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December

Date Title
21/12/07 City of London Corporation wins top marks in Audit Commission inspection
20/12/07 Taking the plunge: An exhibition of photographs by Ruth Corney
20/12/07 £430 penalty for Burnham Beeches dog walker
20/12/07 Christmas Shopping at City of London Food Markets
19/12/07 Tonight: London Accord shows financial services industry ready to take up baton on climate change
12/12/07 Scottish financial skills help UK weather current crisis
12/12/07 "Forestry is the crucial investment" concludes Z/Yen's contribution to the London Accord climate project
11/12/07 City of London welcomes US Treasury Assistant Secretary to discuss US Capital Markets' competitiveness in London
10/12/07 City tunes in to Bridgetower Opera
07/12/07 City investment report says carbon capture "unlikely to help C02" over next 20 years
06/12/07 One Canvas - Many Lives at Guildhall Art Gallery
06/12/07 UK India Business Council
03/12/07 New water mains for Wall area
03/12/07 Stoke Common public consultation event
03/12/07 London Accord maps out how $600 billion a year investment market can be shifted to help roll back climate change

November

Date Title
27/11/07 Kilburn kids give Queen's Park trees sustainable support
15/11/07 Lady Mayoress lights up Bow Lane
14/11/07 City welcomes New Year present for business travellers through Heathrow
14/11/07 The City of London Academy Islington appoints a new Principal to lead Academy transition
14/11/07 Poor children in England as young as five hide their needs from parents to protect them from the impact of poverty, new report reveals
13/11/07 Stoke Common transfers to the City of London
12/11/07 The British Stage in Miniature 1821-1840
09/11/07 Coach of history rolls on
08/11/07 New Lord Mayor of the City of London takes office on Friday afternoon - followed by Show on Saturday
07/11/07 Sheriffs Award for outstanding bravery - 2007 commendations announced
06/11/07 Investing in Africa - business opportunities, financial solutions
06/11/07 World War I tank in front of St Paul's Cathedral
05/11/07 Lord Mayor of the City of London John Stuttard asked to be Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of City University London Council
05/11/07 Lord Mayor's Show 2007 photo opportunities
02/11/07 Bookmarks - a photographic exhibition to celebrate Barbican Library's 25 year anniversary
01/11/07 Press view for Museum in Docklands' new gallery London - Sugar and Slavery

October

Date Title
31/10/07 New team for Lord Mayor's Show 2007
29/10/07 Press accreditation - Lord Mayor's Show 2007
29/10/07 Lord Mayor's Banquet
28/10/07 Ancient London trust celebrates £200 million investment in the capital's future-facing charities
26/10/07 City of London Policy Chairman meets US Treasury Secretary and New York Mayor to discuss way ahead on regulation
24/10/07 Guildhall State Banquet in honour of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia
24/10/07 Shoe Lane Library celebrates 25th birthday
19/10/07 Local Head Teacher to lead City of London KPMG Academy
17/10/07 A capital contribution - London's Place in the UK Economy 2007-08
16/10/07 Young and old 'City gents' - residents in the Square Mile take part in 2007 Lord Mayor's Show
15/10/07 City of London hosts homecoming ceremony for soldiers
12/10/07 London's Lord Mayor calls for end to East Asian trade barriers
11/10/07 Stormont heroine who foiled shooting and bomb attack named as 2007 Sheriffs' Award winner
11/10/07 City of London Corporation pays good money to find three honest women
11/10/07 Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards reward London businesses with the ultimate 'helping high' for their excellence in Corporate Community involvement
09/10/07 City of London Police named UK's lead economic crime force
08/10/07 Collective Response at Guildhall Art Gallery
05/10/07 City Policy Chairman Welcomes Crossrail Decision
02/10/07 Street Scene Challenge - Antony Gormley
01/10/07 New Lord Mayor elected for City of London
01/10/07 London retains its lead in Global Financial Centres Index 2
01/10/07 Go bonkers for conkers at Hampstead Heath
01/10/07 City of London Corporation appoints key new staff to its Economic Research team

September

Date Title
27/09/07 Report finds Thames hides health hazards
27/09/07 Election of the new Lord Mayor of the City of London
27/09/07 First UK-India Economic & Financial Dialogue
26/09/07 City of London to welcome the troops home from Afghanistan with medal parade
26/09/07 Blooming City wins more awards
25/09/07 City says Crossrail funding gap needs to be bridged
24/09/07 Arts Express at Guildhall Art Gallery
24/09/07 City of London Lord Mayor awards student winners of 2007 Big Wild Read summer challenge
24/09/07 New City of London Sheriffs to take office
24/09/07 Cool City designs warm welcome
21/09/07 Leading Finnish cultural figure awarded Freedom of the City
20/09/07 Hello Bollywood - Asian elders in Newham take part in 2007 Lord Mayor's Show
20/09/07 Eastenders live - children in Waltham Forest take part in 2007 Lord Mayors Show
20/09/07 Sunshine kids are invited to participate in 2007 Lord Mayor's Show
20/09/07 Number-crunching at the Lord Mayor’s Show 2007
20/09/07 City Lord Mayor warns against knee-jerk reaction in the financial crisis blame game
19/09/07 Inner city organic gardening project invited
19/09/07 Staying Alive in London
18/09/07 Media opportunity - the City Banquet
17/09/07 Islington's Copenhagen Youth Project takes part in 2007 Lord Mayor's Show
17/09/07 Lord Mayor's support for WorldSkills London 2011
17/09/07 Lord Mayor opens new Eco-Visitor Centre at Burnham Beeches
10/09/07 The sound of a London bell helps New York commemorate 9/11 - six years on
05/09/07 Lord Provost of Glasgow to receive Freedom of City of London
03/09/07 City firms tap talent fresh from schools - before the university recruitment drive

