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London’s business gears up for 2012 and beyond
UK economy benefits from entent cordiale
Protect against but be prepared for terrorism
London business calls for increased airport capacity to ensure future competitiveness
Western Extension Zone: Local road pricing would be miles better
Access key to unlocking the Gateway
London Olympics: Government urged to ‘look after the legacy’
Lyons report – response
Can London go it alone?
Olympic budget – Shift in focus needed to ensure regeneration legacy
New Prime Minister: New Agenda for London
Business sees red on London Mayor’s ‘green’ low emission zone
Companies urge more effort to combat “invisible” business crime
Planners urged to join planning premier league – London Planning Awards 2007
Business and police partnerships get big “Oscar Kilo” at celebration event
Renewable policy could fail green targets
Thameslink announcement – London First response
City Minister puts London First
Thames Gateway Bridge announcement – London First response
Regeneration and affordable housing schemes highlighted in London Planning Awards shortlist
Crossrail meeting with Ruth Kelly – London First comment
London business provides final piece in Crossrail funding jigsaw
Crossrail investment will protect and promote UK business success
Revised London Plan – comment on Planning Inspector’s Report
Business verdict on Mayor’s emissions charge: “a dog’s breakfast”
London First response to CAA announcement on price controls
Response to Olympics legacy anouncement by Government
London business: airport expansion must address environmental costs
Crossrail heads of terms – London First response
LDA secures positive future for investment – London First comment
Business unveils manifesto for the next London Mayor
Security at 2012 Games: Costs could be kept down by tapping into London’s business expertise
Brent Cross and King’s Cross regeneration schemes clean up at London Planning Awards
London businesses urged to join new dating agency to compete for £6bn London 2012 contracts
From Thames Gateway to Gateway to Europe
Response to Transport Select Committee Tube PPP report
Response to £39 billion funding settlement for Transport for London
Response to Government plans to streamline policing
Emissions-related congestion charging – London First response
Business response to Mayoral candidates’ crime announcements
London’s energy needs can be met without sacrificing new houses and offices
Judging the Mayoral candidates’ transport plans
Green airports are the key to London’s success
Response to Boris Johnson’s transport manifesto
Response to Mayor’s comments regarding future Tube contracts
London needs and deserves a world class transport system
Response to CAA’s proposals for price caps at London’s airports
New Director of Strategy and Policy for London First
Comment on Budget announcement, pressing ahead with £30k non-dom tax levy
Response to Boris Johnson’s manifesto for housing and planning
London First response to Ken Livingstone’s campaign launch
Response to Competition Commission’s emerging thinking on BAA break up
Boris elected as Mayor for London
Comment in response to today’s announcement of Metronet contracts transfer to TfL
Response to Mayor’s review of role and costs of GLA’s overseas offices
D & D London Head Des Gunewardena appointed as Interim Chair of London First
Warped Incentives lead to ‘Heathrow Hassle’ says London First
C-charge western extension consultation – London First comment
Business community relieved as Boris scraps C-charge exemption on small cars
Approach to the London Plan – London First comment
Comment on Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on tourism
London Skills & Employment Board strategy launch – comment
Pilling report on role of airport regulator – comment
Congestion Charging Sixth Annual Report – comment
RMT Tube Lines strike threat – London First comment
Transport fare rises
Search is on for timeless designs
Competition Commission investigation into supply of airport services by BAA – response
Business needs to fly
Enter the Dragons’ Den at Skills London 2008
Heathrow expansion – London First comment on Tory opposition to Runway 3
Sir Ian Blair resignation – London First comment
Comment on announcement of immigration queuing targets at Heathrow
Neighbourhood power can save 3.5 million tonnes of London carbon
TfL bid for Metronet contracts – London First comment
Business welcomes demand-led work-skills training plan
Mayor’s Transport Direction of Travel – London First comment
Doing Business in Africa – big challenges and big opportunities
‘Boris factor’ boosts entries for London Planning Awards 2008
Business urges Government to spend on London infrastructure
Business verdict on Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report
“No new flights until delays drop” say London business leaders
Queen’s Speech 2008
Tube PPP report – London First response
Mayor should appoint new heavyweight advisor on Olympic regeneration legacy
London business leaders call for better and therefore bigger Heathrow
Response to Government go-ahead for third runway at Heathrow
9/11 and 7/7: New York and London share lessons learned with Mumbai’s business community
‘Re-skilling for Recovery’ report – London First comment
Runway 3 must make Heathrow better
Sir Paul Stephenson’s appointment as Met Commissioner welcomed
Olympic Legacy Masterplan Framework – London First welcomes real progress
Berry off the radar with ‘aviation is doing our city no favours’ remark
Business welcomes East London line investment
Channel rail link wins Mayor’s planning award for excellence
Business comment on Department for Transport airports regulation announcement
London First and FreshMinds Talent launch diversity initiative
London First response to today’s unemployment figures
Crossrail announcement of Programme Partner – London First response
Only in London – London First response to Mayor’s announcement
London First response to Mayor’s announcement of a promotional campaign for London
London First response to Network Rail plans for the next five years
Sir Adrian Montague appointed as Chairman of London First
How can the Budget help boost recovery?
