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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Natwest chair: Boost investment in UK or risk ‘inter-generational crisis’

September 17, 2026

The chair of Natwest has warned the UK is in a “moment of national crisis” that can only be fixed by firing up investment in the country’s flagging economy. Rick Haythornthwaite, the City grandee who has also chaired the boards of Mastercard and Ocado, told City AM that years of political instability and poor decision-making [...]
Star stockpicker Lindsell kicks off to prop up flagging trust

September 16, 2026

The manager of one of Britain’s best-known investment boutiques has bought nearly £150,000 worth of shares in his own investment trust in a show of faith in its strategy just days after it offered shareholders an opportunity to sell-up. Michael Lindsell, who along with star stockpicker Nick Train manages the £115m Lindsell Train Investment Trust, [...]
Bosses made to justify why staff shouldn’t work from home

September 16, 2026

Bosses will have to host a meeting with staff who ask for flexible working and lay out their rationale for refusing, under a new policy outlined by Louise Haigh. The cabinet office minister told a union gathering that business leaders would have to “properly consider” flexibility requests from staff and grant an in-person meeting to [...]
Government plots university spinout crackdown

September 16, 2026

The government is plotting to clamp down on the number university spinouts that shift their operations abroad or float overseas, the boss of the body responsible for research investment has said, in a move likely to spark unrest among founders and the venture capital industry. Sir Ian Chapman, the chief executive of UK Research and [...]
Bank of England under pressure to raise interest rates or risk ‘losing credibility’

September 16, 2026

The Bank of England is facing mounting pressure to raise interest rates on Thursday amid a global bond market rout fuelled by concerns over runaway government borrowing and sticky inflation. Investors told Threadneedle Street it was “essential” to rein in prices before the energy shock triggered by the Iran war spreads through the economy and [...]
Rocco Forte Hotels’ Russian outpost pays out bumper dividend

September 15, 2026

The ring-fenced Russian arm of Rocco Forte Hotels has paid its shareholders a dividend worth more than £3m, despite the luxury hospitality chain being accused of bankrolling Putin’s war machine in Ukraine by maintaining operations in Russia. Astoria Hotel Joint Stock Company – the holding group for Rocco Forte Hotels’ Russian portfolio – distributed £3.2m [...]
Ministers poised to nationalise second steel firm

September 14, 2026

The government is poised to take the UK’s third-largest steelworks into public ownership, after months of talks to find a buyer broke down. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said on Monday that ministers would seek to use recently ratified legislation to nationalise Speciality Steel UK (SSUK) from failure, a matter of weeks on from a similar [...]
Bank of England poised to slow bond sale programme

September 14, 2026

The Bank of England is likely to slow its unusual approach to offloading gilts after conceding it had pushed up borrowing costs at a time when government bond yields have hit near-record highs, economists have predicted. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will vote to reduce the pace of its ‘quantitative tightening’ programme from £70bn to [...]
Trans charity ‘misleading employers’ with company guidelines, campaigners claim

September 7, 2026

The equalities watchdog is investigating guidance to employers by a charity devoted to trans inclusion in business, after a feminist pressure group claimed they were “entirely counter to the law”. In a letter to the boss of the Equality and Human Rights Commission seen by City AM, Sex Matters alleges that Trans in the City [...]
Andrew Bailey: Populism a threat to global economy

September 4, 2026

The groundswell of populist politics threatens to undermine central banks’ independence and hamper their ability to protect the long-term interests of the global economy, Andrew Bailey has warned. In a speech in London, the Bank of England governor accused populist parties of trying to exert increasing levels of influence over monetary authorities the world over, [...]

Is the court the new pub? New data shows Brits are swapping post-work pint for padel

Is the court the new pub? New data shows Brits are swapping post-work pint for padel

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