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December

Date Title
31/12/11 Former Lord Mayor, City Police Commissioner and two City Corporation officers honoured
23/12/11 New hybrid electric vehicles hit City streets
23/12/11 Temporary closure of the northern end of Manor Road, High Beach
19/12/11 City of London response to Chancellor's statement on ICB report
16/12/11 Media advisory: City of London High Court case to remove St Paul’s tents and equipment begins Monday 19 December
16/12/11 Open Spaces Committee signs agreement with Kennel Club
16/12/11 UK Financial Services increases tax contribution to £63bn in 2010/11
14/12/11 City Lord Mayor visits Wales to promote UK-wide financial and professional services industry
14/12/11 Lord Mayor chairs UK/Russia group meeting on developing Moscow as an International Financial Centre
14/12/11 City Corporation to give £15k to London’s homeless
12/12/11 Adopt an animal for Christmas at Golders Hill Park Zoo
11/12/11 City of London comment on EU Summit
09/12/11 City of London statement
08/12/11 Capacity exchange development presents untapped opportunity for London
02/12/11 Big Society Capital Moves to the City

November

Date Title
29/11/11 City Bridge Trust awards £120,000 to South London charity
29/11/11 Wandsworth charity’s future Thrives, thanks to CBT
29/11/11 Hackney charities scoop CBT awards
29/11/11 Islington charities receive more than £350,000 from City Bridge Trust
29/11/11 City comments on Chancellor's Autumn Statement
28/11/11 City Livery Companies donate £41m to charity
25/11/11 City of London travels to Copenhagen for traditional pre-Presidency meeting
23/11/11 Developing insurance and pension sectors will be key for enhancing China and India's capital markets
18/11/11 Highgate residents prosecuted for failing to control dogs on Heath
18/11/11 Hampstead Heath unveils stunning calendar for 2012
15/11/11 City of London Corporation Planning & Highways committee decides to re-commence legal process to move tents off highway at St Paul’s
15/11/11 Migrant cap raises concerns over UK business environment
10/11/11 City policy chief details plans for 2012 - the 'City Corporation's biggest year for a generation’
09/11/11 City of London Corporation pays good money to find three honest women
09/11/11 ‘The Show must go on’ - Next Lord Mayor rehearses for the family crowds at Lord Mayor’s Show on Saturday
08/11/11 The City of London is not beholden to individual people or firms – reaction to article in the Guardian of Monday 7 November
07/11/11 Hampstead Heath Conkers the World
07/11/11 Car drivers urged to avoid City of London during student march
04/11/11 Decision on London River Park deferred
03/11/11 Love Epping Forest? Have your say…
03/11/11 Works to Oak Tree at Brook Road
02/11/11 City of London achieves zero to landfill status
02/11/11 City of London Corporation confirms a temporary halt to legal action
02/11/11 Lord Mayor's Banquet
01/11/11 City of London Corporation presses ‘pause’ button overnight on St Paul’s legal action
01/11/11 ‘Community Improvement Districts’ could help deliver Big Society and Localism agenda

October

Date Title
28/10/11 Lord Mayor of London unveils new City housing project
28/10/11 City of London Corporation approves court action to remove St Paul’s campsite
27/10/11 Unlocking disputes: Groundbreaking new industry-led campaign promotes London as the global dispute resolution centre
27/10/11 City institutions respond to demands for greater ethical accountability
26/10/11 St Paul’s: City poised for special meeting to hear legal advice about campsite
25/10/11 From cookery books to Magna Carta – City of London’s treasures revealed
24/10/11 Saturday 12 November Lord Mayor's Show Press accreditation
21/10/11 Statement about campsite in the City and St Paul's protesters
20/10/11 Personalised Budgets for rough sleepers in the City of London
20/10/11 Beware: Deer in Epping Forest
19/10/11 City resident prosecuted for benefit fraud
18/10/11 A right royal opening for City of London Academy
18/10/11 Lord Mayor Bear branches out to Burnham Beeches
17/10/11 Price of honesty weighed up by banking risk expert and former Treasury secretary
13/10/11 Scrap 50p tax to boost jobs and long-term growth, says City of London
12/10/11 Fishery Experiment rides a wave of success
11/10/11 Look but don’t touch – Epping Forest mushrooms are strictly off limits
11/10/11 Free half-term events in Epping Forest
10/10/11 Hampstead Heath awaits confirmation in Guinness World Record bid
10/10/11 Toynbee Hall partnership delivering huge improvements in City advice services
07/10/11 Volatile international IPO activity highlights need to cut red tape for SMEs
06/10/11 The City Banquet
06/10/11 HRH The Duke of Gloucester unveils Plumber’s Apprentice at Cannon Street Station
06/10/11 City of London strengthens economic ties with India
05/10/11 City football tournament hits boiling point
03/10/11 New Lord Mayor elected for City of London
03/10/11 City of London Corporation deal saves City taxpayer £6.4 million
03/10/11 Lord Mayor strengthens financial ties with Egypt

