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Today I visited various SMEs in the City and joined the Finance committee meeting. According to the Federation of Small businesses there were 5.6 million small...

Today the new civic year started with the first full council meeting for the City of London. As ever much was covered from questions on procedure, and IT...

Today was of course St. George’s day recognising England’s patron saint. It was also a day where the licensing committee, that I chair, took a close look at...

An opportunity to talk to Lord Elliott is always fascinating because he is a great thinker. His current charitable project the Jobs Foundation, is the perfect...

It was a privilege to have some time to talk directly with Lord Dominic Johnson who is without doubt one of our most knowledgeable and energetic ministers...

Wardmotes are Ward meetings that are held annually to provide an opportunity for the electorate to ask questions of their representatives, and we had much to...

Celebrating London’s vibrant night-time economy and its wealth of licensed venues, I was delighted as the Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Licensing...

Licensed venues in the Square Mile are being invited to apply for accreditation for the City of London Corporation’s Safety Thirst scheme, which encourages good...

Today ended with lessons on cyber security from the knowledgeable and entertaining Gary Brailsford-Hart who illustrated the change in the transparency over...