The common sense deficit hitting the City’s professional services firms September 2, 2026 The rise of AI has put serious pressure on professional services firms to figure out hiring and training strategies as an industry built to sell knowledge faces a knowledge gap as a new era enters the workforce with skills very different from the cohort ahead of them, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. Much of the conversation about [...]
Burnham’s in hock to the bond markets – whether he likes it or not September 2, 2026 Andy Burnham once said this country shouldn’t be in hock to the bond markets, so it was unfortunate that his much-hyped return to the House of Commons yesterday was overshadowed by the surging cost of servicing government debt. The yield on the ten-year gilt has hit its highest level since 2008. The longer term 30 [...]
Revealed: BBC bid just £900k for £5m Commonwealth Games TV rights September 2, 2026 Commonwealth Games chiefs took flak for agreeing a broadcast deal with TNT Sports that put it behind a paywall for the first time in 72 years – but City AM can reveal the BBC offered less than £1m for the rights. The BBC’s bid of around £900,000 represented a 91 per cent decrease on the [...]
Gen-Z toymaker Jellycat pursues Home Bargains in latest copyright claim September 2, 2026 Jellycat has filed for a copyright claim against discount retailer Home Bargains, as the toymaker continues its tirade against retailers it claims are copying its trademark stuffed dolls. The British toymaker filed a copyright claim to the Patents Court against TJ Morris, the parent company of Home Bargains, as seen by City AM. Jellycat surged [...]
UK startups need UK backing September 2, 2026 If we want the economic growth, jobs and tax revenues that come with a buzzing entrepreneurial economy we need to back our startups.
Reed CEO: Graduate jobs crisis is getting worse September 2, 2026 With graduate job postings continuing to plummet, youth unemployment should be treated as a national crisis, writes James Reed.
Can OSB’s new boss cut through the noise? September 2, 2026 A FTSE 250 bank has a new boss and plenty of challenges to confront . In this week’s column, Samuel Norman looks at what could be next for OSB. Enrique Labiano confronted a tricky inheritance when he got his feet under the desk on his first day at the helm of OSB on Tuesday. The [...]
Fresh stock market raid sparks clarion call for action September 2, 2026 The London Stock Exchange risks being gutted of even more blue-chip firms this year without urgent action from ministers and officials, a group of top advisers has said, after three more listed companies accepted bids from foreign buyers. The cohort warned that “complacency is not a viable option” following news that FTSE 250 firms Bodycote [...]
How the Treasury got ‘fed up’ with the Bank of England’s payments plan September 2, 2026 The government moved to more closely monitor the Bank of England’s overhaul of the UK’s payments system after growing frustrated with the sluggish pace of the plans, industry figures have said. The Treasury revealed last week it would begin tracking the central bank’s progress on payments and digital currencies by introducing a new secondary objective [...]
‘Misleading’ Frasers ad banned amid feud with watchdog September 2, 2026 The advertising watchdog has censured Frasers Group for running a “misleading” ad just days after its finance chief ramped up a bitter row with the regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an online advert published by Sports Direct, which is owned by Frasers, for a Puma sports top which it said misled shoppers [...]