Temple Bar Visit 2nd May 2024 Over 30 Ward of Cordwainers club members of all ages where hosted by the the Architect’s Company at their fantastic venue Temple Bar by St Paul’s Cathedral. Grant Smith...

Following the Cordwainer Ward by-election on 15th September 2022, Amy Horscroft was elected as Common Councillor, joining Sir Michael Snyder and Jamel Banda. Amy is a familiar face in the ward and is...

Following the City of London elections on 24th March 2022, Jamel Banda became an elected Common Councillor for the Ward of Cordwainer joining Sir Michael Snyder and Alex Barr. Jamel is a familiar face...

The City of London Corporation has agreed to launch a new grant scheme to support Square Mile businesses that have been hit by restrictions introduced in response to the Covid-19 Omicron variant. The...

At a ceremony held in November in the Guildhall’s Chamberlain’s Court, The City of London Corporation granted the Freedom of the City to Jayant and Rajeshree Amin. Jayant and Rajeshree have run their...

Music in the Churchyard 29th June 2021 St Mary Le Bow church, supported by the Cheapside Business Alliance hosted the annual Music in the churchyard event. It was tremendous that this live event was...

Life has returned to the Ward on Thursday 24th June 2021 with the first ever Bow Lane Street party! James Goolnik the Chairman of the Bow Bells Association organised the wonderful array of local shops...

The City of London Corporation paid tribute to Sir Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of the City of London in 2012-13, who died at home on 25 May from myeloma. Sir Roger, who was knighted in 2014 for services...

APPLICATIONS OPEN: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION BUSINESS RECOVERY FUND – UPDATE FROM SIR MICHAEL SYNDER I am pleased to announce that the City of London Corporation has approved the proposal for...

4th MARCH 2021:  The City of London Corporation approved a proposal to create a £50m City of London Covid Business Recovery Fund to alleviate some of the worst effects of the pandemic upon the Square...

On 4th March 2021, Sir Michael Synder proposed a motion to the Court of Common Council to establish the City of London Covid Business Recovery Fund strongly supported by Ward colleagues Sir Roger...

Your Ward team, Alderman Sir Roger Gifford and Common Councillors  Sir Michael Snyder, Alex Barr and Tracey Graham were acutely aware  at the start of the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year that their...

Dear Bow Lane and Cordwainer businesses, A few local business owners have started to collaborate to help us through this crisis. Most of the local businesses have closed and some are managing to work...

A message to our Ward community: Navigating the COVID-19 crisis, and how we can help Firstly, our heartfelt condolences to anyone in our community who may have lost a loved one, directly or indirectly...

The annual Wardmote was held in St Mary Aldermary Church on Wednesday 20 March.  The Wardmote was presided over by the Alderman, Sir Roger Gifford, and was well attended by electors.  The two Common...

Bow Lane Dental Group were announced as Winners at the 2020 Clean City Awards, being awarded the Chairman’s Cup in the Small Site Category. The Clean City Awards Scheme has been running since 1994 and...

The 692nd Lord Mayor William Russell – Lord Mayors Show 10th November 2019 The Lord Mayor’s show has been a fixture of London life for centuries, and has become the world’s greatest unrehearsed civic...

Members of the Cordwainer Ward team were proud to be at the opening of TSB’s new City of London flagship branch on Cheapside, situated under Bow Bells House and adjacent to St Mary/ Le-Bow church. TSB...

Businesses in Cordwainer Ward took an active part in the annual initiative run by the Lord Mayors Appeal Charity ’City Giving Day’ celebrating volunteering and philanthropy in the City of London...

James Goolnik the Chairman of the Bow Bells Association organised the wonderful array of local shops and businesses in Bow Lane, Watling Street and Well Court to get involved. The party was supported...

ASI Balanced Network Event 25th June 2019   Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) invited Common Councilman Tracey Graham to give a presentation at their Balanced Network Event on 25th June 2019...

Live in the Churchyard 24th – 27th June 2019   St Mary le Bow Church hosted ‘Live in the Churchyard’ 24th – 27th June, a wonderful 4 day music event sponsored by Cheapside Business Alliance.  Numerous...

On 11th May, the Academy of St Mary-Le- Bow, the church’s resident orchestra performed a concert of Baroque Music. The programme was entitled “Flavours of the Baroque”, drawing attention to the...

The Lord Mayor kicked off the 2020 City Giving Appeal by hosting a breakfast event at Mansion House .  A ‘Cordwainer’ Ward table with representatives from businesses including Euroclear, Aberdeen...

International Women’s Day – Cordwainer Ward Women receive the Freedom of City of London – 8th March 2019 To commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act in 1918 (‘universal...

Launch of Cordwainer Water Fountain 20th March 2019 The first of 10 new City water refill points to be rolled out this year, has been installed in Bow Churchyard, as part of the City Corporation’s...

Tracey Graham won a resounding victory in the by-election for the Ward held on 30 April.  She attracted 79 votes as against just five for her opponent Timothy Becker. Tracey succeeds Sir Mark Boleat...