August

Date Title
28/08/07 Heath sportsmen double up for fitness feat
28/08/07 Brazil reveals 'greenification' of Amazon transport plans to visiting Lord Mayor of the City of London John Stuttard
24/08/07 Take your place for the Lord Mayor's Show 2007
23/08/07 Trivia buffs - quench your pub thirst and win £500
23/08/07 Top maths GCSE grades for Hackney students using innovative new ICT
20/08/07 Tudor activities at Henry VIII's hunt grandstand
20/08/07 Dragon Awards 2007 judge profile: Martyn Lewis CBE
15/08/07 First ever - free lunchtime lecture series Guildhall Art Gallery
07/08/07 Bank Holiday Summer Trail in Epping Forest!
06/08/07 City kids spend action-packed week with the Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service
03/08/07 King of the Road?
02/08/07 City looks to East African alliance

July

Date Title
30/07/07 Affordable workspace for small businesses
27/07/07 City of London Lord Mayor John Stuttard visits his home town of Burnley
25/07/07 Leeds key to the UK's lead in financial services
20/07/07 City of London leads the way on climate change
20/07/07 Building the UK - Telford 250 exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery
20/07/07 Steam rises as Lord Mayor Stuttard marks the carts for a second year
18/07/07 Lord Mayor's visit to the New Spitalfields
18/07/07 Boost for City arts in run up to Olympics
17/07/07 Waving the Green Flag
16/07/07 Children find a world in Islington
16/07/07 the Monument to close for £4.5m restoration
12/07/07 City of London India Advisory Council – first UK meeting
11/07/07 The City Blooms - in spite of the weather
11/07/07 Last Crown Prince of Austria receives the Freedom of the City of London
11/07/07 A family affair - Lady Mayoress opens Family Learning Room
10/07/07 Lord Mayor’s Dinner to Her Majesty’s Judges
10/07/07 City of London visits Poland
10/07/07 Bronze swans of the Thames
09/07/07 Painting the Forest
09/07/07 Summer fun at The Temple, Wanstead Park
09/07/07 Epping Forest Conservation Team events
04/07/07 Open Air Concert by the New Redbridge Wind Orchestra
03/07/07 Immigration keeps London business afloat
03/07/07 £5m lottery boost to conserve Epping Forest’s medieval past
03/07/07 Lady Mayoress visits West Ham Park

June

Date Title
29/06/07 City kids are 2 smart 4 drugs - new London initiative
27/06/07 Voluntary efforts recognised
25/06/07 Sheriffs' award for outstanding bravery - nominate now
25/06/07 City of London elects new Sheriffs
21/06/07 And the winners are ... the 2007 Picture Editors' Awards announced
20/06/07 Shrieval elections
17/06/07 Double honours for City of London
15/06/07 Celebration in the Park for Hampstead Garden Suburb’s centenary
15/06/07 Statement on strategic views
13/06/07 Look beyond the trees
13/06/07 City of London Lord Mayor puts Scottish finance firms at heart of UK success
11/06/07 ‘Pleasure Gardens’ performance at Wanstead Park
11/06/07 Implementation of EU money laundering directives
11/06/07 Lord Mayor's Dinner to the Bankers and Merchants
08/06/07 Guildhall dinner to mark Falkland Islands conflict 25th Anniversary
08/06/07 City of London leads on climate change commitment
08/06/07 Get into the habit of stubbing out in the City
06/06/07 Hampstead Heath litter blitz 2007
05/06/07 Heath celebrates new land handover
01/06/07 Lord Mayor's visit to Billingsgate Market

May

Date Title
24/05/07 Gold-plated insurance mediation directive increasing costs for small business
22/05/07 Fower festival at Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
21/05/07 City of London Corporation gives £25,000 to Red Cross Darfur appeal
21/05/07 City of London announces new Assistant Police Commissioner
21/05/07 Rare new clock ticks in to the City of London
18/05/07 Animal Health Statement
17/05/07 Ashtead Common Open Day – an afternoon of adventure and discovery
17/05/07 The changing face of Cheapside
17/05/07 City’s leading London-wide charity
16/05/07 Lord Mayor leads intense week of India-UK finance talks
16/05/07 New Head of City Office in Brussels appointed
15/05/07 City of London Corporation investigates alleged Animal Health offence
15/05/07 New City report shows how financial services fuel EU economy
14/05/07 18th Century Swedish Ship Götheborg arrives in London
11/05/07 Advance notice - Public Warning System launch
11/05/07 City backs the International Centre for Financial Regulation
08/05/07 Blue Tit bird-cam: Epping Forest Visitor Centre
02/05/07 Ashtead Common Open Day
02/05/07 New research shows that ordinary savers and pensioners bear brunt of £3bn share tax
01/05/07 Experience the dawn chorus on Hampstead Heath
01/05/07 Poetry workshop at Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
01/05/07 'Till the cows come home