September

Date Title
30/09/11 Calling for conker players to break Guinness World Record
30/09/11 Haringey based community group sails into the Lord Mayor’s Show 2011
30/09/11 Lord Mayor’s Show: Camden-based Samba group brings the carnival to town
30/09/11 East London charity to play a leading role at the Lord Mayor’s Show 2011
29/09/11 City of London Marks World Environmental Health Day
29/09/11 New Wellbeing Service for older people at Toynbee Hall thanks to City Bridge Trust
29/09/11 'Financial Transaction Tax is a tax on London', says City of London Policy Chairman Stuart Fraser
29/09/11 West Ham Park is the Park of the Year
28/09/11 New City of London Sheriffs admitted
27/09/11 New City Department to provide improved service for developers
26/09/11 City of London welcomes new members to Advisory Council for India
22/09/11 Walk this way for a Gold-standard health scheme
21/09/11 Lord Mayor highlights benefits of direct involvement from business leaders in CSR programmes
21/09/11 City resident prosecuted for disabled parking fraud
21/09/11 Media opportunity for the election of the Lord Mayor of the City of London
21/09/11 Media opportunity for admission of City of London Sheriffs
20/09/11 Epping Forest runners’ club gets new home for centenary
20/09/11 South African High Commissioner receives Freedom of the City of London
20/09/11 City architecture showcased in new Sir Nicholas Kenyon book
20/09/11 Best-selling writers Dunmore and Foulds quizzed at Barbican Library
19/09/11 Civic parade marks new priest for two of City’s historic churches
16/09/11 City highlights contribution of financial and professional services to UK economy
15/09/11 Wanstead Park through the Artists’ Eye
14/09/11 City sandwich bar fined for cockroaches and rats
12/09/11 City comments on ICB's final report
12/09/11 39th City of London Thames Fishery Research Experiment
12/09/11 Whitechapel’s Bell of Hope still resonates ten years after 9/11
12/09/11 Hampstead Heath Duathlon is a splash hit
06/09/11 Cash injection for the City & Hackney Carers Centre from City Bridge Trust

August

Date Title
30/08/11 Advance fee scams using 'City of London Corporation'
26/08/11 City raises aspirations and builds confidence for London NEETs
25/08/11 Hampstead Heath in the running for People’s Choice Award
25/08/11 Queen’s Park in the running for People’s Choice Award
25/08/11 Highgate Wood in the running for People’s Choice Award
25/08/11 Heritage Day returns to Highgate Wood
25/08/11 Edward I’s Magna Carta on rare public display at Guildhall Art Gallery
23/08/11 Epping Forest be prepared… The Scouts are coming...
22/08/11 Young sculptors showcase work at City Lord Mayor’s official residence
19/08/11 New City of London Corporation initiative makes City Cleaner and Greener
04/08/11 Magic in West Ham Park
04/08/11 City Bridge Trust awards major grants to independent living charities in south-west London
01/08/11 Club staff issued guidebook to help combat flood of new designer drugs
01/08/11 Hampstead Heath’s Parliament Hill Lido teaches water safety skills this August

