In the Press

28 July 2022

City AM

Businesses to receive boost following restoration of Night Tube services for first time since pandemic

20 July 2022

Property Week

The jobs crisis in hospitality is worsening

20 July 2022

The Caterer

West End hospitality businesses suffer 20% loss in sales due to staff shortages

20 July 2022

Big Hospitality

Hospitality reiterates calls for Government to ease Brexit visa regulations as vacancies continue to grow

19 July 2022

Evening Standard

West End bars and restaurants call for staff crisis visa reforms

19 July 2022

OnLondon

New figures show London suffering high rates of both unemployment and staff shortages

4 July 2022

Mayor of London

Mayor’s tourism campaign encourages visitors back to the capital

23 June 2022

City AM

The funding deal ‘vital’ for London

21 June 2022

The Sun

Train strikes: Commuters’ fury as they are stranded for HOURS on gridlocked roads and in queues for overcrowded buses

20 June 2022

Daily Mail

Labour MPs to join rail strike picket lines: The UK starts grinding to a halt as unions plunge Britain into a £1bn ‘lockdown’ and the RMT is accused ‘punishing millions of innocent people’ in pursuit of a massive pay rise

20 June 2022

Drapers

London businesses hit out at rail strike action

20 June 2022

Evening Standard

10 June 2022

Timeout

A new streaming site is about to transform the West End into a movie-verse

24 May 2022

Evening Standard

West End tells ministers promising crackdown on rogue pedicabs and rickshaws: ‘Get on with it!’

13 May 2022

LBC

Jubilee Night Tube services to return next weekend, TfL confirms

5 May 2022

Investors’ Chronicle

Shaftesbury’s higher valuation is a sign of West End Health

21 April 2022

Property Week

12 April 2022

Fashion United

12 April 2022

The Retail Bulletin

Westminster City Council creates pop-up boutique for 12 emerging brands

8 April 2022

Fashion Network

8 April 2022

London Post

12 Piccadilly Arcade launches – brand new pop up boutique concept to be home to 12 emerging brands

8 April 2022

Retail & Leisure International

12 Piccadilly Arcade Launches – Brand New Pop Up Boutique Concept

8 April 2022

React News

If you were prime minister for a day, what would you change?

25 February 2022

FashionUnited

Plan to ‘reinvigorate’ London’s iconic West End revealedF

25 February 2022

Retail Times

Bold Vision for West End by Heart of London Business Alliance

25 February 2022

Fashion Network

New £1bn recovery plan for London’s West End shopping district unveiled

25 February 2022

PRO Landscaper

Vision for London’s West End revealed

20 February 2022

The Telegraph

Sadiq Khan faces further congestion charge criticism over quashed weekend fines

17 January 2022

London Evening Standard

Now End the WFH Misery Hurting London

7 January 2022

Evening Standard

Show us a way out of Covid Plan B, plead London bosses

17 December 2021

Property Week

New Covid-19 measures will ‘cost businesses immensely’

13 December 2021

EG

West End landlords ‘cheered’ as shoppers undeterred by Plan B Covid-19 rules

9 December 2021

EG

Fresh home working rules will hit central London ‘disproportionately hard’

9 December 2021

EG

Arts quarter planned for West End as part of pandemic recovery

9 December 2021

Evening Standard

Plan B: Retail and property boss call for government support as Boris Johnson introduces new restrictions

26 November 2021

EuroNews

London hit by biggest Tube strike in three years

26 November 2021

Reuters

“London hit by biggest Tube strike in three years
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16 October 2021

Evening Standard

London’s Night Tube to return from November – but only two lines

15 October 2021

Evening Standard

London’s Night Tube to return from November

30 September 2021

Property Week

“Central London disproportionately hard hit by Covid
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27 August 2021

EG

“Property chiefs join Khan in calling for West End al fresco extension
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6 August 2021

Evening Standard

“End pingdemic now — it’s crippling London’s economy, say business leaders “

6 August 2021

Evening Standard

“End pingdemic now — it’s crippling London’s economy, say business leaders
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30 July 2021

The Stage

Relaxing of tourist quarantine rules hailed as ‘next step’ in theatre’s recovery

27 July 2021

LBC

Our Chief Executive, Ros Morgan speaks to Jim Diamond on LBC

20 July 2021

Bisnow

51 Women who thrived in 2020 and 2021 featuring our Chief Executive, Ros Morgan

21 June 2021

Evening Standard

Why art and culture is good for the soul, the West End and the UK

17 June 2021

Evening Standard

Making Working from Home a right is a dangerous ground, warn business chiefs

17 June 2021

Property Week

Why all of London’s West End needs ‘levelling up’

15 June 2021

City A.M.

‘West End productions cannot survive under social distancing’ warn theatres

3 June 2021

EG

How art and culture will draw people back to the city

12 April 2021

Drapers

Retail reopening to trigger ‘spending splurge’

12 April 2021

Financial Times

London’s west end restaurants prepare for al fresco-only dining

18 March 2021

Property Week

London needs a recovery plan

24 February 2021

Bloomberg Radio

Overhaul Archaic Business Rates

22 February 2021

Evening Standard

We can’t afford any more false starts after lockdown, say hospitality bosses

18 February 2021

Evening Standard

‘London night life will go dark for ever without help’, say industry chiefs

18 January 2021

Evening Standard

West End retail chiefs plead for more cash to protect livelihoods

18 January 2021

Evening Standard

£9,000 Covid-19 recovery grants ‘laughable for firms facing West End costs’

18 January 2021

Property Week

Forecast for 2021: looking ahead with hope

15 January 2021

Evening Standard

£9,000 Covid-19 recovery grants ‘laughable for firms facing West End costs’

5 January 2021

New London Architecture

Predictions of cultural ruin are becoming a reality with third lockdown

4 January 2021

On London

London business groups renew plea for more government help as tighter Covid rules loom.

