The Lord Mayor's Show 2022 Procession

The first 70+ Livery Companies to be formed in the City of London have been promoting their respective crafts and supporting their Lord Mayors ever since the early Middle Ages. Today they are just as active and relevant to the British economy and also raise millions of pounds to donate to good causes every year.

Gog and Magog - The ancient guardians of the City of London have been a feature of this show for centuries. Today’s giant willow figures were made by the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and are escorted by the Guild of Young Freemen founded by the Corporation to encourage the participation of young Liverymen in the affairs and traditions of the City.

With our chairman Nicholas Lyons becoming the 694th Lord Mayor of London, Phoenix Group are proud to be taking part in this year’s parade and sharing our float with our charity partner Samaritans. Phoenix Group are the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, with millions of customers across our leading brands which include Standard Life and SunLife. Samaritans are there every day and night for anyone struggling to cope and were chosen as our charity partner by our employees. Our float celebrates our partnership and has sustainability at its heart, with volunteers walking and cycling.

Home to the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas Lyons, Wells­-next-the-Sea is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty on North Norfolk's coast.
Proud of its heritage, the town is home to hundreds of volunteers who support clubs, societies and local charities. This thriving and diverse community enjoys welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors all year round.

Merchant Taylors’ Company is a flourishing Livery Company in the heart of the City of London. As one of the ‘Great Twelve’, our Company evolved from mediaeval London’s trade guilds. Our members are from a range of backgrounds and professions, but all share an interest in doing more good together than we could as individuals, focussing on education and philanthropy.

Merchant Taylors’ Company is a flourishing Livery Company in the heart of the City of London. As one of the ‘Great Twelve’, our Company evolved from mediaeval London’s trade guilds. Our members are from a range of backgrounds and professions, but all share an interest in doing more good together than we could as individuals, focussing on education and philanthropy.

The Armourers and Brasiers began life in 1322 as a trade guild in the City London with a monopoly in armour-making.

Based in Armourers’ Hall since 1346, the Company’s main charitable remit is now to make the UK the best place in the world to study, research, or practise Materials Science, a reinterpretation of its historic vocation of cutting-edge metallurgy.

The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers entry is centred around a reconstruction of the famous Nimrod Coach, which carried passengers from London to Brighton. It is drawn by four horses with the Master Coachmaker, Wardens, Clerk, Assistant Clerk and guests riding atop, accompanied by the coachman, groom and hornblower. The hornblower will be playing traditional coaching calls and tunes to entertain the passengers.

Walking alongside the coach you will see a flag bearer, carrying a flag emblazoned with the Coachmakers crest, and Liverymen in their livery gowns.

Our entry highlights the survival of these traditional coach making skills into the modern day and the importance of maintaining them through apprentices, ensuring these are passed onto the next generation.

This is a core focus of the Coachmakers, our mission statement being “an active livery investing in young people”. We aim to achieve this by, amongst other things, scholarships in the automotive and aerospace sectors – the modern equivalents of our forebears industries as well as supporting a wide range of apprentices in both the traditional and modern trades.

Shepherd Neame has been based in the market town of Faversham, Kent for over 300 years. Perhaps best known for great British classic ales such as Spitfire Amber, which carries the Royal Warrant, its diverse portfolio includes Five Grain Lager, Bear Island East Coast Pale Ale and Bear Island Triple Hopped Lager, and the Whitstable Bay Collection. It also brews international lagers under licence including Samuel Adams Boston Lager and premium Thai lager Singha. The independent family business boasts an award-winning visitor centre and more than 300 pubs and hotels throughout London and the South East, from the historic heart of the City to the Kent coastline.

The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has been in existence since before 1300 AD. It is closely linked to the fruit industry with over half its members actively engaged in all the links of the supply chain. The Fruiterers Foundation supports horticultural education and research in addition to general charitable causes in and around the City of London, including providing fruit for the homeless.