July

Date Title
29/07/11 Open House London 17 & 18 September 2011
29/07/11 Highgate Wood wins Green Flag award
29/07/11 Queen’s Park wins Green Flag award
29/07/11 Hampstead Heath wins Green Flag awards
28/07/11 Tasty rental
28/07/11 Celebrate London’s history and diversity at the Lord Mayor’s Show 2011
27/07/11 Get on your bike in Epping Forest!
27/07/11 The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium receives prestigious Green Flag Award
27/07/11 European financial services cluster generates social and economic benefits for all EU countries and citizens
26/07/11 Epping Forest flying the flag: Record number of volunteer hours
26/07/11 New play area and refurbished gardens launched in the City
26/07/11 Harrow Concert Band returns to Hampstead Heath
25/07/11 Green flag flying high
25/07/11 New Spitalfields's prime mover returns to visit - as Lord Mayor!
21/07/11 City looking for honest women
20/07/11 Students swap classroom for the Heath in work experience week
19/07/11 Three new insect species found in Stoke Common
18/07/11 Two exciting new initiatives to enhance accessibility for visitors to Epping Forest
14/07/11 City of London donates £25,000 to British Red Cross East Africa Appeal
13/07/11 Hampstead Heath piano puts a high note in Highgate
13/07/11 Free concert series in Hampstead Heath this summer
13/07/11 Harry Potter, Bridget Jones and Jason Bourne star in City of London tour
13/07/11 New City Bridge Trust Chairman Billy Dove helps Prince celebrate 90 years
13/07/11 Social investment products must meet needs of institutional investors if market is to grow
07/07/11 City makes a splash for Lord Mayor’s Appeal
06/07/11 Hampstead Heath bathers urged to stay away from unsupervised ponds
06/07/11 Smartphone app brings City’s libraries together at touch of a button
05/07/11 New sculptures transform public spaces in the Square Mile
05/07/11 A little bit of Magic for a future Lord Mayor?
05/07/11 Government Seal of Approval for City of London Core Strategy

June

Date Title
30/06/11 City of London turns open spaces across the capital from ‘Green to Gold’ in Olympic countdown
27/06/11 Plans unveiled to put Tower Bridge at the heart of London’s 2012 celebrations
27/06/11 Formal poll called for Sheriffs' election 8 July
27/06/11 Car parking charges to be applied at Burnham Beeches on weekends and Bank Holidays only
21/06/11 Lady Mayoress visits West Ham Park
20/06/11 City opens its doors to small businesses to boost local economy
20/06/11 Lord Mayor recognised for exemplary work in engineering and regeneration
16/06/11 Feel alive in the City's cemetery
15/06/11 City of London welcomes decision not to list Broadgate
10/06/11 Mansion House Scholarship Scheme reaches 100
09/06/11 Lord Mayor's dinner to the Bankers and Merchants of the City of London
03/06/11 John Muir Award Presentation in Epping Forest
02/06/11 Wanstead Flats – Keep Possession NOT a Weapon
02/06/11 New safety drive on Hampstead Heath
01/06/11 Hampstead Heath celebrates a decade of blitzing litter

May

Date Title
25/05/11 Dame Judi Dench receives the Freedom of the City of London
24/05/11 The first opportunity to photograph Keats love letter in the home it was written
24/05/11 Half-term events in Epping Forest
23/05/11 Perceptions of MiFID – A European perspective
20/05/11 ‘Topping Out’ Ceremony at new Interpretation Centre, Epping Forest
19/05/11 Theatre fun in Wanstead Park!
18/05/11 City of London to welcome Olympic Flame
13/05/11 Letter to the Guardian: Broadgate Development
12/05/11 Scottish financial and professional services industry at the heart of UK economic recovery
11/05/11 Team GB athlete Montell Douglas to kick start City of London’s Olympic countdown
11/05/11 City of London’s Planning Committee approves recommendation to acquire interest at 20 Fenchurch Street under s227 of the Town and Country Planning Act
11/05/11 City of London Freedom for King of Romania
10/05/11 Key decision makers at top firms confirm London’s unparalleled reputation as the most global of all financial centres
04/05/11 Media opportunity: Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear will host the annual Easter Banquet for the Diplomatic Corps on Wednesday 4 May at Mansion House

