Results tagged “protest”

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Climate campers travelled to Canary Wharf this afternoon to launch a protest against Barclays in Churchill Place.

Protesters brought banners - and a football - to One Churchill Place in a bid to "shame" the bank into re-considering its investments in the arms trade and coal power.

By Wharf Reporters

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After months of hype, weeks of preparation and acres of newsprint, the G20 summit has almost arrived at Excel.

As world leaders gathered in London, many Wharfers went about their business, albeit in casual clothing, while some were advised to work from home.

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Santa Claus is coming to town - and he's packing nuclear weapons.

Jolly ol' St Nick visited the Spirit of Christmas fair with a sackful of guns and missiles as part of a protest highlighting organiser Clarion Events' links to a controversial East London arms exhibition.

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GHOULS and goblins descended on Canary Wharf to protest against the Government's bank bail-out.

Spookily-dressed anti-capitalists gathered to "dance on the grave of capitalism" on Halloween evening, but isolated clashes with police were sparked by the arrest of the event's head of security.

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Wharf employees will be on the look-out for anti-capitalist wizards and demons this Halloween.

A legion of fancy-dressed groups will be gathering outside the former Lehman Brothers office on 25 Bank Street to "dance on the grave of capitalism" on Friday evening.

Bristling brides march on HSBC

By John Hill on August 7, 2008 12:23 PM |

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WATCH out HSBC - here come the brides.

A throng of angry married couples stormed Canary Wharf on Wednesday to picket the Canada Square bank about its role in the collapse of online wedding gifts firm Wrapit.

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