2022 is the United Nations International Year of Glass. The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London procession will celebrate the essential role glass has in society. It will pay homage to glassmaking and its role in advancing civilisation throughout recorded history, highlighting the enormous contribution glass has made to human society over millennia and how it still plays a vital role, perhaps more than ever. The procession will be fun, educational, immersive, and dynamic by acknowledging key historical figures, glass makers, glass in medicine & technology as well as fictional characters.

The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London received its Charter in 1664. Initially founded to regulate the Glass Selling and Pot-Making industries within the City of London, the role of the livery company today is to:
- Maintain cordial relationships within the Company, the City and the wider glass industry
- Stimulate interest in glass in all its aspects
- Carry out charitable works, with special emphasis on education
- Maintain the Company’s traditions, values and customs
- Provide pastoral care for members in distress
- Support the Lord Mayor & the Corporation of the City of London

The vibrant, stirring sounds of World Heart Beat Music Academy’s ‘New Orleans Second Line Band’ will rouse the crowds again this year. The band of exceptional diverse young musicians will be playing on the roof of a horsedrawn bus. The line-up will include a sousaphone, trumpets, trombones, clarinet and more. World Heart Beat teaches music to young people in south west London, outside of school hours, many of whom live in challenging circumstances. Having been awarded a space for a second music centre at Embassy Gardens, Nine Elms, and raising over £3m, they will launch the first public concert venue in London since 2008, featuring emerging and international artists, on 1 November. The new centre also includes music tuition and music technology teaching facilities, and industry-standard recording studios.
The new centre has been constructed by ITC, the float sponsor, who will join as walkers in hard hats.

Rotary in London is going "Purple4Polio" in the Lord Mayor’s Show to mark the amazing fact that we are so close to making history by eradicating polio and achieving Rotary's goal of a polio-free world.

Rotarians will be dressed in vibrant purple to celebrate that we are on the brink of an historic milestone: eradicating only the second human disease ever after smallpox. 

There have been just 30 cases of wild poliovirus worldwide this year. There were 2 in Afghanistan, 20 in Pakistan which are the two remaining polio-endemic countries, and 8 in Mozambique.  This compares to a thousand cases of polio a day in 125 countries when Rotary started the campaign to rid the world of polio in 1985.

Since 1988, Rotary has spearheaded the campaign as a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the World Health Organisation, Unicef, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and more recently the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who are matching ever pound (or dollar) that Rotary raises to eradicate polio with another two, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Rotarians around the world have raised more than 2.6 billion US dollars to fight polio so far and given countless hours of volunteering to help immunise nearly 3 billion children globally against polio.

Detection of poliovirus in sewage samples in London, Israel and in New York State where an unvaccinated 20-year-old man was paralysed by polio, shows that we need to finish the job and end polio now and forever. This means continuing to raise awareness and funds for immunisation campaigns in at-risk areas, as well as routine immunisation. 

The Rotary "Purple4Polio" campaign is so-called because purple is the colour of the dye placed on the little finger on the left hand of a child to show that they have been immunised against polio.

Rotary in London will be walking and dancing along with The United Wards' Club and a vintage Steam Traction Engine pulling a trailer with a 1910 "Limonaire" circus organ playing music on board.

Music for Youth is a national youth arts charity working to provide young people aged 21 and under across the UK with free, life-changing performance and progression opportunities, regardless of background or musical style.
Established in 1970, our mission is simple: we believe that music, and the chance to participate in high-quality musical activities, should be open to every young person.

Music for Youth is about nurturing not only the next generation of musical talent, but the next generation full stop. Whether you’re a violinist, or beatboxer, a young person who’s never had the chance to experience live music, or the leader of a primary school choir just starting out, we have something for you, or for the young people you work with. We pride ourselves on being open, accessible, and welcoming, so don’t be shy.

Stratford East makes theatre both for, and inspired by, our community in Newham, East London. We continue the political and revolutionary ethos of our founder Joan Littlewood as a leading London theatre and civic hub for East London. We are driven by our art, inclusive and bold. We tell stories that are current, political and representative of London.

