London Business Matters Magazine

London Business Matters February 2021

UK-EU trade - Getting to grips with the new procedures

Few would describe cross-border trade activity as business as usual and headlines in newspapers have told a consistent story. ‘One in ten lorries turned back at border in post-Brexit chaos’ gives a flavour

London Business Matters December 2020 / January 2021

New Beginnings

Installations on a grand scale are more usually the domain of the Tate Modern, but this winter it is Tate Britain, a mile along the Thames, which is capturing the imagination.

London Business Matters November 2020

Time capsule of the pandemic

A year ago it would have been impossible to imagine – Regent Street empty at 9am on a weekday, Trafalgar Square without a tourist (or even a person) in sight, and City Hall a seemingly-deserted relic against the city’s skyline Wayne Howes sought out these scenes of the capital during the first months of Covid-19 and captured them for a series of eerie but stunning photographs that form his new book, London in Lockdown. 

London Business Matters October 2020

Unique Central London needs a recovery plan

Central London is unique – as the nation’s capital city, in the value it brings to the whole country, and as the leading global city of talent, culture, commerce and infrastructure. It is also unique in the challenges it faces and the role it must play in the recovery of the national economy.

London Business Matters September 2020

Georgia – new era for trade and investment

The World Bank recently praised Georgia as a “star reformer” as a result of the Georgian Dream government’s “deep reforms in economic management.

London Business Matters July/August 2020

Looking up after locking down – seeing London’s magnificent architecture with fresh eyes

After a few years working in building restoration, it’s all too easy to get immersed in the technical minutiae of façade cleans, repainting and masonry repairs. As a result, one of the unexpected consequences as we start to emerge from lockdown has been a renewed sense of perspective – an ability to stand back, look up and appreciate the breathtaking beauty of London’s historical architecture.

London Business Matters June 2020

Lockdown nature notes

We’ve all seen the images of mountain goats in the streets of Wales (verified) or dolphins in the Venice canals (debunked: the footage originates from Sardinia, although in Venice the water is clearer due to the lack of traffic stirring up silt). But how much do we actually know about the effects of lockdown on our environment?

London Business Matters May 2020

Nightingale opens in record time

The NHS Nightingale Hospital London was the first of a chain of temporary hospitals set up by NHS England for the coronavirus pandemic.

London Business Matters April 2020

Coronavirus dominates the agenda

Our front cover depicts the rare sight of a de- serted central London – one that is likely to be the norm for weeks or months to come.

London Business Matters March 2020

London's mayoral race

Under the banner of Why I should be Mayor of London, the candidates gave short opening statements before being put through their paces by Professor Tony Travers of the LSE, chairman for the night.