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CITY LIVERY NEWS
City Christmas Fair in aid of Wellbeing of Women
Monday 3rd December 2012, 11am-8pm
Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street, London EC2N 2DQ
Join in at the City Christmas Fair where you can browse stalls filled with original and luxury goods and unwind with a glass of bubbly at our Champagne and Prosecco bar. You can place a bid in the very popular Silent Auction throughout the day or buy some raffle tickets for a chance to win one of our fabulous prizes. More information is available on the Wellbeing of Women website.
Entrance tickets cost £5 on the door or can be bought in advance online at £5 per ticket. Take advantage of our special 3 for 2 online offer for £10 before November 26th 2012.
The fair will take place in historic Drapers’ Hall.
Now in its twelfth year, the annual Christmas Fair organised by The Wellbeing of Women will be held once again at Drapers’ Hall on Monday 3 December between 11am and 8pm. Many of you will have visited this before but it really is an excellent opportunity to do your Christmas shopping in a civilised manner at the same time as helping a really first class charity. This year there are 54 stalls which, as usual, will be selling a wide variety of items. Everything from baby Alpaca knitwear to fun fashion watches and yes, the rich dark boozy Christmas cakes will be there again!
Lord Mayor’s Show Saturday 10th November
This spectacular three-mile-long procession will wind its way from Mansion House through the historic streets of the Square Mile to the Royal Courts of Justice - parade and a tradition dating back to 1215. The event welcomes into office the new Lord Mayor of the City of London - this year, it's the turn of the 685th incumbent, Alderman Roger Gifford. It is expected that around half a million spectators will watch the procession, which will begin at 11am with an aircraft fly-past. There will be carriages (notably the 254-year-old, gold Lord Mayor's State Coach, which spends most of the year glittering impressively in the window at the Museum of London), marching bands and floats featuring people from a huge variety of London organisations including Jaguar Academy of Sport ambassador Jessica Ennis at the wheel of the new F-type Jag.
Immediate Past Master, Peter Cowland took the lead for the Modern Companies entry for those Companies taking part in this year’s Lord Mayor’s Show. The Worshipful Company took part with other Modern Companies.
The New Lord Mayor
A merchant banker has been sworn in as the new Lord Mayor of London - the first in eight years to have a background in banking. Roger Gifford, who works for Swedish bank SEB, was formally admitted to office, becoming "chief salesman for the City for the year".
He said he intends to champion London's banking sector. Mr Gifford said: "I'm going to try and point out all the good things about banking. Banking is a cyclical business and tends to follow the way the economy moves."
He said he was of the belief the slump would lead to technological innovation and the "start of a new boom" - I'm sure the banking jobs will come back."
Mr. Gifford has served on several of the committees of the City of London Corporation. He started his career in finance with SG Warburg (1978–82), working in international banking and capital markets. In 1982 he left to join a new merchant bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank Corpand, from 1994 to 1999, he headed the bank’s operations in Japan. Since 2000 he has been SEB's UK country manager.
Mr. Gifford is a former chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce (UK) and of the Association of Foreign Banks (UK). He is a trustee of St Paul’s Cathedral Foundation, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir School Foundation and King Edward’s School Witley; chair of the English Chamber Orchestra and the Tenebrae Choir among other arts involvements.
He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Companies of Musicians, Cordwainers and Security Professionals. He served as Master of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers (2010–11) and is sponsoring alderman for the Guild of Public Relations Practitioners.
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