The Insurers’ Company is being led in the procession by its Master, Nick Dunlop and Clerk, Victoria King.
This is a particularly special year for the Insurers’ company as Nicholas Lyons is a member of the Company and they are very proud to be supporting him today.
The modern insurance industry was pioneered in the City over 350 years ago, starting in Edward Lloyd’s coffee shop on the Thames in the 1650s and quickly followed by the establishment of property insurers after the Great Fire of London in 1666.
As the Insurers’ Company’s balloon highlights with its message “London Insures the World” , it has grown to become the world’s leading Insurance centre, as companies and clients from across the globe seek out London’s unique insurance expertise. It is now one of the largest contributors to the UK’s vital invisible earnings.
Insurance makes up over quarter of the City’s annual income and employs over 300,000 people not just in London and the south east but right across the UK.
As part of its activities today the Insurers’ Company is supporting Glass Door, a London-based homelessness charity, which is working to ensure that no one has to sleep on the streets of our city.

The City of London’s four Business Improvement Districts: Fleet Street Quarter, EC BID, Cheapside Business Alliance and Aldgate Connect are proud to be working in collaboration to support this year’s Lord Mayor Show. Our BIDs work in partnership with the City of London Corporation and champion the business sector, raising £9 million each year to invest to turn the Square Mile into a better place to live, work and visit.

Aldgate Connect is the newly formed Business Improvement District (BID) for Aldgate.The BID plays a vital role in regeneration, ensuring continued sustainable area development through a range of projects by working collaboratively with businesses, communities and authority stakeholders.The Aldgate float is in partnership with 4C Hotel Group, a global organisation that owns and operates the Canopy by Hilton London City.

The charity committee, supporters and children are grateful to Thirty Holdings Ltd for their valuable and generous sponsorship. Given this opportunity to take part in the 2022 Lord Mayors Show will undoubtedly allow our activities to be recognised by a wider audience.The charity was founded in 1928, so next year we will celebrate 95 years of assisting thousands of disadvantaged children and their families -with finance, education and annual outings in London taxis to the seaside and other locations.

Founded in 1694, the Bank of England is the central bank of the UK.The bank's mission is to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability, and through the regulation of banks and insurance companies.

YOU London is a partnership of Youth Organisations in Uniform (YOU) working together to promote and maximise opportunities for young people in London. The 11 partner organisations are:

Army Cadet Force, Boys’ Brigade, Fire Cadets, Girls’ Brigade, Girlguiding, Jewish Lads’ and Girls’ Brigade, RAF Air Cadets, Sea Cadets, Scouts, St. John Ambulance Cadets and Volunteer Police Cadets.

What all 11 organisations have in common is the desire to give young people amazing opportunities to develop themselves – gaining new skills, working in a team, building confidence – in an environment packed with fun, action and adventure. And if you’re over 18, all offer tremendously rewarding spare time roles making a difference to the lives of young people.

The Modern Livery Companies are those Livery Companies formed since 1929. Although this represents nearly a century, in terms of the Livery, it is the Modern Period.
Today you will see representatives
(usually the Master and Wardens) of some 30 Modern Companies walking in full Livery, followed by a London Double Decker Bus.

Epping Forest is one of very few large, ancient forests in this part of Britain and is home to different trees, wildlife and fungi, which together make up a rich mosaic of nature. Over the past few years, Epping Forest has played a key role in tree planting efforts, including most recently supporting the Queen’s Green Canopy in creating a living memorial for Her Late Majesty.

Our design encompasses a previously used ‘Green Giant’ appearing as though he is planting some trees to represent the Forest’s planting efforts. The Float will be accompanied by students from Epping carrying ‘Green Flags’ on loan from the Green Flag Awards to represent Epping’s nomination.

The Float will be driven by one of the environmentally friendly tractors in Epping’s new fleet.

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal (TLMA) exists to tackle the most pressing societal issues in London and beyond and showcase the philanthropy the Square Mile has to offer. The Fund aims to create a City that is Inclusive, Healthy, Skilled & Fair. TLMA supports partner charities, which this year are The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and National Numeracy. On behalf of TLMA the charities are proud to present ‘Me + You = Making a Difference’. The entry reflects the fantastic impact we can make to the City and beyond when we work together and celebrates the inspirational ways in which our beneficiaries/participants take courageous actions that improve both their lives and their communities.

