News releases

Media releases from the City of London's Press Office - please click on your chosen topic.

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September

Date	Title
06/09/10	City Lord Mayor strengthens trade and investment ties with China
06/09/10	City tackles social exclusion with new Everybody Online toolkit
01/09/10	City looking for business leaders to get on their bikes for European Mobility Week

Date	Title
31/08/10	Let Epping Forest’s mushrooms bloom
31/08/10	Wanstead Flats - Exhibition Update
19/08/10	New heritage trail at Kenley Common
18/08/10	City fights for smarter streetworks
18/08/10	CLSG crowned world champions at Kids’ Lit Quiz
17/08/10	Space Hop at Bunhill Fields - Summer Reading Challenge 2010
13/08/10	City of London Corporation donates £30,000 to Pakistani aid operation
11/08/10	Heath's "secret shelter" gets £44k facelift
10/08/10	Summer of fun at Queen's Park
04/08/10	From landlady to Freeman - Barbara Windsor receives the Freedom of the City of London
02/08/10	Why the City Corporation wants to repeal byelaws concerning porters at Billingsgate
02/08/10	Blind in Business bags lottery grant

Date	Title
30/07/10	Flying the Green Flag: City manages 15 of the best UK green spaces
29/07/10	Lord Mayor visits Smithfield Market
27/07/10	Epping Forest Festival 2010 line up announced
27/07/10	Press Statement on police use of Wanstead flats for 2012 Games
26/07/10	Lord Mayor launches outdoor table tennis league
20/07/10	Lord Mayor visits Channel Islands to strengthen financial ties
16/07/10	Irish Society “delighted” with Derry/Londonderry’s UK City of Culture announcement
16/07/10	Monument wins City Heritage Award
14/07/10	City farm fosters community spirit through the Lord Mayor’s Show
14/07/10	Arts from Hoxton Hall liven up the Lord Mayor’s Show
14/07/10	City’s Samba flowers at the Lord Mayor’s Show 2010
14/07/10	City YMCA builds a future at the Lord Mayor’s Show 2010
07/07/10	From landlady to Freeman: Barbara Windsor receives the Freedom of the City of London
07/07/10	City travels to Brussels to discuss EU regulatory changes
02/07/10	Future secure for mental health charity Core Arts

Date	Title
25/06/10	City of London tops council tax collection rates
25/06/10	Final stage of Tower Bridge re-painting programme begins
24/06/10	Two new City Sheriffs elected
22/06/10	City of London Budget response
22/06/10	London CITIZENS to launch a pioneering peer-to-peer financial education programme as part of its response to the economic crisis
21/06/10	Lady Mayoress visits West Ham Park
17/06/10	TheCityUK appoints Chris Cummings as its first Chief Executive
17/06/10	London's buzzing with the news of five new City hotels
14/06/10	City comments on Power Testing Ltd manager fine
14/06/10	Haringey youth go potty as Roman kiln returns to Highgate Wood
14/06/10	City assesses prospects for Shanghai International Board and implications for business
10/06/10	Dinner to the Bankers and Merchants
04/06/10	From injury to independence – Aspire continues magnificent work, thanks to City Bridge Trust grant
03/06/10	Lady Mayoress launches new play areas in the City
03/06/10	85 City Traineeships to start in July

Date	Title
21/05/10	City Lord Mayor strengthens Asian financial ties
20/05/10	St Paul's fountain springs to life for first time in 30 years
17/05/10	City of London Corporation comments on Holmes Place and Thyssen Krupp sentencing
13/05/10	We must build on momentum in corporate volunteering says Lord Mayor
13/05/10	London's young journalists attend prestigious awards at Mansion House
12/05/10	TheCityUK lays out vision for financial services industry
11/05/10	Booker Prize winner Ben Okri interviewed at Barbican Library
11/05/10	Recital by City of London Academy Southwark Choir surprises new Freeman of the City, Gareth Malone
10/05/10	Isleden House, Islington Receives Royal Visitor
07/05/10	The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Nick Anstee, comments on the General Election result
07/05/10	City of London Corporation’s Policy Chairman, Stuart Fraser, comments on the General Election result

