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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Gold hits record high on hopes of Fed rate cut

August 20, 2024

The price of gold hit an all time high of $2,513.79 (£1,932.87) per ounce on Tuesday morning as investors hope the US central bank will cut interest rates. The surge in the price of the precious metal, a safe haven asset for investors due to its real world use cases and widely held intrinsic value, [...]
Revenue slides at Wood Group after Sidara snub but guidance kept

August 20, 2024

Engineer Wood Group maintained its full year guidance despite sliding into the red after a dip revenue in its first set of results since Emerati competitor Sidara pulled out of a deal for the firm at the eleventh hour. The Aberdonian firm, which generates much of its revenue providing engineering services to the oil and [...]
Gran Tierra Energy pounces on i3 Energy in £175m deal

August 20, 2024

Oil producer Gran Tierra Energy has announced a £175m deal to acquire its London-listed peer i3 Energy. Under the terms of the deal, which was announced in the early hours of this morning, Gran Tierra said it would offer one new Gran Tierra share for every 207 i3 Energy shares held as well as 10.43p [...]
Top management consultancies don’t make things any better, clients say

August 19, 2024

Drafting in a "big three" consultancy firm to help with corporate projects often has no positive effect, a survey of former clients has found.
More advertisers to flee X after recent Elon Musk lawsuit and riot comments

August 9, 2024

Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit against brands that have boycotted X and his controversial activity on the platform during the recent spate of UK riots are set to exacerbate the long-held misgivings advertisers have with the site, leading industry figures have said. On Tuesday, Elon Musk’s X – formerly Twitter – filed a lawsuit against a [...]
Derwent London upgrades rental guidance thanks to ‘world class’ London

August 8, 2024

An acceleration in rental growth and a more stable investment environment has helped office giant Derwent London upgrade its rental guidance off the back of “really active demand”, its boss said. In its half-year results this morning, the FTSE 250 office specialist said its income grew but valuations continued their decline. Derwent, which owns flagship [...]
Morgan Sindall: FTSE 250 construction group continues run of growth

August 8, 2024

Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall has reported yet another half of double-digit revenue and profit growth. The FTSE 250 constituent, which is headquartered in London and helped expand Whitechapel station for Crossrail in 2021, hailed a “record” performance in the six months to 30 June. Revenue jumped 14 per cent from £1.9bn to £2.2bn. [...]
Harbour Energy returns to profit despite falling revenue and cash flow

August 8, 2024

Harbour Energy has returned to the black on Thursday despite the largest UK-based North Sea oil and gas firm suffering a dip in revenue and cratered free cash flow. The producer had been a victim of the energy profit levy imposed off the back of energy price spikes in 2022, with the 75 per cent [...]
Hikma given shot in the arm by ‘excellent’ double-digit growth

August 8, 2024

Pharmaceutical firm Hikma has hiked its dividend and raised its guidance having hailed an “excellent” first half of the year. The Jordanian-founded FTSE 100 pharma firm, which in June bolstered its injectables offering with the purchase of Danish rival Xellia, posted a double-digit revenue rise of 10 per cent, raking in $1.6bn (£1.3bn) in the [...]
Glencore: FTSE 100 mining giant opts against coal spin-off after investor feedback

August 7, 2024

Glencore no longer plans to demerge its coal business after an “overwhelming majority” of shareholders told the mining giant to retain the division. The FTSE 100 constituent had planned to spin off its coal business after it completed the $7bn (£5.51bn) acquisition of Teck Resources’ steelmaking coal business in November last year. However, on Wednesday, [...]

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