The Lady Mayor of the City of London, Dame Susan Langley DBE, yesterday (4 December) used a keynote address at a Guildhall banquet for Germany’s President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to call for deeper UK–EU collaboration on financing European defence. With geopolitical…
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City of London: High Commissioner’s Banquet 2025
I was delighted to join the High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries at Mansion House this evening for the annual banquet, where trade and other mutual interests are discussed and promoted. There was also a particular focus on the benefits of…
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Bishopsgate: The Festive Season has begun!
I was delighted to join members of our community for the annual Christmas tree lights switch-on at Bishopsgate Plaza tonight. The event is organised and sponsored as a joint partnership project between the Pan Pacific Hotel and the Eastern City…
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City of London: Breakfast with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman
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: 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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Annual UK Defence and Security Lecture
Last night, The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Alastair King DL, hosted the annual Defence and Security Lecture, welcoming Defence Secretary John Healey. The City of London Corporation plays a vital role in national resilience – from…
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Lady Mayor’s Show: 8th November 2025
For the first time in its more than 800-year history, the City of London’s world-famous Lord Mayor’s Show will next month become the ‘Lady Mayor’s Show’. Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley DBE, who was elected last month as the 697th Lord…
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Epping Forest & Commons Committee Dinner
It is tradition in the City of London that each Grand Committee Chairman hosts an annual dinner to draw together the key internal and external partners who work with the Committee to manage our 5 open spaces charities across Greater…
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City of London: New Sheriff’s Take Office
Today, Deputy Keith Bottomley and Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney have taken office as the next Sheriffs of the City of London, following a ceremony at Guildhall this afternoon. This follows their formal Common Hall election earlier this year. The Sheriffs’ modern-day…
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