Date	Title
22/04/10	Burnham Beeches biodiversity facing climate change threat
21/04/10	Lord Mayor of the City of London leads business delegation to Romania
21/04/10	First ever Lord Mayor to run the London marathon whilst in office
21/04/10	Keats House launches charitable foundation
15/04/10	Corporate volunteering in education offers significant financial benefits for business, says City of London
15/04/10	June Spencer receives Freedom of the City
14/04/10	New Chief Commoner elected at the City of London
09/04/10	Scottish skills vital to any UK recovery post-election, says City of London Lord Mayor
09/04/10	Dissolution of Parliament
07/04/10	Revival of St George's Day Pageant in the City of London - after 425 years
07/04/10	Lord Mayor's Easter Banquet
07/04/10	All London Mayors’ Charity Walk

Date	Title
30/03/10	Cash injection for Crossroads Care Bexley from City Bridge Trust
30/03/10	Home Live Art given grant by City Bridge Trust to mash up in Lambeth
30/03/10	Parkside Community Project given grant plus bonus by City Bridge Trust
29/03/10	The Choir’s Gareth Malone receives Freedom of the City of London
26/03/10	Celebration of the most improved specialist schools and academies
24/03/10	City of London Corporation response to the Budget
18/03/10	London maintains its global competitive property spot
17/03/10	City Academy Hackney has sporting success in rowing and netball
16/03/10	Spring into action with Urban Gym
16/03/10	City of London meets Belgian finance minister for traditional pre-Presidency meeting
12/03/10	London and New York lead world in latest Global Financial Centres report
10/03/10	Incident at Alexandra Lake, Wanstead Flats
10/03/10	The City has a vital role to play if new businesses are to survive and grow
09/03/10	All change please to green
08/03/10	Sign up for the first-ever 5km Wanstead Flats run
05/03/10	City raises Fairtrade toast from the Cape to welcome South Africa's President Zuma to UK
05/03/10	City helps smokers to stub it out
04/03/10	City’s youth in harmony on Fairtrade
04/03/10	City and St Mungo’s to open B&B-style accommodation for older rough sleepers
03/03/10	City avoids increase in own Council Tax despite challenges to finances; security supplement also held

Date	Title
27/02/10	Despite the mistakes, we need bankers
24/02/10	Apply for funding to take part in Lord Mayor's Show 2010
24/02/10	South African Banquet
24/02/10	City makes a splash for Lord Mayor’s Appeal
23/02/10	Sustainable City Awards name this year's green champions
23/02/10	Trade and Industry Dinner
23/02/10	City helps to "Make It Happen" through new digital inclusion animation
17/02/10	Kids join in Epping Forest hedge planting
15/02/10	Hackney Academy wins top building award
15/02/10	Hampstead Heath gets top marks for educational visits
12/02/10	Lord Mayor pays tribute to pupils' golden achievement
10/02/10	Major redesign transforms Guildhall and City Business Libraries
08/02/10	Whitestone Pond spawns new look
08/02/10	Andrew Strauss receives Freedom of the City of London
03/02/10	City Academy gets top marks from OFSTED
02/02/10	Epping Forest's best hidden secret features on national television
01/02/10	City of London Lord Mayor lays down new challenges for bankers and politicians

Date	Title
27/01/10	St Paul's Churchyard consultation opens
20/01/10	City of London to celebrate the 9th annual 'Green Oscars'
19/01/10	City of London strengthens financial ties with USA
18/01/10	Applications open for summer placement scheme in the City
15/01/10	Lord Mayor visits Manchester to strengthen ties with key player in UK business partnership
14/01/10	City of London Corporation donates £25,000 to British Red Cross emergency aid operation in Haiti
14/01/10	Changing face of the capital revealed at Guildhall Art Gallery
08/01/10	Lord Mayor Nick Anstee calls on the UK Government to support London in 2010
08/01/10	Thanks to apples and blackberries
04/01/10	London Government Dinner