RAF fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace News RAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said two RAF typhoons were scrambled from Malbork air vase in Poland on Tuesday to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M “Coot-A” intelligence aircraft. On Thursday, another two typhoons were scrambled from the base [...]
‘Corporate purpose? It went too far’, says man behind Britain’s Davos Business John O’Brien founded Anthropy – an annual gathering of corporate and political luminaries dubbed ‘Britain’s Davos’ – to help the UK ‘build back better’ from the pandemic. On the eve of its third instalment in the Eden Project’s greenery, Ali Lyon asks the ex-army captain, “Has it failed?” It is October 2022, and a group [...]
Heathrow ‘open and fully operational’ after disruption caused by power outage Transport and infrastructure Heathrow Airport said it is “open and fully operational” on Saturday after the airport was shut over a loss of power caused by a substation fire. Flights resumed at the west London airport on Friday evening and restrictions on overnight flights were temporarily lifted following hours of closure, after a blaze knocked out an electricity [...]
‘Nothing off the table’ over possible troop deployment for Kyiv, No10 says March 22, 2025 Western military planning to enforce a potential ceasefire in Ukraine is set to intensify in London next week as No10 said “nothing is off the table” over possible troop deployment for Kyiv. No10 said “thousands” of personnel would be required to support any operation whether by “sea, on land or in the air” as allies [...]
THG trading on target after Ingenuity split January 23, 2025 THG, the company behind fitness supplement brand Myprotein, has reported its first trading update after the group split in two earlier this year. The company told the market this morning that adjusted earnings before interest, tax, deprecation and amortisation (EBITDA) for 2024 are expected to align with consensus expectations. At the beginning of January, THG [...]
The week’s best wine: drinking a fabulous red atop a volcanic crater in Iceland January 15, 2025 City AM’s wine columnist Libby Brodie on the best wine to buy this week, and where she’s been drinking it I have written before about how dating someone “outdoorsy” has revealed that, although I love the great outdoors, I am more of an “outsidey” person. When the Significant Other suggested an Icelandic minibreak and booked [...]
City grandees named in the New Year Honours list 2025 December 31, 2024 Former HSBC boss Noel Quinn, Babcock chair Ruth Cairnie and the Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines are among the big names from business and industry to be included in the New Year Honours list for 2025. The trio of heavyweights were given knighthoods and a damehood for their services to industry, transport and financial [...]
Airlines battle for a slice of the Arctic – who stands to gain? December 10, 2024 Demand for Arctic travel is booming, driven by attractions such as the Northern Lights. Who stands to gain?
The Notebook: Labour’s Data Bill could open the floodgates to AI. Why is no one talking about it? December 9, 2024 Enough with 'AI innovation', Labour's Data Bill threatens our privacy and deserves proper scrutiny, writes Silkie Carlo.
Struggles continue at Asda as new owner looks to turn around supermarket giant November 12, 2024 The continuing struggles at supermarket giant Asda have been revealed with both Tesco and Sainsbury’s hoovering up its market share in the UK, according to new figures. Sales at the Leeds-based grocer totalled £4.242bn in the 12 weeks to 3 November, 2024, down from the £4.490bn it reported for the same period last year, the [...]