6 July, 17.30-19.30
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Crown Your Saturday – King’s Day 2026, 25 April
Join us on Saturday, 25 April 2026, 12:00 to 18:00, to celebrate the Dutch King’s birthday in unforgettable style. Bring your family and friends and enjoy a fun ultra-Dutch experience. Dutch food & drink, flea market, book stall, children’s activities, charity auctions, and much more. No need to register. All welcome!
Sample some of the best Dutch craft beers and tuck in to all your favourite Dutch snacks and learn lots about the centuries-old ward connections with The Netherlands.
75 London Wall – Drop-In Invitation
An invitation to join the Multiplex 75 London Wall team for a drop-in session to find out about the project, meet key members of the project team and have an opportunity to ask questions.
Location: Multiplex Site Office, Ground Floor, 75 London Wall, EC2N 2DB
Date: Friday, 27 February 2026
Time: 12:30 – 14:30pm
Which Way At Bank?
Public consultation on the experimental traffic order at Bank has opened.
Continue readingCity Question Time For Residents & Ratepayers
City Question Time is coming up on Monday, 2 February, 17:30 to 19:30 at the Barbican Centre.
This is a finance special of City Question Time, which we do once a year.
You can register to attend using this link.
City Question Time & Festive Celebration – Monday, 15 December
We’re hosting our next City Question Time for residents on Monday, 15 December, at Guildhall, 17.30 to 20:00. There will also be a festive celebration. If you’d like to join us, please register here City Question Time & Festive Celebration – 15 December – Fill in form. We’d love you to join us.
Continue readingLady Mayor’s Show 2025
Come to the City on the morning of Saturday, 8 November. Bring the family and watch the show from 11:00 around Bank and St Paul’s.
Show details and route maps – https://lordmayorsshow.london/
Dedicated LinkedIn page to keep up to date with news – The Lady Mayor’s Show: Posts | LinkedIn
… and a taste of the event:
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:
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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.
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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