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PARTNER CONTENT SUMMER IN THE CITY THE London Festival of Architecture is a monthlong celebration of architecture and citymaking, taking place every June across London. The festival’s mission is to open discussions around architecture, test new ideas and uncover and promote new talent. The City BIDs are proud to have sponsored installations throughout the City as part of this years’ Festival. All installations are open to the public and free to visit. Common Ground Cheapside Business Alliance in partnership with LFA 2023 Common Ground is designed by Urban Radicals and Saggra and considers sustainable use of finite resources as well as the question of how accessible our urban environment is. By using recycled materials salvaged from nearby manufacturing the design takes in the history, building on the church’s legacy of layered re-construction and re-use. It also highlights Sir Christopher Wren’s 300-year anniversary, who rebuilt St Mary-le-Bow in 1680 after its destruction. The intervention takes the common motifs of accessible design, often hidden in our everyday public realm, and raises these to a level that users can see and engage with through physical touch •June – 31 August Bow Churchyard, London The Herbalist’s Plant Press – a garden by Fleet Street Quarter Fleet Street Quarter in partnership with LFA 2023 You’ll find this new urban garden on the corner in front of St Andrews. Greening installation of evergreen, scented and medicinal plants inspired by 16th century herbalist John Gerard and the area’s history of printing. Created by Wayward, a London-based landscape, art and architecture collective of designers this new urban garden brings together the history of the are with ambitions for a sustainable future of the area, creating something playful and immersive for the public realm. John Gerard was an English herbalist with a prominent garden in Holborn. Gerard created his Herbal, or “Generall Historie of Plantes”, printed in 1597, also in Holborn area, near the Old Bailey. His Catalogus are the source for plants and his woodblock prints are a key visual element in the design for this installation. •1 June – 31 August Holborn Circus, London EC4A 3AF Image: Luke O’Donovan
SEE THE BOTTOM? We love brunch, and we love it even more when it’s all you can eat. Need inspo for your next bottomless brunch in the City? Look no further Pages 10-11 HIT THE HEIGHTS The sun is shining and the Square Mile’s best rooftop bars are calling out your name. Here’s where you can head right to the very top this summer Pages 16-17 Jun 07 - Jul 04 2023 The City of London’s independent newspaper with 55,000 READERS Edition 154 TfL top earners on ‘outrageous’ deals Understanding commitment to deliver a fair pay rise for TfL staff. “In a highly competitive market, Mayor Khan under scrutiny as number TfL should be able to attract and retain the very best talent, including of six-figure salaries at TfL climbs 25% the technical skills and experience to undertake hugely complex THE number of Transport for projects, which are essential to London (TfL) staff members paid continuing to deliver a world-class more than six figures has risen by transport network for Londoners 28 per cent in the last year, it has and supporting jobs and economic been revealed, writes Noah Vickers, growth in London and whole Local Democracy Reporter. country. Some 766 TfL and Crossrail “The ULEZ is not designed to employees earned more than be a money making scheme and £100,000 in 2022/23, compared with 597 in 2021/22. The rise was dubbed “outrageous” by Conservatives at City Hall, who within a few years, as compliance increases, it will make a net loss – any net proceeds are ringfenced and reinvested into London’s transport said “huge pay packets” were network.” being awarded while Mayor Sadiq Khan “begs for bailouts” from the Government. TfL points out that the pay awarded to TfL’s Commissioner and chief officers is still “significantly below the market level” and that it is “vital to attract and retain the best Conservatives’ transport spokesperson, and begs for bailouts, he is giving No bonuses were paid out at TfL this year, in line with the conditions set out by the Government as part of their funding deal with the organisation. Any bonuses assigned to employees will not be paid until the organisation has reached “financial sustainability” – which it hopes to talent” in an increasingly competitive jobs environment. The increase in staff members earning more than six figures was in large part attributed to the fact that several employees saw their pay said: “It is outrageous that so many TfL staff are on six figure salaries, which are being funded in part through Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ [Ultra low emission zone] tax raid on charities, small businesses and low out huge pay packets and goldplated pensions to his senior TfL staff. It is simply unacceptable and Londoners deserve so much better than this.” A spokeswoman for Mr Khan achieve during the current financial year. A TfL spokesman said: “TfL is a complex organisation that is central to the success of London and the UK – supporting many millions of jump in line with inflation. income families. responded: “During a cost-ofliving journeys each day and engineering But Nick Rogers, City Hall “While the Mayor pleads poverty crisis, the Mayor stood by his Turn to Page 3 Crypto P8 What’s on in the City P12 The Big Interview P14 LONDON’S PREMIER BUSINESS NETWORK WEEKLY NETWORKING EVENTS * 550 MEMBER COMPANIES * LONDON NETWORKING EVENTS CHAMPAGNE BREAKFASTS * NETWORKING LUNCHES * NETWORKING EVENINGS * * * * Connect with over 550 member businesses 50+ annual events incl. champagne breakfasts, lunches and evening events Company membership allows anyone from your company to attend events Free listing in the annual London Business Directory Book an event Become a member businessjunction.co.uk
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