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#london-employment

The UK has about 1.59GW of currently installed datacentre capacity at just under 190 sites. If we add existing capacity to that which is planned to complete by 2030 and which has planning consent, we get 4.9GW.

An industry-wide survey found that 64% of firms plan to cut jobs, 42% intend to reduce trading hours, and one in seven will be forced to close.

The plans call for beams of light right up into the night sky, which means they're directly affecting the night sky and, by design, the skyline view for anyone looking in that direction.

Brent is one of the most ethnically diverse local authorities in the UK, with a mix of urban districts in the east and suburban neighbourhoods in the west.

The museum, which displays Walthamstow's colourful cultural history - not to mention Britain's first ever petrol-fuelled car - closed for renovation in December 2023.

The outbreak of war in the Middle East has already affected energy prices, amid concerns that inflation may rise in the coming months. Despite this difficult market environment, most London-based small businesses remain committed to short-term growth plans.

Cabinet Office Minister, Chris Ward stated, "This Government is backing SMEs and British businesses. These ambitious spending targets will help ensure more Government contracts go to SMEs - keeping more money, jobs and opportunities in local communities."

The recent Great Finance Hire shortage is not just a challenge, it's a wake-up call for London businesses reliant on financial expertise. As firms scramble to fill vital roles, the stakes have never been higher for hiring a financial controller in London . We will provide a deep dive into the creative solutions companies are implementing to overcome this recruitment hurdle. Expect to come away with actionable tips that can help your business secure the financial talent it desperately needs.

When your intern accidentally clicked on phishing link, don't panic. Take consistent but confident action. Even knowledgeable, tech-savvy people can click a fishing link. They may do this due to haste or the cunning design of a phishing message. Such events happen more often than you think. The consequences can vary. It may be an innocent redirect to a fake website, or downloading malicious software

Creating workplace facilities that reflect relevance to the constant evolving changes of working patterns. Organisations need to think about balancing flexibility with functionality by integrating technology that can simplify things without any complications, whilst designing spaces that are diverse when it comes to different working styles. As traditional office attendance makes make for hybrid models, facilities now need to reimagine their spaces as a purposeful destination rather than a default location.

The results revealed London as number one, with 49,330 average monthly searches per 10k people. Birmingham came second with 9,150, and Manchester third with 7,080. Leeds and Bristol rounded out the top five with 6,230 and 5,840 respectively. Meanwhile, Carlisle sat at the bottom of the table with just 370. Cambridge came second to last with 420, and then Ripon with 580.

Seventy-two different metrics were assessed and divided into these categories: economy (GDP per capita, employment levels, wage rate); research and development (number of patents, startups and presence of top universities); cultural interaction (proximity to World Heritage Sites and number of theatres, museums, stadiums and hotel rooms); livability (life expectancy and rent prices); environment (air quality and waste recycle rate); and accessibility (the price of a cab and the number of international flights).

Last month I sat with the operations manager of a 40-person London firm and watched her spend an entire morning copying order data from one spreadsheet into another. She'd done this every Friday for two years. Nobody had questioned it because that's just how we do things. UK workers waste 11.3 billion hours a year on administrative tasks like emailing, scheduling, and data entry, according to research from Dropbox.

As UK small businesses gear up for a new year of trading, research from Novuna Business Finance reveals a five-year peak in percentage of small business owners (84%) that are starting 2026 with plans to invest in new growth initiatives in order to make their enterprises stronger for the year ahead - and that growth agenda is being driven from the Capital

Hiring across London's financial services sector softened in the final quarter of 2025 as organisations responded to economic, political and market pressures. While Q4 is traditionally the most conservative hiring period due to seasonality, this slowdown was amplified by global market volatility, US trade tensions and uncertainty ahead of the November budget. Signals around potential tax and levy increases, prompted many businesses to pause or reassess hiring plans. In London's internationally connected financial ecosystem, discretionary recruitment was deferred, while critical and strategically important replacement roles continued to be filled.