century,<br />

raising £135million over 24 years.<br />

Commissions<br />

And last week Prince Harry and Sophie<br />

Countess of Wessex put in a shift on the phones<br />

as, for one day only, 100% of ICAP’s revenues<br />

and the entirety of brokers’ commissions went<br />

directly to charity.<br />

The day raised in excess of £8.2m to support<br />

good causes across the globe.<br />

Former England and Manchester United<br />

the ring leaders: (left to right)<br />

Sophie Countess of Wessex, Tony<br />

Hadley, Tom Hardy & Ruth Wilson<br />

football star Rio Ferdinand was also called<br />

into action, as was film icon Tom Hardy,<br />

Spandea Ballet frontman Tony Hadley, and<br />

actor Ruth Wilson.<br />

Michael Spencer, group chief executive<br />

officer of ICAP, said: “I’d like to thank each<br />

and every one of our customers, employees,<br />

suppliers and our distinguished guests for<br />

their dedication and goodwill.<br />

“Without them, this simply would not<br />

have been possible. The amount raised will<br />

make a tangible difference to hundreds of<br />

charities around the world and I look forward<br />

to continuing to raise funds for much need<br />

charitable causes.”<br />

Some 200 charities will benefit from the<br />

latest round of funding, while 2,200 have been<br />

supported since the first Charity Day in 1993.<br />

the rio deal:<br />

Rio Ferdinand<br />

royal approval: Prince Harry<br />

takes a couple of calls<br />

CITYMATTERS.LONDON<br />

TfL and Met move<br />

to put fears to bed<br />

TRANSPORT for London<br />

(TfL) has teamed up<br />

with the Met to launch<br />

a campaign to make<br />

sure those visiting the<br />

<strong>City</strong> and neighbouring<br />

parts of the Capital are<br />

wrapped up safe this<br />

winter season.<br />

The Safer Travel<br />

at Night campaign,<br />

reminding the public of<br />

the dangers of unbooked<br />

minicabs and providing<br />

advice on how to safely<br />

get a black cab or booked<br />

minicab home this<br />

Christmas and new year,<br />

kicked off late last week.<br />

Officers will also be<br />

engaging with revellers<br />

to remind them of the<br />

importance of planning<br />

their journeys home,<br />

speaking particularly<br />

to those who may be<br />

tempted to take an<br />

unbooked minicab after<br />

a night out.<br />

As well as reminding<br />

the public of how they<br />

can stay safe, TfL will<br />

be speaking directly<br />

to minicab operators,<br />

reminding them of their<br />

responsibilities towards<br />

passenger safety.<br />

Steve Burton, TfL’s<br />

director of enforcement<br />

and on-street operations,<br />

said: “We want people<br />

to enjoy themselves this<br />

festive season, but also<br />

stay safe.<br />

“Working alongside<br />

the police, our<br />

enforcement teams will<br />

be dealing with any<br />

illegal taxi or minicab<br />

activity and speaking<br />

to passengers, drivers<br />

and minicab operators<br />

to help ensure everyone<br />

gets home safely.<br />

“People should always<br />

plan their journey home<br />

and, if using a minicab,<br />

make sure it’s booked<br />

with a licensed operator,<br />

if it’s not, it’s essentially a<br />

stranger’s car.<br />

“These drivers are<br />

breaking the law and<br />

putting you at risk.”<br />

Inspector David<br />

Aspinall from the<br />

<strong>City</strong> of London Police<br />

transport and highways<br />

operations group<br />

stressed that travelling<br />

in the Square Mile at<br />

night is ultimately very<br />

safe, but that the force<br />

will continue working to<br />

make it even safer.<br />

He added: “We have<br />

increased the number of<br />

compliance checks that<br />

we undertake on drivers<br />

and vehicles to help keep<br />

you safe.<br />

“You can also help<br />

yourself keep safe by<br />

making sure to always<br />

get a black cab or book<br />

a minicab through a<br />

licensed operator, don’t<br />

leave it to chance.”


