By: Ali Lyon

Graduate reporter Ali is a freelance business journalist interning at City A.M. He is currently studying for a master's degree in newspaper journalism at City, University of London, and has previously worked with the environmental newsroom DeSmog.

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Exclusive: Revolut, Octopus mull joining Pisces

Markets

Revolut, Octopus and Oaknorth are among billion-pound businesses weighing joining the new Pisces private stock market after being courted by prospective operator London Stock Exchange Group, City AM can reveal. The fast-growing firms were part of a group of around two dozen major businesses who attended a private conference hosted by LSE boss Julia Hoggett [...]
UK ambassadors to have growth ‘KPIs’, foreign secretary tells trade summit

Politics

The UK’s ambassadors will have “KPIs that contribute to our economic growth” as diplomats shift to a more economic mindset, the foreign secretary has said. David Lammy told an audience of businesses that he wants the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to become the “international delivery arm of the government’s missions, the first of [...]
The best books of 2024: From Sally Rooney to Boris Johnson

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Okay, that headline is ever-so-slightly misleading – while many of the entries on this list are indeed among the best books of 2024, others earn their place by virtue of being emblematic of their time (Boris Unleashed), zeitgeist-capturing (Bad Girls of Ancient Greece) or simply so utterly bonkers we felt they earned a spot (The [...]

Retail chief Dickinson warns that food price rises are on the horizon

August 5, 2024

Helen Dickinson OBE, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said leading indicators in the commodity market mean another bout of food inflation in the next six months looked likely.
Behind the companies turning goals into gold at Euro 2024

July 17, 2024

England may have fallen at the final hurdle, but Ali Lyon says advertising agencies and broadcasters enjoyed a very fruitful tournament at Euro 2024 Adidas’s flagship advert for this year’s European Championships had all the raw ingredients to pluck on the archetypal England fan’s heartstrings effectively. In Jude Bellingham it had a protagonist who was [...]
‘The jack is out of the box’: London-listed firms picked off as UK dealmaking springs to life

July 1, 2024

A raid on London listed firms has accelerated in the opening months of the year as cashed up corporate buyers take advantage of a perceived valuation gap on London’s markets, new figures have revealed.
Rental crisis to get worse as earnings ‘won’t keep up’ with London flats

April 8, 2024

Rents are likely to continue growing over the coming years, turning a rental crisis into a perma-state in London
HSBC wants to pay top brass Wall Street salaries

February 25, 2024

The bank told its investors that it plans to discuss restructuring how Noel Quinn, the firm’s CEO, is remunerated even though his pay nearly doubled last year to £10.6m thanks largely to long-term performance bonuses kicking in.
Sunak pushes for more seizures of Russian assets in UK to aid Ukraine

February 25, 2024

The prime minister has said the UK “must be bolder in seizing hundreds of billions in assets".
Next silent on reports it is eyeing The Body Shop

February 25, 2024

Next has reportedly been weighing up buying parts of The Body Shop after the high street cosmetics chain fell into administration last week.

Mansion House: UK giants to agree to pick high-return pension schemes

Chelsea to get replica Fifa Club World Cup trophy, Trump to keep original

Experience the Roman Empire in Bulgaria for history to rival Italy – just without the crowds

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