By: Ali Lyon

chief reporter Ali Lyon is the chief reporter at City AM, responsible for covering the full gamut of business, finance and wealth news. He has been at City AM full-time since July 2024. Get in touch with tips via email: ali.lyon@cityam.com. Follow Ali on X: @alilyon_94

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Firms forced to give staff ‘government approved’ advice on joining a union

October 28, 2026

Businesses will be forced to tell their staff how to join a union at least once a year under fresh plans drawn up by the government to boost participation in organised labour. The government has decided the rules, due to come into force at the start of next year, will apply to employers of all [...]
Government issues debt at highest interest rate since financial crisis on eve of Budget

October 27, 2026

The Debt Management Office has been forced to sell nearly £5bn of five-year gilts at their highest interest rate since 2008, underscoring the fiscal challenge facing John Healey on the eve of his maiden Budget. The body responsible for selling the UK’s debt said it had issued £4.5bn of bonds maturing in 2032 at a [...]
Activist investor revives Auction Technology Group campaign

October 26, 2026

The notorious activist investor behind a failed bid to buy Auction Technology Group has revived its campaign against the FTSE 250 firm’s management, calling for a new chair and a strategic review that could result in a sale. Fitzwalter Capital, which is Auction Technology’s (ATG) largest shareholder, called on investors to oust incumbent chair Scott [...]
Autumn Budget 2026: What does the bond market want from Healey?

October 23, 2026

John Healey is not expected to rock the boat in his maiden Budget next week. Looking at the combustible bond market, that’s probably just as well, writes Ali Lyon. John Healey is, the well-worn cliche goes, walking a tightrope. Boxed in from three directions, the Chancellor could certainly have hoped for an easier backdrop in [...]
William Hill owner blames Man City dominance for revenue drop

October 23, 2026

The dominance of Manchester City and Arsenal football clubs at the summit of English football has dented earnings at the owner of gambling giant William Hill. Evoke reported that third quarter revenue was between one and two percentage points lower than it might have been because of a string of what it called “particularly customer-friendly [...]
Threats to financial system ‘on steroids’ after AI boom, FCA chief warns

October 22, 2026

The unchecked rise of artificial intelligence means the level of risk facing the financial system is currently “on steroids”, according to the boss of the Financial Conduct Authority, who warned that excessive “tick-box” rulemaking would fail to keep pace with increasingly complex threats. Speaking at a City of London dinner, Nikil Rathi said risks to [...]
Healey: I want to help bloody-minded founders

October 22, 2026

John Healey has pledged to devote next week’s Budget to “bloody-minded entrepreneurs”, acknowledging small and fast-growing businesses have been “under pressure” from a barrage of fresh taxes and regulation. The Chancellor said he would clamp down on the “cost of business” as well as on the cost of living, promising to patch up relations with [...]
With Jackdaw approved, what’s next for the North Sea?

October 22, 2026

A lot has happened since 1 June 2022, the date when ministers first granted permission to tap the Jackdaw gas field. The Conservatives were halfway through their ill-fated final term of three. Kwasi Kwarteng was the business secretary, with equally ill-fated aspirations for higher office. And the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – [...]
Meet the man behind London’s biggest new factory since the Second World War

October 20, 2026

Isembard’s Alexander Fitzgerald is on a mission to revitalise Britain’s high-precision manufacturing industry. Ali Lyon visits the company’s new London site to talk policy, patriotism and intergalactic growth Amid the whirring sound of robotic machines, Alexander Fitzgerald is excitedly explaining why the only thing on the wall of his cavernous factory is a brightly illuminated, [...]
Midday Markets: The one tax you could bank on

October 16, 2026

The Midday Market report is a new newsletter from City AM, giving you fresh analysis on the biggest stories in the City straight into your inbox every lunchtime. Today, Ali Lyon, chews over the government’s plans for a windfall tax on banks. Sign up to the City AM News Updates newsletter here. It was, in [...]

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