City businesses swap boardrooms for bikes and treasure hunts Sponsored City businesses swapped boardrooms for bikes, treasure hunts and quizzes yesterday as businesses across the Square Mile came together for City Giving Day 2026. The annual fundraising and volunteering initiative hosted by The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, saw companies across the City turn the working day into community activities, challenges and fundraising. David Johnston OBE, Chief [...]
Why it’s time to stop measuring AI adoption Sponsored Over the last few years, the pressure has been on for business leaders to drive rapid, widespread AI adoption in their organisations. Sometimes that pressure has come from an awareness that being slow to adopt could quickly lead to being outcompeted. Sometimes it’s rooted in the idea that broad experimentation is the fastest way to [...]
Who gets to define a life? Inside the evolving mission of Bruno Wang’s Pure Land Foundation Sponsored At a Venice gathering supported by Pure Land Foundation, an ancient story of transformation opened a wider conversation about identity, judgment and the chance to reclaim one’s own narrative. Across the Thames from the City, a nine-coloured deer appeared in the undercroft of Queen Elizabeth Hall this month. Andrew Thomas Huang’s 24-minute film The Deer [...]
The Investor revolution September 23, 2026 | Sponsored Following their inaugural sponsorship of The Investor Summit 2026, the flagship investor event in the UK, City AM sat down with James Deal, Co CEO of RetailBook THE THINKING BEHIND THE INVESTOR SUMMIT? It’s a common sense idea, if you want the public to participate in our public markets, you have to give everyday investors [...]
The Investor Summit 2026 launches rallying cry for British equities September 23, 2026 | Sponsored Across a full day of panels and speakers, the message was clear: sentiment is changing In its second year, the Investor Summit 2026, founded by entrepreneur Sam Bell, joined together with a new convening partner RetailBook. The theme was clear from the get-go. Back British Investment Culture. A one-of-a-kind event in the heart of the [...]
The Cost of insecurity September 23, 2026 | Sponsored Earlier this year, we asked the clients of consultants – from manufacturers to financial services, from local to central government – what mattered most to them. Alongside cost concerns, one big priority stood out: cyber threats and data protection. It is no wonder. Cyber offences now account for almost half of recorded crimes, while clients [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal partners with the Sompo Foundation to boost youth employment September 22, 2026 | Sponsored The Lord Mayor’s Appeal has struck a new strategic partnership with the Sompo Foundation to help young people across the UK gain the skills, experience and connections needed to enter meaningful employment. The collaboration will focus on expanding access to opportunities for young people facing barriers to work, with a particular emphasis on employability skills, [...]
Why middle eastern capital is becoming part of London’s fintech story September 11, 2026 London has spent years building one of the world’s most sophisticated fintech ecosystems. Its strength comes not only from technology, but from the combination of capital, financial expertise, regulation, legal infrastructure and access to international markets. Increasingly, another element is becoming part of that story: investment and commercial interest from the Middle East. Across the [...]
London hotels call on GLA to halt overnight visitor levy plans September 10, 2026 | Sponsored The London Hotel Association is calling on the Greater London Authority (GLA) to pause progress towards the proposed Overnight Visitor Levy (OVL), warning that implementation is moving ahead before the potential economic, commercial and operational consequences have been properly assessed. Following a recent meeting with the GLA, a collective of London hotels from the London [...]
London can’t leave young people behind September 10, 2026 David Johnston from The Lord Mayor’s Appeal on why tackling the NEET crisis is vital to London’s economy It is striking just how many people I talk to in the City who personally know a young person who is not in education, employment or training (NEET). Sometimes it’s their friend’s child or one of their [...]