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• Lycamobile UK loses £51mn value added tax case

  30-07-2024 23:43
  Size of payment to be made by the telecoms company to HMRC still to be decided
  
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• Lycamobile loses £51mn VAT case in UK

  30-07-2024 19:32
  ‘Virtual’ mobile operator and former Tory party donor argued that tax was only owed on bundle minutes used
  
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• The London Buzz – 30th July 2024

  30-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  The Black Cap in London’s Camden is set to reopen this December, following a nine-year campaign following its closure. Attitude
  Majority of the public and local NHS staff oppose Royal Free maternity ward closure Fitzrovia News
  A new bus route is being introduced to link two Jewish areas following concerns of antisemitism. Enfield Independent
  A new public square is central to Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell’s reframing o
  
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• Rail closures around Crystal Palace in late August

  30-07-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Train services in the Crystal Palace area will be disrupted and closed during the last week of August as Network Rail closes the railway for engineering works.
  This project will start from Saturday 24th August and run to Sunday 1st September 2024.
  Because of engineering work between Streatham Hill and Norwood Junction, there will be no Southern trains calling at West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Birkbeck and Beckenham Junction stations from Saturday 24th August to Sunday 1st September.There will also be
  
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• Isleworth station goes step-free with two new lifts

  30-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Isleworth station in southwest London is the latest to receive step-free access after two new lifts were added.The station now boasts two new lifts on either side of the raised platforms, making use of the existing subway, thanks to funding from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) ‘Access for All’ scheme (via Network Rail) plus £1m from Hounslow Council.
  The station, which opened in 1850, is elevated above the road on a viaduct. It has a main entrance on the London-bound
  
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• Kew Gardens expands its £1 concession tickets to include friends and families

  30-07-2024 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Kew Gardens is expanding its concession tickets scheme, which offers entry for just £1, to include friends and families of qualifying people.Available to recipients of Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other legacy benefits, Kew’s £1 ticket was introduced in January 2022, and since then, over 100,000 people habe taken advantage of the scheme.
  The offer has now been extended to include asylum applicants with an application registration card (ARC), and £1 ticket buyers c
  
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• TfL intensifies crackdown on fare evasion with new campaigns and prosecutions

  30-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) is increasing efforts to clamp down on fare fraud on London’s public transport with new advertising and, where caught, prosecutions.
  Fare evasion poster (c) ianVisits
  The recent Commissioner’s Report into TfL’s performance said that fare evasion had declined slightly over the past year to an estimated 3.8 percent of journeys, but naturally, they want to get it down further.
  Along with increased ticket checking on trains and buses, TfL will be launchin
  
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