100 business leaders back Sadiq Khan for a second term as London mayor

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One hundred business leaders today backed Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for re-election.
They said he had been a strong advocate for their sector during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Sadiq has been the most pro-business mayor ever, standing up for our interests on issues like Brexit and business rates," said Helen McIntosh, president of the South East London Chamber of Commerce.
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One hundred business leaders today backed Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for re-election as the city's "most pro-business mayor ever", saying he had been a strong advocate for their sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

Khan is heavily tipped to win re-election on May 6 against his Conservative challenger Shaun Bailey when Londoners go to the polls on May 6.

He has pitched himself as the most business-friendly candidate, promising he will focus on "jobs, jobs, jobs" if he wins the race.

Helen McIntosh, principal of McIntosh & Associates and president of the South East London Chamber of Commerce, was among those who backed Khan.

"Sadiq has been the most pro-business mayor ever, standing up for our interests on issues like Brexit and business rates, and lobbying the Government to provide greater support for businesses through the challenges of the past year," she said.

"During the pandemic, programmes like Pay It Forward London, the Back To Business Fund, and the Culture at Risk Fund have helped many small businesses to survive."

Other business leaders who backed Khan include Alan Buckle, the former deputy chairman of KMPG, and Simon Pitkeathley, chief executive of Camden Town Unlimited, which represents Camden businesses.

Khan said in a statement to Insider: "I know that this last year has been the hardest in living memory for businesses dealing with the perfect storm of Brexit and the pandemic, and I am determined to continue standing up for them. If re-elected, I will never stop banging the drum for jobs and investment in our capital.

"Working together I know we can deliver my ambitious plan for London's recovery and build a better, fairer, more prosperous city which offers a brighter future for all Londoners."

Business leaders backing Sadiq Khan for re-election

Name	Title	Organisation
Howard Dawber	Managing Director of Strategy	Canary Wharf Group
Simon Pitkeathley	Chief Executive	Camden Collective
Mohammad Ali Khan	Director	Pacific Infotech
Asma Khan	Founder	Darjeeling Express Restaurant
Praful Nargund	CEO	CREATE Fertility
Paul Hendrick	CEO	Harevale Ltd
Philip Craig	Businessman
Tom Adeyoola,	Entrepreneur
Daniel Farrell	Managing Director	Leftfield
Dr Hannah Allen,	GP and founder of	Tinto App
Stephen Gibbons	Former Director	IT Consulting
Ibrahim Dogus	Director	Lambeth Life
Raife Aytek	Director	Rimad Ltd
Kamran Mahmood,	CEO	Gridizen
Sonny Leong,	Chief Executive	Training Sector
Sajid Qureshi,	CEO	Proinstall AV
Mark Glover	Executive Chairman	SEC Newgate
Deva Ponnoosami	Marketing Director	Southern Marketing Services
Eleni Chalmers	Director	Masonbeam Ltd
Hamish Sandison	Chairman	Whitereport Global Limited
Muhammad Sarmad, CEO, Freshdale Supplies Ltd
Alan Buckle	Formerly Chief Executive	KPMG Consulting
Lord Hollick	Businessman & Labour Peer
Richard Greer	Entrepreneur
Peter Droussiotis	Chairman/ CEO	PGD Strategy
Alison Downie
Kate O'Rourke
Tom Jones
Lucy Mitchell,	Managing Director,	Food Retail and Wholesale
Bonny Uba,	Managing Director,	IT services
Jennifer Lim,	Creative Director,	Creative Industries
Daniel York,	Artistic Director,	Creative Industries
Phillip Caudell	Founder	The Not So Big Company
Jasvir Singh		legal firm
Emily Wallace	Founding Partner	Inflect Partners
David Offenbach
Peter Hills	Director	Hackney Brewing Ltd
Cemal Ezel,	Founder of Change Please CIC	Old Spike Roastery and Coal Rooms Restaurants
Ali Gul Ozbek	Director	Med-Chem Pharmacy
Serkan Karakuzu	Director	Elstree Antiques ltd
Sheikh Aliur Rahman	Chief Executive	London Tea Exchange
Ozlem Ozaydin	Director	Redeye Trading Ltd
Sabri Ozaydin	Production Manager	Redeye Trading Ltd
Ali Kosele	Director	Civil Engineering Sector
Rashal Mohammod Ahmed	Director	Hospitality Sector
Mohammed Daniel Chowdhury	Director	Hospitality Sector
Abdal Ahmed	Director	Hospitality Sector
Rehana Ameer	Director	Prosap Corporation Limited
Hilal Ameer	Director	Food Retail and Wholesale
Saif Masood	Director	Food Retail and Wholesale
Sezgin Aydın		Entertaiment
Simon Lydiard	Consultant	Public Sector and Procurement
Mehmt Yenilmez Kemal	Director	Accountants and Tax Advisers
Onur Simsek	Founder	atlacarte App
Fevzi Kemal Torun		Publishing
Paul Dimoldenberg	Chair	Quatro
Eyyup Saglik	Director	Beso London
Husayn Kassai	Co-Founder	Onfido
Usman Khan	CEO	APEX:E3
Mehmet Hakan Elbir	Director	HE PROJECTS LTD
Kerem Okumuş	Director	S360 LIMITED
Shokat Ali	Chief Executive	St James Cars
Jas Athwal	Business Owner
Sam Lassman	Business Owner	Hot Milk Café
Roberta Watts	Business Owner	Hot Milk Café
Shane Parkes	Head of Operations	Searjent Security
Kabir Ahmed Khalku	Business Owner	Harrow Road Grocers
Vijay Luthra	Managing Director	Napier and Nightingale
Mukesh Patel	Business Owner	Amy news & off licence
Sadiq Kothia	Business Owner	Retail
Irfan Khoda	Director	Perfect Rims LTD
Sirajul Islam	Restaurateur
Ajay Maru	Managing Director	Salon Sleek
Gerald Shamash	Partner	Legal Firm
Ranil Perera	Director	Regulation and Risk Limited
Peter Phillips OBE	Former Chairman and Co-Founder	Buchler Phillips Group
Ruth Gladwin	Business Owner	Legal Firm
Helen McIntosh	Principal	McIntosh Associates
Cassius Colman	Co-founder	Nelly Duff Art Gallery
Shaban Mohammed	Business Owner	Bargain Food Centre
Andrew Clough	CEO	The Brew
Appu Dhamodaran	Business Owner	Retail
Ricky Sandhu	Partner	Citicorp Ltd
Karl Sandhu	CEO	Vistastar Leisure Plc
Hanif Khan	Director	Video Shoot Productions Ltd
Mr.B.Balavenkateshan	Director	Universal Fortune Ltd
Sheri-Ann Bhim	CEO and Founder	BrandyBPapier
Vijay Anand Jambulingham	Directors	Good Luck Care Ltd
Bhavesh Raja	Owner	Creative Cuts Hair and Beauty
Richard Kalmar	Managing Director	Estate Agents
Shazaah Masood	Director	Great Education Ltd
Anthony West	Co-Founder	Nola
Josephine Vander Gucht	Co-Founder	Nola
Robert Robinson	Co-Founder	Notes Coffee
Claire Pritchard	CEO	GDCA
Philip Normal	Founder	Philip Normal Clothing Brand
Arpita Dutt	Founding Partner	Legal firm
Dr Bilal Sheikh	Chief Executive	Mont Rose College
Amjad Syed	Director	Supercare Pharmacy
Aruna Rengiah Pillai	Director	Shan E-Solutions Ltd