Tag: Mayor of London

Heat Ready London – London’s first ever heat plan – sets out new vision to protect the capital from extreme heat – as temperatures soar in the capital

Stuart Mitchell

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has unveiled the capitals first ever heat plan – Heat Ready London – a new city-wide vision to help the capital adapt to increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves. It comes as temperatures in London this week could reach 40 degrees and the Met Office have issued a rare red alert for extreme heat in the capital. London as a city is more exposed to heat risk than anywhere else in the UK and earlier this year, the capital experienced a new all-time May record…

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Co-op becomes first national supermarket to sign up to Mayor of London’s Women’s Night Safety Charter

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has become the first supermarket chain to sign up to the Mayor of London’s Women’s Night Safety Charter which is dedicated to ensuring the capital is a place where all women should be able to feel confident and welcome at night. With around 190 convenience stores serving communities up until 10 or 11 o’clock at night across London and Greater London, the retailer has put its name to the ‘first of its kind’ charter which is a pan-London initiative developed to encourage councils, businesses, venues and other organisations to…

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Creative UK and the Mayor of London’s Culture Team announce partnership to support creative freelancers

Stuart Mitchell

Freelancers make up nearly half of the jobs in the capital’s world-leading culture and Creative Industries, but the pandemic has hit them hard. Up to 60 per cent lost all their work during the pandemic. Self-employed workers have been much more exposed to the economic shock of the crisis, and at least 200,000 self-employed Londoners have been excluded from Government support. Creative UK and the Mayor of London’s Culture Team are delighted to announce a partnership to tackle systemic inequalities and to encourage under-represented groups to enter and stay in…

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World Refill Day: Mayor of London taps into London’s ambition to ditch its 1 billion single-use plastic water bottle usage

Stuart Mitchell

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is ramping up his campaign with environmental charity and behaviour change experts, City to Sea, to tap into Londoners’ desire to quit their single-use plastic bottle use. Exclusive new research released by City to Sea for World Refill Day (16th June) shows both the level of consumption of single-use plastic water bottles in the capital, but also the desire of millions of Londoners to ditch single-use plastics. The survey found that Londoners reported purchasing over 1 billion single-use plastic water bottles a year; with 3 in…

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10,000 Londoners To Get Planting With #Giveitagrow

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Hubbub and the Mayor of London have launched #GiveItAGrow, a new campaign to help make London greener and create a culture of growing in the city. On 14th September, the #GiveItAGrow initiative will give away 10,000 free planting kits to help residents make their homes greener and provide simple growing tips and inspiration. The initiative is part of the Mayor of London’s ongoing commitment to making London a greener and wilder National Park City and follows on from the National Park City Festival (20th – 28th July), which…

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