Tag Archives: London

Take me back to London

Posted on August 30, 2021 by henry tapper

The charts are interesting. This blog comes with a health warning – supplied by Stuart McDonald. This age-stratified analysis is important when drawing conclusions from trends in case numbers. Cases are still trending up in older groups, so it’s likely … Continue reading →

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Going to work? How London stays open.

Posted on January 12, 2021 by henry tapper

Smithfield 6am London goes on pic.twitter.com/c2le5KanpQ — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) January 12, 2021 There is the London that you see in todays news clips, of deserted streets ,closed shops and empty offices. Then there is another London, of early morning … Continue reading →

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Living and working in the City of London

Posted on May 15, 2020 by henry tapper

  I live in Blackfriars in one of the areas of the City which were historically beyond the control of the City Fathers (what we’d call the Corporation of London today). Where I live in Blackfriars there was a priory.  … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Great Fire of London #greatfire350

Posted on September 4, 2016 by henry tapper

350 years ago this September, most of the Square Mile was destroyed from ground up by a conflagration that has ever since been called the Great Fire of London, and is well known on the roll call of major historical … Continue reading →

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A London Cyclist foresees his death

Posted on March 11, 2016 by henry tapper

            I Know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere upon Blackfriars Bridge The Routemaster I love to hate The cones – TFL’s privilege.   My bike rack’s at Godliman Street, I cycle down to Waterloo;- And … Continue reading →

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Why we want PENSION AWARENESS every day!

Posted on September 19, 2015 by henry tapper

It’s been a week of contrasts for me On Wednesday I spent time in the splendour of Mayfair’s Claridge’s Hotel learning how Legal and General were designing products to help people in retirement. On Thursday I was in the Kingsley … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Great Fall of China (in the pub).

Posted on August 31, 2015 by henry tapper

While y’all went on holiday, market analysts threw a tantrum , Emerging stock Markets tanked and the Developed Markets went red and green faster than a traffic light. I love writing this stuff, it makes me feel grown up – like I had some job … Continue reading →

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Mobilising millions – training employers on AE.

Posted on August 20, 2015 by henry tapper

Who is going to mobilise the millions of bosses still to stage auto-enrolment? There are not 1.3m but 1.8m employers in the UK who will need to stage auto-enrolment.Of these , all but around 65,000, more than 1,790,000 employers have … Continue reading →

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“Another girl- another Planet” – the wonderful world of NEST

Posted on July 29, 2015 by henry tapper

Helen Dean, the new CEO of NEST has set out her stall in the pages of Professional Pensions. Much of what she says is intelligent and helpful Helping .. small and micro employers means seeing AE through their eyes. Instead of … Continue reading →

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The transfer mess gets worse…

Posted on July 28, 2015 by henry tapper

It’s been some weeks since I wrote about transfers. To recap, I have been predicting a seizure in the transfer market , resulting from high demand, low-advisory capacity and pipes blocked with regulatory effluent. So it doesn’t come as a … Continue reading →

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