Michael Bunn, the Principal of the accountancy business MB Associates, was elected Chairman of the Ward of Cordwainer Club at the Club’s AGM at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall on 29 March.  He succeeds David...

Sir Mark Boleat, who has represented the Ward on the City’s Court of Common Council since 2002, today announced his retirement.  In a statement to the City’s Policy and Resources Committee he said it...

Tracey Graham announced today that she intends to be a candidate in the by-election in Cordwainer Ward following the resignation of Sir Mark Boleat after 17 years as an elected member. Tracey...

Cordwainer Ward News December 2016  has been published.  It contains a article on the public realm street works around the Bloomberg development and also details of the forthcoming Ward elections.  ...

Following on from Wardmote held in March, the elected members on the City of London Council for the Ward of Cordwainer invite businesses in the Ward to join them for a discussion on current local and...

David Tucker, the Chief Executive Office of Worldwide Currencies, was elected Chairman of the Ward of Cordwainer Club at the Club’s AGM on 21 March, succeeding Jon Norton.  The new Vice Chairman is...

The Ward’s annual Wardmote was held in St Mary Aldermary on 21 March.  The wardmote is open to all electors and gives an opportunity to meet the elected representatives and raise issues with them. The...

The Ward List 2018-19 has been published.  This is the list of electors eligible to vote in the period from 16 February 2018 to 15 February 2019.  The qualifying date for being on the list was 1...

Highway work at Queen Victoria Street (between Walbrook and Cannon Street) is planned to start from the 11 December 2017 and will be complete in September 2018. This work forms part of the wider...

October 24, 2017 – World’s most sustainable office design – Designed to embrace and improve the public realm– Follows 30 years of growth and investment in the capital London — Bloomberg unveiled its...

Cordwainer Ward News, December 2017  has been published.  The main article covers the opening of Bloomberg’s new headquarters in the Ward...

Highway work at Queen Victoria Street (between Walbrook and Cannon Street) is planned to start from the 11 December 2017 and will be complete in September 2018. This work forms part of the wider...

Cordwainer Common Councilman and Former Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, Mark Boleat, was awarded a knighthood in the 2017 Birthday Honours for his contribution to the financial...

Jon Norton was elected Chairman of the Ward of Cordwainer Club at its AGM on 6 April.  He succeeds Keith Loney.  David Tucker is the new Vice Chairman. Alex Barr joins the Committee, have succeeded...

Mark Boleat and Sir Michael Snyder have published their manifesto for the Cordwainer Ward election on 23 March.  In the manifesto they say – “We have worked actively and enthusiastically to promote...

Sitting members Michael Snyder and Mark Boleat, and newcomer Alex Barr, were overwhelmingly elected as Cordwainer’s Common Councilmen for four year terms at the election on 23 March. Cordwainer’s...

Five candidates will contest the Ward of Cordwainer election on 23 March. Sitting candidates Mark Boleat and Sir Michael Snyder are seeking re-election.  They are joined by Alex Barr, Gillian Kaile...

George Gillon,  a Councilman for the Ward of Cordwainer since 1995, has announced that he does not intend to stand for re-election in March.  In a statement George said – “ When I set up my firm’s...

Cordwainer Councilman George Gillon was awarded the MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours List. Congratulating George on the award Cordwainer’s Alderman Sir Roger Gifford said – “George richly deserves the...

London’s Air Ambulance and Barnardo’s were the beneficiaries from a great initiative by Bow Bells House tenants, Aberdeen Asset Management and Bank of Ireland respectively involving a Static Cycle...

Sir Roger Gifford has been re-elected as Alderman for the Ward of Cordwainer.  Sir Roger was elected for the first time in 2004 and was re-elected in 2010.  He served as Lord Mayor in 2012/13. Sir...

Aldermen of the City of London, by convention, serve for six year terms, resigning their office at a suitable time before the end of the six years and if they wish to continue in office standing for...

Construction the new £4.77 million highway work around the Bloomberg development has commenced.  The work will be delivered in five phases for substantial completion in late Summer 2017 when...

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

Keith Loney was elected Chairman of the Club, succeeding Darren Clayton.  Keith was Deputy Chief Executive of the Association of British Insurers when it was based in Aldermary House in the Ward...

The April 2016 edition of the Cordwainer Ward News has been published and is in the Local Government section of the website. The main article is about the new Bloomberg European HQ which is being...

At its meeting in May 2015 the City’s Court of Common Council approved the Cheapside and Guildhall Area Enhancement Strategy.  This builds upon the earlier Cheapside Strategy (2008) and the Guildhall...

On 24 May at 1:05pm St Mary Le Bow Church will host a debate on British membership of the European Union between the economist Roger Bootle and the Chairman of the City of London’s Policy and...

City businesses have approved the establishment of a Business Improvement District for the Cheapside Area. The BID Ballot was held between 13 March and 10 April 2015 and returned a clear majority in...