Convex is an international specialty insurer and reinsurer founded by Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand. With operations in Bermuda, London, Europe and the US, Convex occupies a unique position in the insurance industry Convex's float is supporting its global charity partner Alzheimer's Research UK, the UK's leading dementia research charity dedicated to causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure.

Pension Insurance Corporation or PIC are proud to be part of the Lord Mayor’s Show 2022. As a specialist insurer, we have become a leader in the UK pension risk transfer market by focusing on our purpose: to pay the pensions of our current and future policyholders. We aim to balance the interests of all our stakeholders – policyholders, employees, shareholders, regulators and others – with excellence in customer service at the heart of what we do

Founded in 2009, Zhejiang UK Association (ZJUKA) promotes close ties between the UK and China, with members from Zhejiang province who live and work in the UK. ZJUKA’s long standing voluntary work and philanthropic activities benefit and support elderly, students, and immigrants as well as professionals in the UK. 2022 is the fourth year for Zhejiang UK Association to participate in the Lord Mayor’s Show. Our floats at the Lord Mayor’s Show in 2017, 2018 and 2019 showcased diversity and vibrancy of the City of London and celebrated Lord Mayer Show’s themes.

This year the main theme for ZJUKA’s float is “Hope, Home, Harmony, Health”. The float is generously sponsored by Jiacai Foundation (JCF) who uses this opportunity to raise awareness of its campaign to cure non-small cell lung cancer. JCF supports cutting-edge research into treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It funds scientists and doctors in state-of-the-art research labs in the UK.

Come and look for Pandas, Dragon ribbon dance & Chinese waist drum dance!

Website: www.zjuka.org.uk, Email: zjuka@hotmail.co.uk

Nationwide is the world's largest building society and a key provider of savings and mortgages in the UK. It is working with The Diana Awards, a charity which champions the power of young people and works against bullying, to train I 0,000 Anti-Bullying Ambassadors in more than 660 primary schools across the UK as part of a three-year Mutual Respect partnership.

“City Solicitors - Playing Their Part” reflects the Lord Mayor’s “Financing our Future” theme with colourful and eye-catching costumes depicting the natural world. Look out for giant roses, daffodils, butterflies, weeping willows, dolphins, seahorses, coral, the ocean, globes and gazelles, all of which underline City law firms’ commitment to environmentally responsible and sustainable business operations and governance.

The nation's leading health and first­aid charity has been volunteering with purpose, caring for people during the pandemic, alongside supporting live events. In addition to their familiar ambulances, St John teams also work in hospitals and provide vital community services.They have given more than a million hours of support to the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Punjab National Bank (International) Limited (PNBIL) is a UK-incorporated commercial bank offering a range of financial services to its customers. PNBIL is the wholly owned subsidiary of Punjab National Bank (PNB), India. It started its UK operations in May 2007 and presently operates through its seven branches spread across London and Midlands. Its corporate office is located at I Moorgate, London, EC2R 6JH

The City of London Wholesale Markets parade include representatives from Billingsgate Market (the UK’s largest inland fish market), New Spitalfields Market (the UK’s premier wholesale fruit and vegetable market), and Smithfield Market (the UK’s leading wholesale meat market).

Their future success is safeguarded, as the City of London Corporation considers an exciting and ground-breaking co-location programme at new, purpose-built location in Barking and Dagenham.

CCA Galleries presents the CCA Art Bus, a mobile work of art by British pop-art icon Sir Peter Blake. The bus is an art gallery which visits schools, festivals and art events across the UK. CCA Galleries was established in 1972 and is a leading print publisher and printmaker. This year CCA Galleries celebrate their 50th Anniversary

London Fire Brigade is the busiest fire and rescue service in the country and one of the largest firefighting organisations in the world.The LFB float will include a fire engine driven by some of our firefighters in fire gear and display some of the specialist equipment that we use to keep London safe.

