Great to chat with LinkedIn co-founder and Microsoft Board Member, Reid Hoffman, at Guildhall this week. Reid spoke about AI and the need to get the balance right between freedom and frameworks. He described the Freedom of the City of…
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Bishopsgate: Armistice Day at Liverpool Street Station 2025
“At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.” The Armistice, Latin for to stand (still) arms, was an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude…
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Bishopsgate: Devonshire Row Pedestrian Zone – Proposed Changes to Operational Hours
I am writing to let you know of an upcoming statutory consultation for proposed changes to the operational hours of the Devonshire Row pedestrian zone in your Ward. The attached letter and plan will be sent to all occupiers in…
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Bishopsgate: Leading London – Navigating Digital Innovation Panel Discussion
London’s public sector is at a tipping point. Demand for digital services is rising fast, but budgets and scrutiny are tighter than ever. At the same time, a bold new collaboration is showing what’s possible: a first-of-its-kind solution that brings together zero…
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Bishopsgate: City of London Police – Cluster Panel Meeting
Cluster Panels are an opportunity for residents and workers from across Bishopsgate to sit down with police and local government officials to explore how we can work together, as a community, to ensure we maintain a safe place for us…
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UK Youth Parliament Annual Sitting 2025
Today, the business of the House of Commons has been taken-over by the UK Youth Parliament, as young people from across the UK and its overseas territories and crown dependencies meet to debate the key issues impacting their peers. This…
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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications
This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULMAJ/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; MDC – Submission of Details; TPO – Tree Preservation Order 118 Middlesex Street London E1 7HY…
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Bishopsgate: St. Botolph Without Church – November 2025 Newsletter
From the Rector:Our congratulations to the Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, selected as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop Sarah’s installation and enthronement as the Archbishop will take place at Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday 25 March 2026. Fittingly, it is the Feast…
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City Chief Budget Warning: “Supercharge – don’t stall – UK Finance Services Sector; the engine of our economy”
City of London Corporation Policy Chairman Chris Hayward is encouraging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to back financial services as the UK’s growth engine ahead of the Budget. The City Corporation runs London’s Square Mile, which generates an annual economic…
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This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULMAJ/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; MDC – Submission of Details; TPO – Tree Preservation Order Kings Stores Public House 14 Widegate…
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