Budget commentary
Swine flu information from NHS London
Mayor’s Transport ‘Statement of Intent’ – London First response
Crossrail planning charges – comment
RMT Tube Strike – London First comment
London First response to NAO report on Metronet collapse
Business seeks diverse mix of high street shops
London Underground plans to integrate Metronet contract into TfL welcomed
Businesses remain committed to capital through recession – BBC/London First poll results
Size and design guidelines for London homes – comment
Business group welcomes Mayor’s launch of graduate jobs portal
Response to London Underground signalling contract tender
London First response to Supplementary Business Rate prospectus (30 Jul 09)
Mike Brown appointed MD of London Undergound (14 September)
Crossrail will boost London
London needs greater powers on employment and skills (20 August)
All sides need to work together to deliver a modern Tube network (26 August)
£1bn loan for Crossrail from European Investment Bank – London First response
Retail Diversity – the Moral Maze
Planning for a better London
Response to TfL announcement (15 Oct) on fares, C-charge changes and the TfL Business Plan
Four in a telephone box – why Tube investment is vital
Supporting UK growth while balancing the budget – report launch
Mayor’s ‘Only in London’ tourism campaign extension welcome
Highbury reaches the ‘group stage’ of the London Planning Awards (3 Dec 2009)
Pre Budget Report response (9 Dec 2009)
Next phase Tube modernisation costs – London First response to Tube Arbiter (17 Dec 2009)
London First launches Infrastructure Commission (7 Jan 2010)
Mayor should set business rate supplement at minimum needed to fund Crossrail – letter
Business response to Mayor’s draft Transport Strategy (14 Jan 2010)
London First response to Tube PPP Arbiter’s decision (10 Mar 2010)
Piccadilly revamp welcome (18 Mar 2010)
Regent Street Vision wins Mayor’s Planning Award for Excellence (29 Mar 2010)
Message from BA’s London-based business customers (22 Mar 2010)
Response to the pre-election budget (24 Mar 2010)
Comment on the Transport Committee PPP update (25 Mar 2010)
Boris plays politics on the Tube
London First’s manifesto for the general election (6 April 2010)
London as a global talent hub (13 April 2010)
Continued investment in the Tube is what London needs (21 April 2010)
Mayor’s takeover of Tube Lines’ contracts – London First comment (10 May 2010)
Safeguards for London transport – letter from business leaders to the Guardian (10 May)
Spending cuts, business view – London First comment (25 May 2010)
Crossrail must deliver on its promises (4 June 2010)
London business calls for clear and transparent tax framework (7 June 2010)
Business welcomes Mayor’s devolution plans (15 June 2010)
Prioritise transport spending for economic growth – London First report launch (15 June 2010)
London First submission to 22 June Budget (15 June 2010)
Business Budget response (22 June 2010)
Leadership Exchange joint mentoring scheme relaunched (24 June 2010)
Comment on Government’s interim cap on immigration (July 2010)
Comment on Lord Mawhinney report on High Speed 2 (July 2010)
Comment on George Osborne’s speech on the UK economy and growth (17 Aug 2010)
Make your nominations for London’s planning ‘Oscars’ (18 Aug 2010)
How business-friendly is the Cameron Government? (7 Sept 2010)
Government’s immigration cap is “ludicrous”
Comment on the launch of the Thames Tunnels consultation
Commenting on Vince Cable’s comments on the immigration cap
Unions cost members pay and Londoners support
Positive message needs to be supported by positive action
Skills London 2010 – Could you be the next Dragon?
Business response to the Comprehensive Spending Review
Shortlist announced for Londons prestigious planning awards
Commenting on the latest Tube strikes
Commenting on the Home Affairs Committee report on immigration
London’s labour market – The London Story update
World class infrastructure for a world city
Response to the Independent Commission on Banking’s Issues Paper
Immigration report brave, but not brave enough
Government is capping economic growth, capping UK jobs and capping tax receipts
World class infrastructure for a world city
Comment on the Government’s review of rail announcement
Student immigration – consultation launched
Not too late to sort out Boxing Day Tube strike
London First response to Mayors CIL proposals
What we need are regulators with experience of the real world
Commenting on Mayor of London, Boris Johnson’s aviation report
Floating river promenade design wins top prize at London planning awards
International students vital to business and the UK economy
London First responds to Visit Britain cuts
New planning lead for capital’s influential business campaign group
Lifting restrictions on high earning migrant workers a step in the right direction
Commenting on the Government’s review of student visas
Better air links are vital – Opinion piece by Baroness Jo Valentine, as appeared in Transport Times
Verena Ross to head European Securities and Markets Authority
How to grow the economy – An Alternative White Paper for Sustainable Economic Growth
London First response to the HoC Treasury Committee report, Principles of Tax Policy
London and the UK need a Budget for Growth
London First Budget reaction
Continuous measurable improvement in passenger experience needed at Heathrow
Government needs a strategy for aviation growth – business leader letter to The Times
What about international competitiveness of UK banks?
