#tube-strikes

#tube-strikes

Hospitality businesses across London should be given a rent and business rates holiday to help them cope with the disruption caused by tube strikes, according to leading audit, tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. Andrew Sanford, a partner at the firm, said many restaurants, bars and cafe9s are located in Transport for London (TfL) properties, and urged the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, to step in with immediate support. "The Mayor should give them a rent and business rates holiday for the strike period if they are in affected postcodes," Sanford said.

Even if you've been out of education for decades, there's a real back-to-school energy in the air. After several blissful months of heat waves, beer garden gatherings, al fresco dining and day festivals, the rainy days, earlier sunsets and colder nights have got us all ready for hibernation.

London was so, so close to making it an entire year without tube strikes. We've enjoyed blissful strike-free travel on the Underground for nine months straight, but this week that streak will officially be broken. Members of the RMT union have voted for a week-long period of industrial action starting on Friday, September 5. They're walking out in response to disputes over pay, working hours and previous promises not being met by their employer Transport for London (TfL).