Bart's Hospital celebrates a unique anniversary next May Founded in I123, after 900 years it is still caring for the sick on its original site in the City of London. Now with state-of-the­art facilities for specialist care in new buildings, this world-famous institution has survived enemy action, NHS changes and recently the real threat of closure, fought off by a vigorous campaign.Volunteers run services for patients and staff in a very welcoming atmosphere - do join us.

City Pride is a welcoming and supportive network for all LGBTQ+ employees and allies in the City of London Corporation, promoting equality, inclusivity and diversity
in the workplace. Emergency Exit Arts is an outdoor arts company committed to using the arts as a means of social change, to radically transform the ordinary into the extraordinary Together we have created the first ever Pride float at the Lord Mayor's Show

‘The Worshipful Company of Farmers, celebrating 70 wonderful years in the city, is again participating in the Lord Mayor’s Show, supported in 2022 by the National Farmers’ Union, Massey Ferguson, Red Tractor and Surrey Docks Farm. This year, we will be delighting the crowds with our float demonstrating how farmers have been producing the nations food since 1952. Look out for us, give the farmers who are proud to produce your food a big cheer, and remember to back British farming’.

The Northbank is the geographical centre of London, connecting Parliament with the City, and the meeting point for many lines of transport.The Northbank is one of London's most prestigious Business Improvement Districts, having the largest proportion of listed buildings and architectural icons - aligned around the main processional route and interlinked through a web of courtyards and alleyways.

Founded in 2001, CCCUK represents and serves the interests of Chinese enterprises and organisations across the UK. Over the past 21 years, it has strengthened China-UK relations, promoted China-UK economic and trade cooperation and actively fulfilled its social responsibilities.
Today, CCCUK continues to bridge the two business communities together and works to consolidate the China-UK business collaboration.

Girlguiding London & South East England region has more than 52,000 members.This year it is represented by Middlesex East county, which covers the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Enfield and Haringey Nationally, Girlguiding is the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK.

2023 is the 900th anniversary of St Bartholomew’s Hospital and St Bartholomew the Great church. To celebrate, we’ve launched landmark fundraising projects across medicine, research and wellbeing that will benefit millions of Londoners, preserve our historic spaces and secure our proud heritage. Visit Barts900.org

City, University of London is the university of business, practice and the professions and is located in the heart of London. Students and staff join the parade to pay tribute to our Rector, the Lord Mayor of London.

At Royal London, we're focused on driving meaningful change for wider society by helping to build financial resilience. Our participation in the parade demonstrates our purpose - 'Protecting today, investing in tomorrow.Together we are mutually responsible' - through our social impact partnerships, showcasing the work of our charity partnerTurn2us and ten of the innovative social enterprises in our Changemakers programme.

Pollinating London Together (PLT) is a pan­livery initiative that is raising awareness of the importance of biodiversity and pollinators, and their substantial recent decline.The initiative is a collaboration between the City of London’s livery companies, with a vibrant membership across the livery company community. Through cooperation, PLT is making London a better place for pollinators, and people too.
Float sponsored by the Bupa Foundation, with e-Cargo bikes and Joseph Rochford Gardens Ltd

The Freemasons' donation of over
3 million teddy bears, (TLC.Teddies for Loving Care) and 1.8 million toothbrushes to hospital A&E departments have helped enormously in the treatment of very young children in trauma. Our donations are highlighted in the parade by London Freemasons, Women Freemasons & the Scouts.

The Worshipful Company of Bakers can trace its origins back to 1155 and is the second oldest recorded Guild in the City of London.
The Bakers’ Hall was previously a Court wherein any baker could be tried for selling ‘bad’ bread or cheating on the weight of bread (hence Baker’s dozen to adjust the weight sold). After the 3rd ‘trial’ the serial miscreant would be sent to the stocks or banned from baking in the City.
We are proud of our heritage, our role in education for our trade and our charitable endeavours, especially during the Covid food crisis where many liveries joined to create thousands of food parcels for the disadvantaged.
The family of the current Master of the Company has been baking bread for London, for over 200 years
The Master, Wardens, Assistants, Clerk, Liverymen and members of the Company are delighted to wish their fellow Baker, Alderman Nicholas Lyons, a happy and successful year as the new Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Mizuho’s London office provides expertise in corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, capital markets, and sales and trading, helping our clients to succeed and grow. We are proud to partner with One Degree, who mentor and empower students from less advantaged backgrounds by developing their self-belief and transforming their academic performance.