CITYMATTERS.LONDON 14-20 December 2016 | Page 15<br />

Shopping <strong>Matters</strong><br />

20 YEARS ON AND OXO TOWER REMAINS A MECCA FOR INDEPENDENT MAKERS<br />

Better by design<br />

creative flair:<br />

Snowden Flood<br />

WHEN the famous Oxo Tower<br />

was reopened in 1996 as a complex<br />

of low-income housing, designer<br />

workshops, eateries and community<br />

offices, it became one of the first major<br />

mixed-use city buildings in Britain.<br />

The Independent lauded the iconic<br />

development as one “that defies the<br />

laws of planners, bankers, pension fund<br />

managers, the majority of property<br />

developers and the whole deadly culture<br />

of ‘men in suits’.”<br />

Twenty years on and SE1 rents are<br />

skyrocketing, retail chains are muscling<br />

in, but the building remains resolute in<br />

its role as a community hub; thanks in<br />

no small part to the makers who have<br />

managed to turn levels two and three<br />

into a mecca of independent design.<br />

The 30-odd glass-fronted studios<br />

ringing the building house all manner of<br />

makers from jewellers to ceramicists and<br />

Archipelago’s textile designer Doreen<br />

Spending<br />

soars by a<br />

whopping<br />

15% as small<br />

firms get in<br />

the spotlight<br />

THE fourth annual Small Business Saturday<br />

achieved sales of £717million this year, up 15%<br />

on last year’s figures.<br />

The event on 3 December encouraged<br />

consumers to “shop small” and favour their<br />

local independent stores over high street<br />

chains.<br />

According to research by American Express<br />

in the 36 hours following Small Business<br />

Saturday, an estimated £717m was spent with<br />

small businesses across the UK, with more than<br />

50% of respondents saying they were aware of<br />

the day and spent more than usual.<br />

Positive consumer sentiment and support<br />

to small businesses was echoed through social<br />

media. Over 130,000 tweets were sent on the<br />

day itself, reaching more than 120 million people,<br />

with Small Business Saturday UK trending<br />

at number one in the UK and at number five<br />

globally.<br />

Michelle Ovens MBE, campaign director of<br />

Small Business Saturday, said: “Small Business<br />

Saturday has once again delivered a sustained<br />

increase in spending with Britain’s small<br />

Gittens, who has been hand-weaving<br />

scarves on a loom in her workshop since<br />

the building opened.<br />

Snowden Flood has made her name<br />

designing and sourcing high-quality<br />

homewares and gifts, most with a nod<br />

to British life and all manufactured in<br />

the UK. After years working out of her<br />

south London home, the decision to<br />

move into the complex was a no-brainer.<br />

After all, how else does one land an office<br />

overlooking the Thames without a job in<br />

finance?<br />

Landmarks<br />

The river’s daily milieu of traffic is one<br />

attraction – “I’ll often stop mid-sentence<br />

with a customer to point out some<br />

barge or boat I haven’t seen before” –<br />

but Snowden also credits her location<br />

with influencing the evolution of her<br />

business.<br />

What started as a few cushion covers<br />

featuring British landmarks, created<br />

as souvenirs for friends in New York,<br />

grew into crockery, glassware and lamp<br />

shades, but she moved into stationary<br />

and prints because they were easier for<br />

tourists to carry around town with them.<br />

“So many would be searching for<br />

unique, locally-made pieces to take<br />

home – that’s not easy to find in central<br />

London – and because I know lots of<br />

designer makers I began to stock their<br />

items too.”<br />

Like most of her creative neighbours,<br />

shine a light: Hash Hirji of<br />

Urban Species welcomed new<br />

customers on Small Business<br />

Saturday. Photo by Patricia Niven<br />

independent businesses. To see the spend on<br />

Small Business Saturday reach £249m more<br />

this year than on the first Saturday in 2<strong>013</strong>,<br />

an increase of 53%, is fantastic and confirms<br />

the positive stories we are hearing from small<br />

businesses in communities across the UK.”<br />

London Mayor Sadiq Khan was out and about<br />

throughout the day, starting with a hearty<br />

breakfast at famous East London greasy spoon<br />

E Pellicci.<br />

He dined with members of the East End<br />

Trades Guild (EETG) to talk through strategies<br />

to protect traders in East London from<br />

skyrocketing rents.<br />

Traders all over East London held special<br />

events, activities, talks and tours to showcase<br />

independent businesses and their contribution<br />

to the area’s local character.<br />

EETG director Krissie Nicolson said she<br />

hoped the Mayor’s appearance would be the<br />

beginning of a constructive relationship.<br />

“Sadiq is very pro-business and we are all<br />

confident he will do what he can to help traders,”<br />

she said.<br />

Snowden’s is a small scale operation,<br />

but one that Oxo Tower Wharf’s owner<br />

Coin Street is determined to make space<br />

for in central London.<br />

“The ethos for Oxo Tower Wharf was<br />

to create a centre for design excellence,”<br />

Coin Street’s Louise King says.<br />

“Our small designer-maker studios<br />

are available at affordable rents to help<br />

to provide a platform to those working<br />

in this field.<br />

“We are really proud to have helped to<br />

create a destination for people interested<br />

in design with many unique studios and<br />

products available.”<br />

For Snowden, the story behind<br />

these products is as important as the<br />

aesthetics, which have turned her tiny<br />

shop into a riot of colour. Her ceramics,<br />

for instance – bright silhouettes of<br />

scenes from city life – are created in<br />

Stoke-on-Trent by a group of women<br />

apprenticed at Wedgewood.<br />

“My ceramics all look quite simple<br />

but up to 20 people are involved in the<br />

making of each piece; the mixing of inks<br />

to the screen printing and decorating.<br />

“The girls – they call them ‘the girls’<br />

but they’re all actually really old – have<br />

all got such phenomenal skills, it’s really<br />

quite amazing to watch them work.<br />

“It’s nice to hear there are still<br />

people around who are making things<br />

with quite a lot of integrity and I’ll do<br />

anything I can to support them.”


Christmas 2016<br />

The Counting House<br />

Built in 1893 as a magnificent banking hall the aptly named Counting House oozes 19 th Century Grandeur<br />

Decorated with a Victorian theme, it will be the perfect location to Celebrate Christmas<br />

We have several function rooms available to hire | We can accommodate groups from as little as 6 people to<br />

as many as 120 people | The Counting House can cater for a 3 course sit down, a buffet event or a drinks party<br />

We will take care of all planning and necessary details to make sure your event is a huge success!<br />

Quality food and great service makes this pub the<br />

best place to celebrate Christmas this year<br />

The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3V 3PD | T: 0207 283 7123 | E: countinghouse@fullers.co.uk

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