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Fifteen WCIT golfers met on a cold and windy Maundy Thursday morning at Pyrford Lakes Golf Club on April 2nd for a social round to start off the season. The aim of the day was to have a social round that would blow away some of the winter cobwebs. So, a friendly format was playing […]
On 10 March 2026, the WCIT LGBTQ+ Social Group was welcomed to the Old Bailey by Sheriff and Deputy Keith Bottomley for a reception and tour. The Old Bailey is of huge historical and current importance to the application of justice in the City of London, and indeed England and Wales. The most serious cases are […]
This year Freeman Mark Flahant lead the Worshipful Company of Technologists’ engagement at the London Careers Festival at Guildhall — a fantastic two‑day event inspiring Primary and Secondary students. We had the chance to engage directly with 500+ students and educators, and with 86% of those surveyed hearing of the WCIT for the first time, it […]
A group of WCIT Members and their guests visited “The Last Days of Pompeii, the Immersive Experience” event at Excel London Docklands. The Exhibition transported us back to 79 AD, blending dramatic storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring the doomed Roman city to life. Spanning over 2,000 square metres the event delivered a multisensory journey […]
On a crisp Shrove Tuesday morning, members of the WCIT joined fellow liverypeople from across the City for the 22nd Inter-Livery Pancake Race Day, one of the more cheerfully eccentric fixtures in the livery calendar, and all the better for it. Hosted with customary flair by the Worshipful Company of Poulters, this much-loved annual event […]
The magnificent Drapers Hall was the setting for this year’s New Freemen’s Dinner. A fitting backdrop for such an important occasion that saw 33 members take their oath of allegiance to formally become Freeman of the Company. And this year they did it with gusto needing only two attempts at taking wine with the Master […]
On Thursday 27 November 2025 members of the WCIT were kindly invited to visit the Uxbridge Army Reserve Centre to observe the final day of Exercise Army Cyber Spartan. We were generously hosted by 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment (71 Y Sig Regt), the only London based Signal Regiment in the Corps. […]
The historic affiliation between the WCIT and UK Space Command was sealed with a handshake between Master Gus Machado and Colonel Chris Fogarty MBE, and the formal exchange of letters, at the Vintners’ Hall on 19 November. The Master announced that this marked the beginning of a partnership built upon shared values – innovation, technology […]
This year’s Worshipful Company of Information Technologists Hackathon was bigger and better than ever, with more schools participating and an electrifying energy fuelled by real-time innovation and creativity! This success was largely thanks to our partnership with the charity Urban Synergy Mentoring in preparing and delivering the event (thanks Leila Thomas FRSA), alongside the incredible […]
As a new Livery year starts the WCIT congratulates Dame Susan Langley on her appointment as Lady Mayor. As the third woman ever to hold the office and the first to use the title of Lady Mayor, Dame Susan is putting the focus on women during her year. That focus was demonstrated in the Lady […]