22 December 2020

Daily Mail

How many pubs will EVER open again? Fears bars and restaurants face THREE MONTHS of restrictions with 21,000 venues in England currently under Tier 3 and millions of pints poured away

22 December 2020

Simple News

Tier 3 will kill off our fragile recovery, business chiefs warn Boris Johnson

21 December 2020

The Telegraph

Retailers extend returns policies for Tier 4 customers

17 December 2020

Business Matters

Fears bars and restaurants face three months of restrictions with 21,000 venues in England currently under Tier 3

16 December 2020

Daily Mail

Fears bars and restaurants face THREE MONTHS of restrictions with 21,000 venues in England currently under Tier 3 and millions of pints poured away

15 December 2020

Drapers

Retail is allowed to remain open in London under tier 3 regulations, but there are fears that the closure of hospitality will depress footfall in the lead-up to Christmas.

14 December 2020

Retail Week

Thousands of jobs are feared to be at risk as tier three Covid restrictions come into force this week in London, at a time when the streets would normally be packed with Christmas shoppers.

14 December 2020

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson was urged not to snuff out London’s fragile economic recovery by plunging the capital into Tier 3 this week despite a surge in coronavirus infections.

14 December 2020

On London

Mayor and fellow London leaders step up efforts to avoid shift to Covid Tier 3

18 November 2020

Evening Standard

London shops should stay open until 11pm after lockdown to boost West End, business leader says

5 November 2020

The Telegraph

Essential retailers and streaming services stand to gain once again, but travel and leisure firms are staring at a bleak winter

19 October 2020

The Drinks Business

UK hospitality sector to demonstrate against ‘catastrophic’ coronavirus restrictions

19 October 2020

Fashion United

London business alliance warns of ‘catastrophic’ lockdown impacts

19 October 2020

Evening Standard

London Tier 2 rules to come into force from midnight on Friday as capital faces tough new lockdown measure

19 October 2020

Go London, Evening Standard

Tier 2 lockdown a catastrophe for us, say hospitality bosses

19 October 2020

Daily Mail

Sadiq KHANAGE: Restaurants, pubs and hotels blast London mayor for ‘cursing’ the capital with Tier Two lockdown putting ‘250,000 hospitality jobs at risk’

19 October 2020

Industry.Fashion

West End business alliance responds to Tier 2 lockdown of London

19 October 2020

Drapers

London businesses warn against city lockdown

15 October 2020

Newsday

Tough new restrictions for London as cases rise

7 October 2020

Evening Standard

West End arts jobs could plunge by 95 per cent under long term virus restrictions, warns Tory MP

6 October 2020

Financial Times

London’s West End faces 97% slump in added value, study warns

6 October 2020

EG

Worst-case Covid scenario delivers Armageddon for the West End

6 October 2020

Evening Standard

Transport for London finance fears over Boris Johnson’s ‘work from home’ plea

6 October 2020

CityAM

Report: ‘Worst-case’ Covid-19 scenario could “wipe out” London’s cultural sector

6 October 2020

Evening Standard

Government’s 10pm curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants caused ‘catastrophic collapse’ in weekend takings, say West End business owners

29 September 2020

City A.M.

Report: ‘Worst-case’ Covid-19 scenario could “wipe out” London’s cultural sector

29 September 2020

Estates Gazette

Covid could cost the West End’s arts and culture sector £4.7bn in 2024 – a decrease of 97% in annual gross value added, compared with 2019, according to a new worst-case-scenario report from Arup.

23 September 2020

Estates Gazette

Homeworking u-turn could turn London ‘into a doughnut’

22 September 2020

Financial Times

Companies scramble to reverse UK back-to-office plans

2 September 2020

Evening Standard

Desperate plea from business leaders and experts: We need leadership from Boris Johnson to help people get back on public transport

25 August 2020

On London

Westminster: Council Labour Group calls for Covid recovery ’emergency action’

17 August 2020

The Week

As few as one in ten civil servants heed Boris Johnson’s ‘back to work’ call, new figures show

3 February 2020

Evening Standard Homes & Property

Cleaning up the West End: the £27m plan to tackle crime and pollution on Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square.

13 January 2020

Time Out London

Celebrate 100 Years of Cinema with this Interactive Sculpture Trail in Leicester Square

13 January 2020

Secret London

22 Incredible Things to do in London this Weekend (Scenes in the Square)

8 January 2020

Express Online

Batman and Wonder Woman Statues to be Erected in Central London

7 January 2020

Londonist

Statues of the Iconic Movie Stars will fill Leicester Square from Next month

7 January 2020

Yahoo Movies

Laurel and Hardy, Batman and Paddington to be Honoured with Leicester Square Statues

7 January 2020

BT.com

Statues Celebrating Nearly a Century of Cinema to be Placed in Leicester Square

7 January 2020

Yahoo News

Statues celebrating nearly a century of cinema to be placed in Leicester Square

7 January 2020

Evening Standard Online

Scenes in the Square