Skip to content
City AM
Main navigation
Download free app
  • News
    • News
      • Latest Business News
      • Economics
      • Politics
      • Tech
      • Banking
      • FTSE 100 Live
      • Retail
      • Insurance
      • Legal
      • Property
      • Transport
      • Markets
    • From our partners
      • AON
      • Bayes Business School
      • City of London BIDs
      • Central London Alliance CIC
      • Destination City
      • Halkin
      • Olympia
      • Inside Saudi
      • Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
      • Santander X
      • YEAR SIX Dividend
    • Featured

      Investor pressure mounts on boss of King’s favourite interior designer

      Designers Guild interior with rattan sofa, green cushions, floral and striped curtains, and a wooden table with foliage.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Opinion
  • Sport
    • Latest Sports News
      • Sport
      • Sport Business
      • The Punter
    • From our partners
      • The Morning Briefing: SBS x City AM
      • Aramco Team Series
      • LIV Golf
    • Featured

      Bagatelle: Is exclusive Chelsea offering future of Premier League hospitality?

      Guests and staff cheering, clapping, and singing at a lively event in a restaurant dining room.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Life&Style
    • Life&Style
      • Life&Style
      • Toast the City Awards
      • The Magazine
      • Travel
      • Culture
      • Motoring
      • Wellness
      • City AM Puzzles
      • The RED BULLETiN
      • Do it with Shared Ownership
      • Media Speak Hub
    • Featured

      Inherit film review: Thai horror explores society’s Faustian pact

      Woman with dark hair and red lipstick holding a small object, with blurred figures in the background.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Investec
  • Events
  • Pension Report
  • Newsletters
  • Latest Paper

Ajaz Ahmed

  • Are we witnessing the slow death of advertising holding companies?

    Media

    The feted founder of AKQA, Ajaz Ahmed, has launched a new agency that promises to take on the “slow, bureaucratic” ad groups that since the pandemic have have been labouring under stagnant revenues and falling share prices. Ali Lyon asks: “Are those holding companies on borrowed time?” Ajaz Ahmed is not a man to shy [...]

    In this photo illustration a WPP logo of a British communication company is seen on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
  • Founder Favourites: Why AI is NOT the death of creativity

    Entrepreneurship

    In this episode of Founder Favourites, Ajaz Ahmed, founder and chief executive of digital design agency AKQA, sat down with the hosts and told them that entrepreneurs' best bet might just be found in AI, healthcare or climate tech.

Trending Articles

  • Sainsbury’s merger talks mark end of supermarket big four

  • Former Whitbread bosses mastermind takeover of Beefeater restaurants 

  • Sadiq Khan: Run international trains from Stratford instead of expanding Heathrow

  • As it happened: FTSE 100 rallies as oil falls back after Trump’s Iran war pledge

  • HSBC set to axe UK wealth jobs as AI takes hold

Subscribe

Subscribe to the City AM newsletter to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

Subscribe
  • Got a story?
  • About City AM
  • Careers
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy settings
  • News
  • Markets & Economics
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Life&Style
  • Personal Finance
  • City AM Events
  • City Winners
  • The Punter
  • Casino
  • City AM Puzzles

Follow us for breaking news and latest updates

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Advertising
  • About
  • Licensing
Copyright 2026 City AM Limited