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Greater London Authority

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Type: Organization

Name: Greater London Authority

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Costs of rent and housing increasing

19-06-2013 Author: Steven MichaelsOver the past few weeks we have kept our readers updated on the issue of rent controls, especially as some MPs are looking to introduce new legislations that will mean landlords will no longer have free reign when it ... [Published Just Landlords - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Greater London Authority, Property, United Kingdom

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

1,680 new school places planned

Council due to approve £44m scheme to meet rising demand ENFIELD Council is planning to boost its primary school expansion programme by £44million to provide thousands of places for pupils over the next six years.Tonight, the authority’s cabinet is expected ... [Published North London Today - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Ayfer Orhan, Greater London Authority, London

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson gets behind London’s small food businesses

London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged his support for the capital’s small food businesses by backing the pilot scheme of an innovative new programme which aims to create more jobs and reinvigorate the high streets. The new six-month pilot, developed ... [Published Big Hospitality - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Boris Johnson, London, Rosie Boycott

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

MPs take evidence on GLA Act 2007 and planning issues

Oral evidence sessions for Greater London Authority Act 2007, Planning issues and Community Budgets inquiries.WitnessesGreater London Authority Act 2007 and London Assembly4.10 pmDarren Johnson AM, Chair, London AssemblyThe third session of this inquiry ... [Published United Kingdom Parliament - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: London Assembly, Greater London Authority, Kevin Bentley, Steve Atkinson, Peter Halliday

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Mayor sets out London 2020 strategy

London will need 400,000 new homes over the next ten years to meet increasing population demands, Mayor Boris Johnson has said in a new '2020 Vision' (84-page / 2.40MB PDF) document which sets out his ambitions for the capital's future.12 Jun 2013Top ... [Published Out-Law.com - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: London, Greater London Authority, Boris Johnson, PDF

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Greater London Authority

HCA exceeds housing completion target

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has delivered 33,711 new homes in the financial year to 31 March 2013, exceeding its target of 23,381, new official statistics (21-page / 638KB PDF) have shown. 12 Jun 2013TopicsThe figures show that 85%, or 28,558, ... [Published Out-Law.com - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Housing Starts, Greater London Authority, Department for Communities and Local Government

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Boris backs food pilot

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is backing a new programme to support London’s small food businesses. The food sector is worth £17bn to the capital’s economy with small and medium food businesses providing the majority of the industry’s 300,000 ... [Published Look West London - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: London, Rosie Boycott, Boris Johnson, Entrepreneur

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Silvertown Quays in London to be transformed into new innovation quarter

The 50 acre Silvertown Quays site occupies a waterside location on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock opposite ExCeL, and is currently owned by the Greater London Authority. The site would be transformed into the world’s first cluster of purpose ... [Published World Interior Design Network - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Invention, London, Greater London Authority

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Huawei opens Reading HQ as part of UK investment

Chinese networking firm Huawei has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the UK with the opening of a new headquarters in Green Park, Reading.The launch follows the company's announcement in September 2012 that it would make investments of 650 million ... [Published Techworld.com - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, United Kingdom, China Holdings Group Inc, Cathy Meng

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Â£25m rail improvement plan on the right track

MILLIONS of pounds is being invested to improve transport links in the east of the borough.Mayor of London Boris Johnson looks set to approve recommendations to commit £25million to upgrade the rail line – with additional services calling at Angel Road ... [Published North London Press Today - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Transportation, Nick de Bois, Greater London Authority

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

London mayor sets out plans to solve housing crisis

The mayor of London has called the shortage of affordable housing in the capital ‘perhaps the gravest crisis the city faces’ in his vision for the future.Boris Johnson called for restrictions on London councils to borrow to be lifted so they could build ... [Published InsideHousing - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Mayor of London, Darren Johnson, London, Crisis

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 11 reports

New Chinese investment into £1 billion Royal Docks development agreed

In a move reminiscent of Margaret Thatchers promotion of the Canary Wharf development in the 1980's, Boris Johnson, yesterday announced that the Albert Docks, situated within the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone in East London, will become the capital’s next ... [Published UK Business Property - May 30 2013]

Entities: Greater London Authority, Canary Wharf Group Plc, United Kingdom

Quotes

"As we prepare for the phased reopening of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this summer, with the long-term future of all eight permanent venues on the Park now secure, we remain firmly on track to deliver a meaningful physical and social legacy for Londoners"

CareerStructure June Newsletter [Published CareerStructure.com - 3 hours ago]

Discussing the issue, Shelter’s chief executive Campbell Robb said: "Imagine a 28-year-old couple weighing up their options: they can save for a home now and put off starting a family until they're 35, or they can start a family now but accept they'll be renting until their child is a teenager. Meanwhile, single people face an added pressure to either find a partner or to live with their parents well into their 30s if they're ever to have a hope of saving enough for a deposit."

