The City AM Awards: Three cheers for these business heroes Business A little over 20 years ago, as City AM prepared to hit the streets for the very first time, the team was clear that a bit of positivity needed to be baked into its founding ethos. This has never meant shying away from difficult conversations or sanitising the news agenda, but it has meant that [...]
Revealed: The 2026 City AM Awards Winners Business Around 500 guests enjoyed a night of celebration at London’s Guildhall on Wednesday 6 May where the winners of the 2026 City AM Awards were crowned. From 60 finalists across 12 categories, the judges chose their champions. Personality of the Year Greg Jackson CBE The entrepreneur and CEO of Octopus Energy has become one of [...]
City AM’s Magazine Editor Steve Dinneen wins Features Writer of the Year Life&Style City AM’s magazine editor Steve Dinneen walked away with the Features Writer of the Year award at the prestigious Regional Press Awards last week, beating rivals including LondonCentric, the Manchester Evening News and Reach PLC. The gong was one of two awards for which City AM was competing, with The Magazine also reaching the shortlist [...]
City AM partners with SCALE expo for flagship event February 27, 2026 City AM has partnered with the SCALE expo and summit, a flagship gathering of founders, investors and business leaders at London’s Business Design Centre. The summit will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of April, connecting ambitious founders with London’s best capital, talent and tools. SME XPO was relaunched as Scale by Sam North [...]
City AM The Magazine nominated for top awards December 19, 2025 City AM’s quarterly magazine has been nominated for Best Supplement in the Regional Press Awards, with editor Steve Dinneen also nominated in the Features Writer of the Year category. The Magazine, which recently released its Winter issue featuring actor Russell Tovey on the cover, has been serving the people of the Square Mile and beyond [...]
Financial Education Is Broken – Here’s How We Plan To Fix It November 11, 2025 Financial education in the UK is broken. Most young people leave school without the key money skills they need for adult life, according to their own teachers. Left unaddressed, this failure has long-term consequences. Poor money skills are linked to problem debt, lower social mobility, and poorer mental health. The recent announcement that financial education will be [...]
Why Evelyn Partners backed the City’s newest padel tournament October 6, 2025 Next week some of the City’s biggest companies will put professional pride on the line in the name of competition – and charity – at the inaugural Evelyn Partners Padel Cup. The invitation-only tournament will see 16 mixed teams from top Square Mile firms descend on high-end Canary Wharf club Padium on 16 October for [...]
The Capitalist: Reeves and Revolut get chummy at HQ party September 25, 2025 Revolut puts on a party, City AM pioneers the midday bash and finance bros trade blows; catch up on the latest Square Mile shenanigans in The Capitalist.
Why there’s a CD revival, even though vinyl is cooler September 23, 2025 For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, Killian Faith-Kelly explores the CD revival and what it says about Gen Z listening habits About a month ago, I read about some Lorde fans complaining that their CDs of her latest album weren’t working. And part of me thought, “That’s bad, these Lorde fans have [...]
Anita Rani interviews Luca restaurant owners about Michelin starred food and meditative music September 23, 2025 For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, broadcaster and author Anita Rani interviews Luca and Clove Club founders Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis about making music and falling in love with food Daniel Willis: So Anita, do you remember how we all met? Anita Rani: Well, which version are we going to give? [...]