Response to the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) interim report
London First launches Connectivity Commission
Time for Government action over strikes
Response to Sir Roy McNulty’s review of rail
The search is on to find a new star at London’s planning Oscars
Baroness Jo Valentine makes the case for further expansion at London’s airports
Business leaders urge action to protect London’s reputation, and a rethink on spending cuts
A Six-Point Plan for Growth
Commenting on this year’s A-level results
London First response to the Independent Commission on Banking
Business calls for a rethink on police cuts
Right steps, but more action needed to boost growth
New guidance for councillors launched to help improve quality of developments
The Heron Tower, Westfield Stratford and the Home Office in the running for London’s planning awards
London First launches Crossrail 2 study (18.10.11)
London First comment on Evening Standard story: “Driverless trains on the Tube by 2021″
London First responds to plans for EU Financial Transactions tax
London First comment on draft Civil Aviation Bill
Commenting on the Draft Financial Services Bill 2011
Mary Portas High Street review – One size does not fit all
Mayor needs to take full advantage of powers to stimulate building of new homes in London
ASLEF strike action is on spurious grounds
London First appoints Philip Dilley as Chairman
London First response: Detail of implementation of Vickers recommendations crucial
High Speed Rail a good thing, but Government must now focus on aviation capacity
Granary Building scoops Mayors top prize for planning excellence in London
Commenting on Government’s plans to consult on a Thames Estuary airport
Government wrong to rule out growth at Heathrow
Response to Transport for London’s consultation on river crossings in east London
Launch of Skills London 2012 Apprenticeships vital to business and Government
Commenting on the publication of the MAC report on the Governments immigration cap
London First launches Business Mayoral Manifesto – Running London is No Joke
London First writes to Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening
Commenting on today’s government report, Reforming Our Railways: Putting The Customer First
London First writes to Chancellor George Osborne ahead of Spring Budget
Private investment in roads a vital vision for the future
A bold and Prudent budget
London First response to the National Planning Policy Framework
Government sees sense over immigration cap
Heathrow expansion versus a new hub airport
No justification for Tube strikes
Heathrow immigration queues: Border Force failing its task and failing the UK
Business group calls for Crossrail 2
Business leaders to debate London’s future
Value of international students – Letter to the Daily Mail
London Planning Awards seeks greatest contributor to planning and development in capital.
London First response to Theresa May on immigration cap comments
Baroness Valentine’s speech in the Lords’ debate on the Government’s growth strategy
London Planning Awards
London First response to TfL’s budget.
Comment on Gatwick Airport’s annoucement
London First calls for Government to hold off London borough CIL for three years
London First comment on TfL’s river crossing consultation
Stonebridge Estate Regeneration, The Olympic Park and Leicester Square in the running for London’s planning “Oscars”
Future London with WIRED
London First comment on the Sir Howard Davies Commission
Immigration policy is “crippling business and the economy,” says The Economist
Move to “ease visa rules for Chinese tourists”
Comment on the HAC report on UK Border Agency
Jobs, growth and urban renewal after the Olympics
Mayor slams ‘tough visa requirements’ for London’s talent hub
London First report “Taxing London for Investment and Growth”
Taxing London for UK growth
Boris Johnson opens Skills London 2012
Today’s apprentices: tomorrow’s capital
Reaction to Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement
How competitive is London?
Home Office may be reviewing visa obstacles
Why we must defend our financial services sector
London First members meet with Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband
London First awards celebrate inspiring London projects and people
London First comment on EU referendum proposal
London First comment on the High Speed 2 announcement
London First comment on London Gatwick’s announcement of the first direct flights from Jakarta to London
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park tops London’s Planning Awards
London First recommends new Crossrail 2 route
London Neighbourhood Forum Map
Comment ahead of Nick Clegg’s Mansion House speech later today
World class air links for a world class city
London First’s comment on the proposed EU bankers’ pay rules change
London First 2013 Budget submission
London First response to Mayor of London’s plans for “Crossrail for the bike”
Give councils freedom to build homes
London First aviation briefing
Gatwick opens new route to Moscow
Budget 2013 – Government commits to long-term infrastructure investment funding
London First welcomes CH2M HILL’s UK investment plans
Home Secretary promises speedier visa service for Chinese
London First comment on changes to immigration rules
London First welcomes the Home Office’s decision to reinstate London Metropolitan University’s international student sponsorship license
London First speech to The Future of Financial Services Summit
London First’s comment on the publication of the West End Commission’s final report
World class infrastructure for a world class city
London Transport Committee reports on air capacity in London
TfL publishes River Crossing consultation findings
London First calls for more intensive use of runways and greater competition to support economic growth
London First comment on Transport Committee Aviation Report
Consultation opens on proposed routes for Crossrail 2
London First calls for Mayor to have greater control over London’s taxes
UKCVA launches Chinese visa report

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