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City of London Covid Business Recovery Fund

4th MARCH 2021:  The City of London Corporation approved a proposal to create a £50m City of London...

Temple Bar Visit

Temple Bar Visit 2nd May 2024 Over 30 Ward of Cordwainers club members of all ages where hosted by...

Welcome To Ward Councillor Amy Horscroft

Following the Cordwainer Ward by-election on 15th September 2022, Amy Horscroft was elected as...

Welcome To Councillor Jamel Banda

Following the City of London elections on 24th March 2022, Jamel Banda became an elected Common...

City Corporation to launch new Covid-19 Recovery Grant Scheme for Square Mile SME’s

The City of London Corporation has agreed to launch a new grant scheme to support Square Mile...

City of London Freedom Ceremony for longstanding Ward business

At a ceremony held in November in the Guildhall’s Chamberlain’s Court, The City of London...

Music in the Churchyard

Music in the Churchyard 29th June 2021 St Mary Le Bow church, supported by the Cheapside Business...

Bow Lane Street Party

Life has returned to the Ward on Thursday 24th June 2021 with the first ever Bow Lane Street party!...

City of London Corporation pays Tribute to Sir Roger Gifford

The City of London Corporation paid tribute to Sir Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of the City of London...

APPLICATIONS OPEN: RECOVERY FUND OPEN: RECOVERY FUND

APPLICATIONS OPEN: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION BUSINESS RECOVERY FUND – UPDATE FROM SIR MICHAEL...

UPDATE: City of London Covid Business Recovery Fund

On 4th March 2021, Sir Michael Synder proposed a motion to the Court of Common Council to establish...

Your Ward Team – Working with you through 2020’s challenges and looking to the recovery

Your Ward team, Alderman Sir Roger Gifford and Common Councillors  Sir Michael Snyder, Alex Barr and...

Message from the Chairman Bow Bells Association

Dear Bow Lane and Cordwainer businesses, A few local business owners have started to collaborate to...

Ward Community Covid19 Update

A message to our Ward community: Navigating the COVID-19 crisis, and how we can help Firstly, our...

Wardmote and by-election

The annual Wardmote was held in St Mary Aldermary Church on Wednesday 20 March.  The Wardmote was...

2020 Clean City Awards – Bow Dental Group Winners

Bow Lane Dental Group were announced as Winners at the 2020 Clean City Awards, being awarded the...

Lord Mayor’s Show 2019 – St Mary-le-Bow brunch reception

The 692nd Lord Mayor William Russell – Lord Mayors Show 10th November 2019 The Lord Mayor’s show has...

Opening of TSB’s City of London flagship branch.

Members of the Cordwainer Ward team were proud to be at the opening of TSB’s new City of London...

City Giving Day – 24th September 2019

Businesses in Cordwainer Ward took an active part in the annual initiative run by the Lord Mayors...

Fusilier Museum Tower of London – 22nd October 2019

James Goolnik the Chairman of the Bow Bells Association organised the wonderful array of local shops...

Aberdeen Standard Investments Balanced Network Event

ASI Balanced Network Event 25th June 2019   Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) invited Common...

Live In The Churchyard 24th – 27th Jue 2019

Live in the Churchyard 24th – 27th June 2019   St Mary le Bow Church hosted ‘Live in the Churchyard’...

St Mary Le Bow – Baroque Music concert 11th May 2019

On 11th May, the Academy of St Mary-Le- Bow, the church’s resident orchestra performed a concert of...

Lord Mayor’s 2020 City Giving Day Breakfast Launch – February 2020

The Lord Mayor kicked off the 2020 City Giving Appeal by hosting a breakfast event at Mansion House...

Cordwainer Ward Women receive the Freedom of City of London

International Women’s Day – Cordwainer Ward Women receive the Freedom of City of London – 8th March...

Launch of Cordwainer Water Fountain

Launch of Cordwainer Water Fountain 20th March 2019 The first of 10 new City water refill points to...

Tracey Graham elected as new Councillor for Cordwainer

Tracey Graham won a resounding victory in the by-election for the Ward held on 30 April...