The entry for Mizuho comprises 50 individuals made up of the employees of Mizuho who are walking in the procession.

Leading them are the Taiko Meantime drummers, performing traditional Japanese drumming. Mizuho employees dressed in the traditional Japanese garment, the kimono, featuring the Mizuho logo. They can be seen carrying banners of the Mizuho values of Team Spirit, Customer First, Innovative Spirit, Passion and Speed as well as that of the banners distinctive of One Degree. In addition, traditional Japanese lanterns and koi fish flags are being paraded, symbolizing good fortune, abundance and perseverance.

Miller is one of the leading independent specialist (re)insurance brokers operating in Lloyd's, the London and international markets. Our reputation for strong advocacy comes from our exceptional people delivering exceptional results for 120 years. We are proud to support the 2022 Lord Mayor's Show alongside our partner charities - St Mungo's, Richard House & The Steve Talboys Foundation.

Fenchurch is a leading investment banking and corporate finance advisor specialising in the financial services sector. Our expertise across all financial services subsectors enables us to offer first-class advice to solve our clients' most complex strategic problems with bespoke corporate finance and M&A solutions.

The Worshipful Company of Paviors brings together construction industry professionals involved with roads and pavements. It also welcomes others who support the Paviors' objectives. Our float is towed by a 1922 traction engine called Surprise. If you look carefully, you may see some of St Anthony's piglets which our younger Paviors have rounded up!

State Bank of India (SBI) State Bank of India is one of the leading banks in the world and a Fortune 500 company with a legacy of over 200 years. The Bank is proudly serving businesses in UK since 1921. Its UK based subsidiary SBI (UK) Ltd, has 11 retail branches across UK.

The initiative, named Driving for Change, is an innovative
approach to tackling homelessness, and will bring direct
intervention for those in need.
Rough sleepers and the vulnerable will be given first-hand access
to the following services:
► Healthcare (Nurse and GP assistance from ELFT through the
Greenhouse Surgery in Hackney)
► Mobile Dentist (Community Dental Services / Oral Health )
► Haircuts (provided by Haircuts4Homeless)
► HSBC No Fixed Address Bank Accounts
► Financial Inclusion help provided by Mastercard and Clean Slate
Charity
► Shower (on both buses)
► Washing machine
► Access to new clothes
► Access to potential employment routes
► Mobile phone charging area
► A place to have a chat and a safe space

We have three main messages - (1) Congratulations to Andrew Marsden as the Non-Aldermanic Sheriff (the first from our Livery).(2) Commitment to our Affiliates, to the St Dunstan's College cadets - our support to education.(3)Ecology and removing fossil fuels is the largest part of our Entry - how Professional Marketing has enabled Bentley to progress over 100 years, and in particular how this has progressed from fossil fuels to the newest hybrid electric model, with ever increasing commitment to ecology and reducing emissions.

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London, is the official representation of the Hong Kong SAR Government in the UK. Taking part in the Lord Mayor's Show for the I 6th time this year, it presents a specially designed float to showcase Hong Kong's status as a leading international financial centre with dragon dance.

Bridge House Estates is one of the oldest charities in the UK, dating back 900 years to 1122. Originally set up to repair and maintain Old London Bridge, the charity went on to build Tower Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge and Millennium Bridge, and rebuilt both London Bridge and Southwark Bridge. As well as owning the bridges, Bridge House Estates has a funding arm called City Bridge Trust, which awards £28 million a year to charitable causes across Greater London. Since 1995, the Trust has supported London’s charitable sector with grants worth more than £716 million. The float shows the five bridges and the wording reflects the spirit of Bridge House Estates: Connecting, Supporting and Bridging London’s Communities. The charity’s trustee is the City of London Corporation and if you look closely, you’ll see the City Corporation’s Coat of Arms on top of each of the four pennant poles.