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Pedestrian Zone Timing Changes – Austin Friars, Notification for Occupiers

As a reminder, the review of the pedestrian zones originated from a Court of Common Council Motion to review all Traffic Orders in the City, and in October 2024, the Streets and Walkways Sub-Committee agreed to change the operational times of six pedestrian zones. In our Ward, the timing changes for Austin Friars were from 11am to 4pm Monday to Friday, to 7am to 9pm Monday to Friday, subject to further consultation with local businesses and occupiers. This further consultation was completed earlier this year, and the outcome of this indicated that extending the hours in the morning to 7am would create difficulties for some occupiers, whilst the extension of the evening hours indicated minimal impact. To minimise the impact whilst balancing this against the needs of people using these streets, the proposals have therefore been amended to 8am – 9pm Monday to Friday. This change to the morning start time reduces the impact on morning servicing and delivery activities by local occupiers.

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Vulerability Awareness Conference – City of London Prevent Conference, 19 November 2025

On Wednesday, 19 November 2025, the City of London Police Prevent Team will be hosting their third Vulnerability Awareness Conference.

The conference will be held at ‘The Studio’ 37 Brushfield Street, E1 6AA, from 0900 – 1400 with breakfast and lunch provided and time for networking and meeting the CoLP Prevent Team.

In an ever changing and complex counter terrorism landscape, extremist narratives, fuelled by online platforms and global events can easily reach vulnerable individuals, making early intervention and safeguarding more critical than ever.

Speakers in attendance at this important event include a victim of the Manchester arena terror attack, the Head of Prevent for London and the South East and officers from Thames Valley Police, who will be sharing a case study on a Prevent/Counter Terrorism investigation which they led.

You are most welcome to attend by registering using the link below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Pa-Gkxt4rUuFWXFwvna62dkQ_KIdez5Ck3LiJoeqm_BUQ1g1RFlUTlZPSFU1SzFWRUtOUE5KRjdGWC4u


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Armed Forces Engagement Conference, Drapers’ Hall, 10:30-noon, Thursday, 30 October 2025 – All Welcome!

“A thriving Armed Forces Community that is valued and supported by society”

An Armed Forces Engagement Conference

facilitated by Cobseo, sponsored by the Drapers’ Company


Bringing the City of London together on London Poppy Day to support the Armed Forces Community
Thursday, 30 October 2025: 1030 – midday at Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DQ

Come together with key members of the Armed Forces Charity sector to mark London Poppy Day and hear more about the unique obligations of, and sacrifices made by, the Armed Forces. Key speakers will highlight the following topics:

  • Minister for Veterans and People, Al Carns DSO OBE MC MP, discussing the Government’s strategy for the Armed Forces Community;
  • VALOUR discussion on the role that statutory service providers have in delivering in line with the Government’s strategy;
  • Lt Gen Sir Nick Pope KCB CBE, Chair of Cobseo – the Confederation of Service Charities and the Service charity chief executives will discuss the role that the Armed Forces Charity sector plays in providing support across the Armed Forces Community;
  • and Consider how the City of London can help to realise a thriving Armed Forces Community that is valued and supported by society.


The conference will conclude with a short concert by the Irish Guards Band in Throgmorton Avenue –
click here to book your place.

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Pepys Day 2025: London’s Most Delightfully Diary-Obsessed Celebration Returns

[An edited version of this article appeared as “Pepys Day: Raise A Toast To London’s Best Diarist” in City AM on 2 September 2025]

Friday, 5 September 2025, marks the second annual Pepys Day in London.  If you missed last year’s inaugural celebration, you’ll want to grab your quill and parchment (or smartphone) to register immediately. Samuel Pepys and his diaries of the Great Fire are to London as James Joyce and Bloomsday are to Dublin.

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Want To Tell The World?

… about something you’re hosting in the City of London?

One of the main recommendations for the Destination City Programme was to create a consolidated calendar of events to promote and bring together all the activitie happening across the Square Mile. 

We are pleased to share the launch of this new interactive calendar, designed to enhance user experience and improve event discoverability across the City.  Users can:

  • Easily see what’s happening on specific days 
  • Filter events by themes such as family, music, free, and food & drink 
  • Quickly find relevant activities that suit their interests 

  My sincere appreciation goes to the Culture Team for their effort in launching this new functionality. Organisations are encouraged to list events on the site by using this form. 

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More Change @Bank – Experimental Taxi Access

We are pleased to inform you of a change to the existing traffic restrictions at Bank, which will allow licensed (Black) taxis to travel across Bank Junction. Starting Monday, 28 July, licensed taxis will be allowed to travel eastbound from Poultry to Cornhill, Monday to Friday, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on an experimental basis.


However, Leadenhall Street will be closed westbound from the same date to facilitate highway works associated with the 1 Leadenhall Street Development, near the junction with Bishopsgate. This means that it will not be possible for licensed taxis to enter Cornhill and travel westbound across the junction as intended by the experimental traffic order.


Once these highway works are completed, which is anticipated to be in October 2025, licensed taxis will then be able to enter Cornhill and travel westbound through the junction towards Poultry. No other changes to the existing restrictions at Bank are being made as part of this experiment.


Following the reopening of Leadenhall Street, the experiment at Bank will be fully operational, and a public consultation will be held over a six-month period, beginning in October 2025. A period of monitoring will also start to assess the impacts and benefits of this change.


It is anticipated that a report on the findings of the consultation and the outcomes of the monitoring will be submitted for consideration by the Planning and Transportation Committee in autumn 2026. This will determine whether the changes are made permanent or not.


We appreciate your attention to these changes, and further information regarding public consultation for this experimental traffic order will be circulated nearer the time.

If you wish to stay up to date – www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/allchangeatbank/