Exclusive: Small businesses under-prepared amid restructuring push April 24, 2025 Small businesses in the UK are feeling under pressure as mounting threats of cyber-security and economic instability push them towards restructuring, City AM can reveal. Less than one-third of British firms feel very equipped to deal with potential business challenges, according to data from financial and risk advisory firm Kroll. The survey of 350 senior [...]
AJ Bell investors dodge market turmoil as assets swell April 24, 2025 AJ Bell investors managed to dodge the market turmoil that plagued the first quarter of the year, bringing the platform’s assets up to a record £96.2bn. The direct-to-consumer platform has been the only large investment firm so far during quarterly results season to report that assets under management had risen over the first three months [...]
City broker upgrades Boohoo shares to ‘Hold’ April 23, 2025 City broker Shore Capital has upgraded fast-fashion retailer Boohoo, now trading as Debenhams, from a ‘Sell’ to a ‘Hold’ in light of its falling share price. Boohoo’s share price has dropped by more than a third since last November, after a series of poor trading updates and a public spat with Mike Ashley. Shore Capital [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant worth £60bn after shares rebound April 22, 2025 Rolls-Royce is worth £60bn again after shares in the FTSE 100 giant continued their recovery after President Donald Trump’s tariffs shocked global markets. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group have now risen to more than 700p, giving it a market capitalisation of more than £60.5bn. Rolls-Royce’s shares had been trading at more than 800p before Trump’s [...]
FCA to rip 140 pages out of handbook in deregulation drive April 16, 2025 The UK’s financial watchdog has vowed to rip scores of pages from its handbook as it slashes red tape in a drive to boost growth. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said as many as 140 pages will be removed from the lengthy handbook, as it opened a consultation on scrapping data collection requirements. The move [...]
All eyes on MHA as accountancy firm rings London Stock Exchange bell April 15, 2025 Accountancy firm MHA's long-awaited £271m IPO went live this morning, a minor win for both the company and the London Stock Exchange
Exclusive: Former Bank of England policymaker calls for interest rates to be held amid high inflation April 10, 2025 A former Bank of England rate-setter has suggested that high inflation levels call for interest rates to be held at 4.5 per cent in May. The majority of investors and analysts are expecting the Bank to cut interest rates next month to ease low growth concerns, with up to three more cuts priced in until [...]
Rolls-Royce: Shares in FTSE 100 giant rocket April 10, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce are on the march and have now recovered more than half the value they lost in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group are now trading at around 734p, up more than 10 per cent since the start of trading today. That is [...]
Trump must decide what tariffs are for – Private equity chief April 9, 2025 President Donald Trump must decide what his sweeping tariffs are for in order to rescue markets from their ongoing collapse, a private equity chief has said. “The markets are in turmoil because they aren’t sure what we’re solving for, because the messages have been quite mixed,” Hamilton Lane co-CEO Erik Hirsch told City AM. Trump [...]
MHA: Full steam ahead on IPO despite turbulence in global markets April 9, 2025 MHA said its planned IPO is still "very much on track" despite the current turbulence in global stock markets resulting from Trump's tariffs