Designed and developed by the City of London and King’s College London, a new iPhone & iPad app is now available that provides information on air quality, in and around the […]
Bringing the Olympic Cauldron to The City
Right on the border of our ward, the Museum of London is working to bring the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron to the City of London, in a new permanent display […]
Lord Mayor Diversity Buses
Last week, a number major employers based in Farringdon Within, together with others from across the City, got on board with the Lord Mayor’s ‘Power of Diversity’ programme by launching three ‘diversity […]
Mayor of London’s Vision for Cycling
Towards the end of 2013, we received details of the Mayor of London’s proposals for an improved and extended cycling network in London, which includes a number of roads in […]
West Smithfield Area Enhancement Gets Go-ahead
At the last Planning & Transportation Committee meeting of 2013, the West Smithfield Area Enhancement Strategy finally got the go-ahead. As the name suggests, this particular strategy includes a large […]
High-speed Broadband Voucher Scheme for SMEs
In connection with problems that I reported on earlier in the year relating to the roll-out of high-speed broadband across the City of London, the Corporation’s Property Advisory Team in the City […]
Meet your Members – January 2014
Your Councilmen are holding a Ward Meeting on the evening of Tuesday 28th January 2014 at BNY Mellon Centre, 160 Queen Victoria Street, just opposite Blackfriars Station (see map below), between […]
New Alderman Elected
Today was Polling Day in Farringdon within, to elect a new Alderman for our ward, following the retirement of Alderman Bob Hall. The official results are as follows: KEAVENY, Vincent […]
Control the Art ‘Inside Out’
If like me, you regularly walk up and down Ludgate Hill, you can’t have failed to notice the designs that have gone up over the hordings and site offices at […]
Bank Station Upgrading Proposals
As a member of the Planning and Transportation Committee, I’ve been alerted to an exhibition next week and public consultation on London Underground’s proposals for upgrading Bank Station. London Underground […]
