The Fitzpatrick family has been celebrating 50 years running the Lord Clyde pub in Clennam Street off Marshalsea Road.
The Christmas tree outside Southwark Cathedral was lit up on Wednesday night at the end of a special service for the Bankside business community.
Designs for a futuristic building for the South Bank created by pupils at St Jude's Primary School have done on display around the Shell Centre in Waterloo.
A project to develop design and entrepreneurial skills around the Elephant and Castle has been launched by the London College of Communication and international development firm PRI.
Last week Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited Westminster Bridge Road to rename the offices of the Greater London Fund for the Blind, Sir John Mills House.
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