Michael Bunn elected Chairman of Ward Club

Michael Bunn, the Principal of the accountancy business MB Associates, was elected Chairman of the...

Sir Mark Boleat retires as a Ward Councilman

Sir Mark Boleat, who has represented the Ward on the City’s Court of Common Council since 2002...

Tracey Graham to stand in Cordwainer by-election

Tracey Graham announced today that she intends to be a candidate in the by-election in Cordwainer...

Ward Newsletter published

Cordwainer Ward News December 2016  has been published.  It contains a article on the public realm...

Ward Business Breakfast, St Mary Aldermary Church, 17 May

Following on from Wardmote held in March, the elected members on the City of London Council for the...

David Tucker elected Chairman of the Ward Club

David Tucker, the Chief Executive Office of Worldwide Currencies, was elected Chairman of the Ward...

Annual Wardmote 21 March 2018

The Ward’s annual Wardmote was held in St Mary Aldermary on 21 March.  The wardmote is open to all...

Ward List published

The Ward List 2018-19 has been published.  This is the list of electors eligible to vote in the...

Highway Works Around Bloomberg Building

Highway work at Queen Victoria Street (between Walbrook and Cannon Street) is planned to start from...

Bloomberg Unveils New European Headquarters in the City of London

October 24, 2017 – World’s most sustainable office design – Designed to embrace and improve the...

Ward Newsletter Published

Cordwainer Ward News, December 2017  has been published.  The main article covers the opening of...

Highway works around the Bloomberg building

Highway work at Queen Victoria Street (between Walbrook and Cannon Street) is planned to start from...

Cordwainer Councilman knighted in Birthday Honours

Cordwainer Common Councilman and Former Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, Mark...

Jon Norton elected Chairman of Ward Club

Jon Norton was elected Chairman of the Ward of Cordwainer Club at its AGM on 6 April.  He succeeds...

Mark Boleat and Sir Michael Snyder publish election manifesto

Mark Boleat and Sir Michael Snyder have published their manifesto for the Cordwainer Ward election...

Barr, Boleat and Snyder elected as Common Councilmen

Sitting members Michael Snyder and Mark Boleat, and newcomer Alex Barr, were overwhelmingly elected...

Five candidates for Cordwainer Ward election

Five candidates will contest the Ward of Cordwainer election on 23 March. Sitting candidates Mark...

George Gillon to retire as Common Councilman

George Gillon,  a Councilman for the Ward of Cordwainer since 1995, has announced that he does not...

George Gillon awarde a MBE

Cordwainer Councilman George Gillon was awarded the MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours List...

City Giving Day in Bow Churchyard

London’s Air Ambulance and Barnardo’s were the beneficiaries from a great initiative by Bow Bells...

Sir Roger Gifford Re-Elected as Alderman for Cordwainer

Sir Roger Gifford has been re-elected as Alderman for the Ward of Cordwainer.  Sir Roger was elected...

Election of Alderman

Aldermen of the City of London, by convention, serve for six year terms, resigning their office at a...

Highway works begin around new Bloomberg building

Construction the new £4.77 million highway work around the Bloomberg development has commenced.  The...

June 2016 Ward Newsletter Published

The newsletter can be downloaded here – Cordwainer June Newsletter ...

Keith Loney elected Chairman of the Ward Club

Keith Loney was elected Chairman of the Club, succeeding Darren Clayton.  Keith was Deputy Chief...

Ward Newsletter published

The April 2016 edition of the Cordwainer Ward News has been published and is in the Local Government...

Cheapside and Guildhall Area Enhancement Strategy approved

At its meeting in May 2015 the City’s Court of Common Council approved the Cheapside and Guildhall...

Cheapside Debate: “Leave or Remain? Europe and the City”

On 24 May at 1:05pm St Mary Le Bow Church will host a debate on British membership of the European...

Business Improvement District approved for the Cheapside area

City businesses have approved the establishment of a Business Improvement District for the Cheapside...