Richard's Blog

Regeneration Boost for Hillingdon

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson recently revealed his proposal to invest over £2.7 million to rejuvenate Ruislip Manor and Northwood Hills town centres. This investment will drive economic growth and opportunity through job creation. The funding will also provide for new signage, street furniture, improved street lighting and the planting of new trees. This [...]

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2011: A Year in Review

This year began on a high with our New Year celebrations. The fireworks were truly magnificent and London was on the news all over the world. The turnout was impressive and it was the perfect start to a year which has been mostly extremely good for London. This year, I have focused on apprenticeships, accessibility [...]

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The Cost of Metal Theft

Over recent years there has been a marked increase in metal thefts across the country with 360 thefts being reported on London railways since April 2010 alone. It is not just railways that are being targeted by metal thieves either; church roofs, utility cables and war memorials have all been targeted. These thefts are estimated [...]

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GLA 2011 Budget

I welcome the announcement of the new GLA Budget for 2011, as it is a great deal for Hillingdon and Ealing and all Londoners. For the third year running, Boris Johnson has frozen the GLA precept on Council Tax. This is extremely good news, as it means that City Hall will be able to protect [...]

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London Resilience

On 1st December 2010, I was appointed Chairman of the London Region Resilience Forum- the equivalent of New York’s Office of Emergency Management. My Responsibilities include: business continuity and recovery from a catastrophic event. This covers fire, pestilence, flooding, terrorist attacks, collapses in national infrastructure (e.g. gas, electricity, water and food supplies). This is a [...]

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London Week at the Shanghai Expo

This week at the Shanghai Expo was London Week, and so I was there in person to promote London as the best city in the world to visit, invest, study and do business. The message that I have been trying to get across is that London is emerging from the economic downturn of the past [...]

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