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  • Exclusive: Lloyds in tie-up with Google to build AI agents

    Banking

    Lloyds Banking Group has formed a tie-up with Google as the financial services giant sets its sight on building its own AI agents, City AM can reveal. The blue-chip lender is leveraging Google Cloud – the tech giant’s suite of computing services – and the bank’s existing Large Language Model to create a new internal [...]

    Lloyds is plotting to beef up its wealth offering.
  • Monzo lost one current account switcher for every two gained in 2025

    Banking

    UK fintech darling Monzo lost one current account switcher for every two it gained last year.  The neobank registered just over 20,000 new switchers in the final quarter, but over half of this was offset by the 11,000 thousand outflows. The picture for the final few months of the year mirrors the picture for the [...]

    Monzo is the talk of the City as IPO rumours swirl.
  • Schroders backs Wayve and Elevenlabs with UK’s first venture capital fund for pensions

    Investing

    Autonomous vehicle unicorn Wayve and deeptech darling Elevenlabs are among the fast-growing unicorns that have been backed by the cash raised in a historic funding round by the UK’s first venture capital vehicle set up to cater for pensions. Schroders Capital announced on Wednesday it had injected over £100m into British-based tech and life sciences [...]

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  • Grant Thornton snaps up Australian sister firm as part of global push  

    April 29, 2026

    Professional services giant Grant Thornton US is set to acquire the firm’s Australian counterpart to become part of its global advisory platform, boosting the private equity-backed player’s global reach. Grant Thornton US said the transaction was “recommended by the board and would close later this year, subject to shareholder partner approval and standard regulatory conditions.” [...]

  • Astrazeneca ploughs £300m into UK in surprise U-turn

    April 29, 2026

    British drugs giant Astrazeneca has promised to plough £300m into its UK operations, just months after cancelling a nine-figure investment in a new lab after getting in a spat with the UK government over drug pricing. In a stunning volte-face, the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company said it would revive its £200m investment into a megalab [...]

  • Labour hands police ‘long-overdue’ violent shoplifting powers

    April 29, 2026

    The government has handed the police a set of “long overdue” powers to crack down on soaring levels of violent shoplifting, which has been branded a “national scandal”. The crime and policing bill was granted royal assent on Wednesday, meaning assault against retail workers is classed as a specific offence, and the effective immunity for [...]

  • General counsel ‘evolving from traditional legal gatekeepers’, says KPMG’s legal arm

    April 29, 2026

    General counsel responsibilities are evolving beyond just providing legal oversight as regulations “become more complex and demanding”, according to a new report from the Big four giant KPMG’s Law arm. A whopping 75 per cent of the general counsels surveyed by the firm reported to be “frequently providing advice on issues outside of their legal [...]

  • Private equity investment fuels major overhaul of Grant Thornton’s associate scheme

    April 29, 2026

    Professional services giant Grant Thornton is launching a “brand new associate programme” for its 2027 cohort of associates, City AM can reveal, as private equity investment from Cinven sets the firm’s ambition for significant growth. The firm voted in favour of an investment from private equity firm Cinven in 2024. Speaking to City AM, Abigail [...]

  • Special relationship: Americans snub champagne in favour of English fizz

    April 29, 2026

    Americans are flocking to English wine and snubbing champagne, the boss of England’s biggest winemaker has said.  Kent-based Chapel Down said consumers across the Atlantic are fuelling record demand for English sparkling wine, as the AIM-listed firm bets big on the US market. Chief executive James Pennefather told City AM: “Americans are really embracing Chapel [...]

  • Exclusive: London Irish still exploring Prem and URC rugby entries

    April 29, 2026

    London Irish are continuing to explore a return to professional rugby with routes into both Prem Rugby and the URC being assessed, City AM understands. The club filed for administration in 2023 before being purchased last year by the late Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan and the ownership is now looking for a way [...]

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