Costs of rent and housing increasing [Published Just Landlords - 3 hours ago]

...boss of a media company, is perhaps an unlikely activist, but his experiences have made him more determined to highlight the risks of austerity. "I'm not politically motivated, or a member of a politicalpolitical party. I'm political in so far as the system has to change."

'We hate to be called a food bank' [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]

...It will be delivered in partnership with the Plunkett Foundation, "From urban farms to bustling street markets, London’s food scene is one of the most diverse and exciting in the world,” said Johnson. “I am pleased to support Rosie's initiative seeking to fuse Londoners' passion for food with their entrepreneurial spirit to show that it’s possible to cook up an idea that doesn’t just result in something tasty to eat, but that gets people into our town centres, into employment and delivers wider community benefits to boot." The Plunkett Foundation will work with four small food businesses to help them expand, with each working towards providing 10 or more people with jobs...

Boris Johnson gets behind London’s small food businesses [Published Big Hospitality - Jun 17 2013]

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CareerStructure June Newsletter [Published CareerStructure.com - 3 hours ago]
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1,680 new school places planned [Published North London Today - 4 hours ago]
'We hate to be called a food bank' [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]
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Boris Johnson gets behind London’s small food b... [Published Big Hospitality - Jun 17 2013]
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MPs take evidence on GLA Act 2007 and planning ... [Published United Kingdom Parliament - Jun 17 2013]
Property: Billionaire pair in troubled waters o... [Published London Evening Standard - Jun 14 2013]
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Upda... [Published Ashfords - Jun 13 2013]
Educational charity set to run new Putney academy [Published Wandsworth Borough Council - Jun 13 2013]
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A design to create communities for life [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 13 2013]
Boris backs food pilot [Published Look West London - Jun 13 2013]
Mayor sets out London 2020 strategy [Published Out-Law.com - Jun 12 2013]
HCA exceeds housing completion target [Published Out-Law.com - Jun 12 2013]
Silvertown Quays in London to be transformed in... [Published World Interior Design Network - Jun 12 2013]
Silvertown Quays £1.5bn regeneration moves ahead [Published Design Build Network - Jun 12 2013]
Â£25m rail improvement plan on the right track [Published North London Press Today - Jun 12 2013]
London mayor sets out plans to solve housing cr... [Published InsideHousing - Jun 12 2013]
Huawei opens Reading HQ as part of UK investment [Published Techworld.com - Jun 12 2013]
Willmott Dixon giving advice on accessing ECO f... [Published Noodls - Jun 11 2013]
Government set to water down plans to force lan... [Published Mirror.co.uk - Jun 11 2013]
How Boris is making London the 'greatest city o... [Published Management Today Magazine - Jun 11 2013]
London mayor 'has mountain to climb' to meet af... [Published Local Government Executive - Jun 11 2013]
Mayer Brown advises on $1.5 billion regeneratio... [Published Noodls - Jun 11 2013]
Mayor of London “still has affordable housing m... [Published Green Party London - Jun 11 2013]
London’s careers services falling short, says n... [Published London.gov.uk - Jun 11 2013]
Excel set to benefit from £1.5bn deal to transf... [Published Exhibition News.co.uk - Jun 11 2013]
Figures reveal 29% drop in delivery of new affo... [Published Northern Housing - Jun 11 2013]

Blogs

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Eric Pickles needs to have a word with his own ... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - May 10 2013] Eric Pickles is a driven man on a mission to slash spending and waste in local government. As the latest round of budget cuts just enacted highlights, Pickles has managed to keep the local government spending bill under control, but how successful ...
In the papers: Royal Mail sell-off will raise l... [Published Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom website - Apr 17 2013] The Times Nomura mans barricade against Monte dei Paschi assets seizure: One of the two investment banks entangled in the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena scandal has vowed to fight Italian attempts to seize €1.8 bn of its assets. Oil defies ‘new ...
#Savage Terror TV Al Jazeera's Belen Fernandez ... [Published Atlas Shrugs - Mar 31 2013] "We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." - George Orwell.It seems that the billionaire jihadist global network is afraid of the support that voices of freedom receive and the impact we are ...
Boris Johnson has gone out on a limb for rough ... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Feb 07 2013] Working in the homelessness sector as I do, my first response to Mary Wakefield’s Spectator article on rough sleeping was inevitably defensive. How dare they? Don’t they know we house and help thousands of people in London each year? Can’t they understand ...
Demographic and Economic Challenges: The 9th An... [Published Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and p ... - Jan 21 2013] The just released 9th Annual Demographia Housing Affordability Survey (pdf) indicates that housing affordability has deteriorated modestly in the last year. A number of major metropolitan areas remain severely unaffordable. Highlights: Metropolitan ...