By: Ali Lyon

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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BCC boss: Enough taxes. The Budget must tell a positive story

November 25, 2025

Last autumn, the British Chambers of Commerce and its members were left shell-shocked when a party that promised to be the most ‘pro-business in history’ used its maiden Budget to deliver a succession of hammer blows to the private sector. Having shouldered the burden last year, boss Shevaun Haviland wants this year’s instalment to paint [...]
Government to back ‘gold-plated’ Heathrow expansion

November 24, 2025

The government is poised to plough ahead with a controversial £49bn plan to build a third runway over the M25 proposed by the owner of Heathrow airport, despite warnings from airline bosses that it will make the hub more expensive and the construction process considerably more complicated. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander will confirm the decision to [...]
The FTSE 100’s good year masks a much deeper problem

November 24, 2025

The FTSE 100 has had a good year by recent standards. Up nearly 16 per cent, it has outperformed the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Stoxx 600 and Paris’s Cac. What’s more, three new listings in October even suggested that a well-documented dearth of IPOs was coming to an end. But a look below the surface shows [...]
Eurotunnel ‘pursuing legal process’ with government over business rates

November 20, 2025

The firm behind the Channel Tunnel train will pursue legal action against a UK government agency and pull out of all its future investment in Britain unless plans to triple its business rates bill are aborted. Eurotunnel is poised to scrap its multimillion-pound plans to revive a major freight terminal in east London and cancel [...]
British Airways to sponsor AEG’s major new Olympia events venue

November 20, 2025

British Airways has been named as the headline sponsor of Olympia’s new event venue, as the west London exhibition centre nears the completion of its £1.3bn regeneration. The partnership will give the UK’s flagship carrier naming rights to the megaproject’s concert venue arena and theatre, and see the venues integrated into a destination as part [...]
Bake-off: Ex-WH Smith finance chief withdraws from Greggs role after audit blunder

November 19, 2025

The former finance chief of WH Smith will no longer take up a position on the board of Greggs after a damning audit report into the travel retailer revealed inconsistent accounting practices during his stint as finance boss. In a statement to investors on Wednesday, the high-street bakery confirmed that Robert Moorhead, who stepped down [...]
Family businesses on brink after inheritance tax crackdown

November 19, 2025

The damage wrought by the Chancellor’s inheritance tax crackdown on family firms has been laid bare by fresh research that found over a third are on the brink of closure before the end of the parliament. A poll of family business owners found nearly two thirds of the UK’s 4.8m family businesses are worried about [...]
Businesses back Heathrow bid to run third runway

November 18, 2025

A group of well-known firms has urged ministers to approve the third runway expansion plan tabled by the owner of Heathrow airport, arguing its plan will deliver “the greatest economic benefit to the UK”. In a letter to transport secretary Heidi Alexander, bosses from the likes of Burberry, Caffe Nero and Fortnum and Mason threw [...]
COP out: Big businesses swerve climate conference

November 18, 2025

COP 26 in Glasgow represented a high-water mark for companies flouting their ambitious transition plans and lofty climate credentials. This year’s summit could not be more different, writes Ali Lyon. Reclining on stage at the 26th COP summit in his native Glasgow, Alan Jope was at home both literally and spiritually. The Unilever chief executive [...]
City watchdogs balloon despite deregulation drive

November 18, 2025

Calls for the Chancellor to accelerate her City-wide deregulation push grew on Monday after freshly obtained figures revealed headcount at financial regulators has ballooned by over 50 per cent in the past decade. According to data shared exclusively with City AM, nearly 4,500 more staff work at the City’s five largest regulators than did 10 [...]

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