Toulouse minority owner: Prem Rugby franchising ‘very exciting’ March 11, 2026 A ringfenced Prem Rugby should be seen as an exciting prospect that could one day chase down the powerhouse Top 14 league, according to a co-owner of six-time Investec Champions Cup winners Toulouse. The RFU Council voted through measures last month that ended automatic promotion and relegation from Prem Rugby to the second-tier Champ. It [...]
Balfour Beatty shares soar as firm bets on UK energy and defence March 11, 2026 Balfour Beatty shares jumped after the construction firm posted surging profit as it doubles down on bets on UK energy, transport and defence infrastructure. Profit at the FTSE 250 firm grew 51 per cent to £323m in the year to December 2025, as revenue climbed 7.5 per cent to £10.8bn and its order book reached [...]
Robert Walters ditches dividend after swinging to loss March 11, 2026 Robert Walters has ditched its final dividend after the recruitment firm’s bottom line took a major hit amid a cautious global sentiment around hiring. Revenue at the London-listed firm fell 12 per cent to £781.1m over the 2025 financial year – a drop from £892.1m. The group reported an operating loss of £14.9m, reversing a [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Iran war ‘certainly not good’ for UK economy, says Rachel Reeves March 11, 2026 Welcome back to the City AM liveblog for continued coverage of a frenzied week in global markets. The Chancellor has told the Treasury select committee that the ongoing fallout from the Middle east is “certainly not good for the British economy”. Following the “most intense” day of fighting in the region – and just a [...]
After 250 years Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations is as relevant as ever March 11, 2026 The fourth of July 2026 will mark 250 years since the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. It’s a birthday that America will mark with gusto, even if today the world’s focus is on the US for reasons other than its founding fathers’ commitment to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But this [...]
The Debate: Should MP salaries be linked to GDP? March 11, 2026 As MPs receive an inflation-busting pay rise, we ask if it's time to better incentivise politicians by linking their salaries to growth.
UK economic rebound to be short-lived as Iran war shock looms March 11, 2026 The UK economy is predicted to have seen modest growth at the start of the year while the labour market appeared to be easing and interest rates were very much on a downward path. Forecasters agreed the outlook for the UK economy looked reasonably promising, if not exciting. That was until President Trump spoiled the [...]
Labour’s branding of ambition as ‘masculine’ is a disturbing revelation March 11, 2026 New Labour guidelines telling businesses to rid their job ads of 'masculine' terms like 'ambitious' is sending completely the wrong message.
From toilets to MSG: Four unlikely winners of the AI boom March 11, 2026 Believe it or not, Toto, the Japanese toilet and bidet maker, has become one of the more improbable stock success stories of the AI boom. The company produces electrostatic ‘chucks’, components critical to memory chip production, and when activist fund Palliser Capital took a stake last month and called it “the most undervalued and overlooked [...]
Barclays and Aquis launch ‘IPO academy’ in bid to revive small-cap listings March 11, 2026 Aquis has teamed up with Barclays to launch an “IPO academy” in a bid to turn around the dwindling number of small-cap listings in the UK, City AM can reveal. The academy, which is the only programme of its kind run by an exchange in the UK, is intended as an investment in entrepreneurs and [...]