April

Date Title
26/04/11 Ashes hero Alastair Cook to receive the Freedom of the City of London on 3 May
21/04/11 Letter to the Evening Standard: Streetworks
21/04/11 World famous Tower Bridge set for lighting makeover in time for 2012 celebrations
19/04/11 Easter fun in the Forest
19/04/11 UBS Scheme at 5 Broadgate approved by City of London Planning Committee
19/04/11 John Simpson receives the Freedom of the City of London
15/04/11 Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge awarded silver for being green
14/04/11 Letter to the Evening Standard: Museum of London's voluntary redundancies
14/04/11 Q&A with Panel Engineer Professor Hughes re 1975 and 2010 Acts
14/04/11 Wanstead Flats - Field of Dreams
13/04/11 Adopt an animal at Golders Hill Zoo
12/04/11 No fair at Chingford Plain this Easter
11/04/11 Cartoonist offers Marf-terclass about drawing the news
11/04/11 City Policy Chairman Stuart Fraser comments on the publication of the the Independent Banking Commission’s interim report
08/04/11 City Corporation letter to Evening Standard on Smithfield
07/04/11 Billingsgate: City votes to revoke markets byelaws – but implementation delayed
07/04/11 Billingsgate and the porters dispute - FAQ
07/04/11 City of London looks to build sustainable financial ties with China
07/04/11 Billingsgate: letter to The Guardian
06/04/11 Court of Common Council considers revocation of food markets' byelaws
06/04/11 Frequently Asked Questions: the City of London’s food markets and the revocation of the byelaws
04/04/11 It's not just the birds in Epping Forest that are 'tweeting'
04/04/11 For the sake of future prosperity, don't split up the banks
01/04/11 Groundbreaking agreement offers uncommon benefits to London’s wildlife Environmental Stewardship Scheme set to transform the City’s Commons

March

Date Title
30/03/11 Keats love letter to return to Keats House following successful City of London Corporation bid
25/03/11 City of London Academy student wins prestigious speaking challenge
23/03/11 City of London honours ‘Battle of Britain’ fighter pilot Geoffrey Wellum
23/03/11 Commenting on today’s Budget, the Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear said
23/03/11 Prize draw offers chance to take controls of London landmark
18/03/11 New Bus Service: Exploring Epping Forest just got easier
17/03/11 City of London Corporation donates £50,000 to Red Cross Japan tsunami appeal
17/03/11 CBRE signs up to red tape cutting initiative with the City of London
14/03/11 Hampstead Heath cyclist prosecuted
11/03/11 Free weekly Health Walks in Epping Forest
11/03/11 Statement from the Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
11/03/11 Lord Mayor welcomes further partnership with Asian markets
04/03/11 Tweet tweet: Help protect ground nesting birds in Epping Forest
04/03/11 City Corporation donates £25,000 to Libya Appeal
03/03/11 Media opportunity: Lord Mayor hosts Trade and Industry Dinner
03/03/11 City of London Corporation sets budget for 2011-2012 that preserves front-line services in face of 12.5% overall cuts
03/03/11 City Lord Mayor calls on businesses to work closely with third sector
03/03/11 Letter to the Evening Standard from the Lord Mayor
03/03/11 The City celebrates World Book Day
02/03/11 Accenture wins Procurement Transformation Contract from City of London Corporation

February

Date Title
28/02/11 City of London Corporation announces changes to additional parking charges
24/02/11 Announcement on budget reductions for Epping Forest
22/02/11 Stray leopard cat finds shelter at Heathrow Animal Reception Centre
22/02/11 Oasis of calm: Bunhill Fields given Grade 1 protected status
18/02/11 Letter to the FT re ‘The Big Society’ from the Lord Mayor
18/02/11 MBE for Islingtons’ ‘perfect neighbour’
17/02/11 Free half term events in Epping Forest
14/02/11 Apply for funding to take part in Lord Mayor’s Show 2011
11/02/11 City-fringe school leavers get a foot up on the ladder into a City career
10/02/11 Policy Chairman comments on Osborne's announcement
10/02/11 Athlone House public inquiry set to start
09/02/11 The City Academy, Hackney is ‘outstanding’ says Ofsted
07/02/11 Theydon Bois Primary School plant hedges in Epping Forest
03/02/11 UK Green Champions Revealed
01/02/11 City of London honours ‘Battle of Britain’ fighter pilot Geoffrey Wellum

January

Date Title
31/01/11 City highlights pressures on London’s aviation capacity
31/01/11 City highlights potential consumer benefits from Packaged Retail Investment Products initiative
31/01/11 Lord Mayor strengthens financial ties with UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
28/01/11 Steer Clear of Epping Deer
25/01/11 London makes £1.4 billion* net contribution to UK Exchequer
20/01/11 Benjamin Zephaniah speaks out at Keats House
20/01/11 Major works necessary on Heath dams and ponds
17/01/11 City of London Corporation pays good money to find three honest women
14/01/11 Ashes hero Alastair Cook accepts Freedom of the City of London
13/01/11 London Government Dinner
11/01/11 Lord Mayor pays tribute to 1941 Bank bomb Blitz victims
10/01/11 Simon Russell Beale receives the Freedom of the City of London
05/01/11 Letter to the Evening Standard
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