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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Business confidence ticks down ahead of Budget

September 30, 2024

Business confidence dropped to a three-month low in September, in yet another sign of firms adapting to the sombre tone ahead of the Budget.
Sir Paul Marshall pulls out of race to own Telegraph

September 29, 2024

Sir Paul Marshall has not submitted a formal offer for the Telegraph despite being regarded as one of the auction's front-runners.
Mervyn King warns against government changing way it measures debt

September 29, 2024

Mervyn King has warned Rachel Reeves against altering how the government defines its debt in the upcoming Budget, and called for the fiscal rules to be assessed by parliamentary term. Speaking in an interview on BBC Radio Four’s Broadcasting House, the former governor of the Bank of England said that the way the government polices [...]
City sounds alarm over fears that non-dom reforms won’t raise money

September 27, 2024

Leading city figures have urged the government to adapt its planned reforms to the non-dom tax regime, after it was revealed that Treasury officials are concerned that the reforms may not raise any money. Labour has promised to scrap the non-domicile (non-dom) regime – a tax status that allows wealthy foreign nationals only to pay [...]
Pay tax on your gifts, top accountancy firm warns politicians amid Labour row

September 26, 2024

Politicians should pay tax on gifts in the same way that other industries and individuals do, a leading accountant has said. Currently, firms and workers in sectors where gifting is commonplace and an element of their profession – such as the media industry or online influencers – are made pay to income tax and, in [...]
Financial advisor: Plan for a ‘devastating’ inheritance tax raid

September 26, 2024

British families and expats with assets in the UK should act now to mitigate the potential impact of an inheritance tax raid in next month’s Budget, the boss of one of the world’s largest financial advisory firms has warned. Nigel Green, who founded Devere Group in 2002, said the upcoming fiscal announcement was likely to [...]
The ultra rich exodus has made an exit tax tempting. Would it work?

September 25, 2024

Millionaires are leaving the UK in record numbers, prompting the Resolution Foundation, an influential left-wing think tank, to propose an exit tax.
Reeves to strike positive tone in Party Conference speech

September 23, 2024

Rachel Reeves is set to promise a Budget that will “rebuild Britain” in a speech at the Labour Party Conference that will claim that the “work of change has only just begun”. In a notably more optimistic tone than Labour has adopted in recent weeks, the Chancellor will vow to deliver a “Britain of opportunity, [...]
Braemar: Shipbroker meets expectations despite choppy geopolitical backdrop

September 19, 2024

Shipbroker Braemar has traded in line with expectations and “remains confident” of the outlook for the rest of the financial year, it said in an update to investors. The London-listed firm, one of the largest shipbrokers in the UK, said it had “continued to trade well” in since the start of April, when its reporting [...]
S4 Capital: Revenue down and debt up at Sir Martin Sorrell’s ad giant

September 19, 2024

Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital’s post-pandemic struggles have carried through into its latest results, which revealed a sharp decline in revenue and ballooning debt. The London-listed media holding group, which ad guru Sorrell founded after a sudden exit from WPP in 2018, saw its net revenue reduce by 15.6 per cent from £445.5m to £375.1m [...]

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