FTSE 100 Live: Stocks drop as oil holds firm over $110; UK growth slashed April 29, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil prices are holding firm tipping over the $110 mark, bringing the cost of a barrel closer to the highs of $118 it peaked at earlier in the Iran war. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil – advanced another one per cent on [...]
Atletico Madrid and Aston Martin investors buy into SailGP team April 9, 2026 Atletico Madrid and Aston Martin investors Quantum Pacific Group have become the latest group to buy a SailGP team in an eight-figure deal. Los Gallos SailGP Team has been purchased by Quantum Pacific Group, which is the largest shareholder of LaLiga club Atletico Madrid after Apollo Sports Capital. Their wider sporting portfolio includes Portuguese football [...]
Aston Martin to axe hundreds of jobs as profit plummets February 25, 2026 Aston Martin is poised to cull its workforce by around a fifth after the firm’s bottom line took a beating from President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff agenda. The British manufacturer said on Wednesday it had recognised a provision of £18.7m in relation to expected restructuring costs as it consults on chopping 20 per cent of [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Index hits record as HSBC, St James’s stock rally February 25, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. There’s a number of factors weighing on global markets at the moment, and yet the FTSE 100 was able to close Tuesday’s session unscathed. It came despite President Donald Trump’s new 10 per cent tariffs coming into effect, sending some jitters across global indexes. But [...]
Aston Martin F1 buys team naming rights in £50m cash deal February 20, 2026 British car manufacturer Aston Martin has announced a £50m cash sale of its Formula 1 naming rights to AMR GP. The deal will enable the eponymous Formula 1 team, owned by Canadian Lawrence Stroll, to have the “exclusive right to use the iconic automotive company’s name, logo and branding in perpetuity”. Formerly Racing Point UK, [...]
Aston Martin offers owners a chance to become James Bond January 22, 2026 Aston Martin has launched a new Experiences programme for 2026, with a focus on ultra-luxury events and supercar tours across the world. At the heart of Aston Martin Experiences are the invitation-only Ascend and Unleashed portfolios, which provide owners with access to exclusive road and track driving opportunities. Alongside these are the Supertour and Supercharged [...]
Former Goldman Sachs chief backs F1 to hold, and increase, value January 22, 2026 Formula 1 has not yet reached value maturity and can be considered one of the most reliable investments in sport, according to the former head of sports at Goldman Sachs. The premium motorsports series has gone through a major ownership shake-up, with stake sales across the grid seeing team valuations skyrocket. And Elis Jones, former [...]
Aston Martin Vanquish Volante: Ultimate way to make an entrance December 2, 2025 There are certain faux pas that wedding guests must avoid at all costs. Wearing a white dress, for example. Forgetting to silence your phone during the speeches. Revealing what really happened on the stag do. You can add to this rocking up to the ceremony with the roof down in an Aston Martin Vanquish Volante. [...]
Aston Martin F1 loses £190m in five years October 22, 2025 Aston Martin F1’s most recent loss of £46m has pushed their cumulative five-year deficit to £190m. The Lawrence Stroll-owned Formula 1 team saw revenue rise by 16 per cent for the financial year to 31 December 2024 while cost of sales also rose. But the pit garage housing both Fernando Alonso and Stroll’s son Lance [...]
Aston Martin DBX S review: Our favourite luxury SUV October 21, 2025 When Aston Martin introduced the DBX707 in 2022, it expected this faster, more expensive model to account for 50 percent of DBX sales. Instead, fully 90 percent of customers plumped for the 707hp newcomer, and the original 550hp DBX was discontinued soon afterwards. The message was clear: Aston Martin buyers wanted more performance and they [...]