April

Date Title
30/04/07 Public's views sought on Stoke Common transfer to the City of London
30/04/07 City welcomes report into work of FSA
30/04/07 Dive into summer at Parliament Hill lido
26/04/07 City triumphs at London Transport Awards
24/04/07 New Chief Commoner elected at the City of London
23/04/07 City of London goes wireless: Launch of Europe's most advanced WiFi network
23/04/07 In the Footsteps of a Queen
20/04/07 City response to Wilbur Ross comments on AIM
19/04/07 Lord Mayor brings Green and Education agendas to the Far East
18/04/07 City signs up to Local Area Agreement
17/04/07 City in Bloom
16/04/07 Hampstead Heath needs you!
16/04/07 City probe into competitiveness of London's financial market infrastructure
11/04/07 City of London takes its green agenda global - and acts local on climate change
10/04/07 Local talent search begins for Wanstead Park opera

March

Date Title
30/03/07 Unveiling of Reg Freeson memorial bench
30/03/07 City of London Festival 2007 features Slave Trade Abolition
30/03/07 Barbican Library celebrates 25th birthday
29/03/07 Lord Mayor of world's leading financial centre leads City visit to Russia
29/03/07 Childcare memorial awards start in style
28/03/07 City of London Corporation appoints new corporate affairs specialist
28/03/07 GLA Bill 2nd reading: City urges changes to Mayor's planning powers
26/03/07 City launches pioneering London Accord project
26/03/07 City responds to criticism over club and bar licensing
23/03/07 City remembers childcare workers
19/03/07 City welcomes plans to extend City of London Polices role in tackling fraud
15/03/07 City launches new Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI)
13/03/07 City of London sets its Council Tax and Rates but says funding shortfall is “unsustainable”
13/03/07 City of London Corporation congratulates all Digital Challenge finalists - and Sunderland as the winner
09/03/07 Free morning swims for children and pensioners at Heath lido
09/03/07 City defends AIM against comments by Securities and Exchange Commissioner Roel Campos
08/03/07 “Chaingang” strolling into town again - All London Mayors’ Charity Walk
07/03/07 The one and only, truly original Pink Panther car...
06/03/07 Media opportunity - Easter banquet
06/03/07 Media opportunity - Guildhall state banquet
06/03/07 A Mile of Style exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery
06/03/07 City welcomes Blair's backing for Crossrail - but warns over delay
06/03/07 Shot from the Lip performance at Barbican Library
05/03/07 New teaching scheme launched for Hampstead
05/03/07 City's businesswomen mark International Women's Day

February

Date Title
28/02/07 Record entries for Lord Mayor's City Dip
27/02/07 City of London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court marks 100 years
22/02/07 City of London Corporation announces the winners of its 'Green Oscars' - the Annual Sustainable City Awards
22/02/07 New Barbican Managing Director
22/02/07 City of London Corporation keeps top-grade CPA assessment - but warns it does not fit national system
21/02/07 City of London launches India Advisory Council
20/02/07 Media opportunity: Trade and Industry Dinner
20/02/07 City of London praises Pakistan-India unity over terror attacks
19/02/07 New City report on the European post-trading industry
19/02/07 Towards a Plan for the Heath - consultation begins
12/02/07 City Lord Mayor welcomes UK Securities and Investment Institute's new partnership with UAE
12/02/07 City of London appoints new City Surveyor
09/02/07 City honours super sweeper
09/02/07 City strives to maintain its green credentials
09/02/07 City of London has highest resident satisfaction rating in the country at 79%
06/02/07 Derry Mayor honoured by City of London
02/02/07 City of London appoints Mumbai representative
01/02/07 Lord Mayor of City of London forges high-level business skills links with Qatar
01/02/07 Sword of Honour: Lord Mayor's right-hand man retires
01/02/07 Stars of stage and screen come to City streets for World Book Day

January

Date Title
31/01/07 Lord Mayor leads City visit to Pakistan
30/01/07 City welcomes government moves to promote Islamic finance
26/01/07 Take a dip on behalf of the Lord Mayor's Appeal
24/01/07 Brambly Hedge Exhibition at Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
23/01/07 Crossrail - latest position
23/01/07 New York Financial Markets report: City response
19/01/07 City Office in Mumbai gets green light
17/01/07 Safety Thirst: more City pubs and clubs join scheme
16/01/07 Slovakians and Slovenians arrive for ten weeks' work in the City
15/01/07 Street Scene Challenge: The Monument
11/01/07 City of London decides on new Police Commissioner
08/01/07 City of London's Bridge House Trust is renamed
08/01/07 Modern Dick Whittington gives local children a glitzy fancy dress party in the City
02/01/07 Media opportunity: London Government Dinner
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