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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BP suffers shareholder revolt over climate U-turn at crunch AGM

April 23, 2026

BP’s turnaround plans were dealt a major blow on Thursday after its shareholders rejected two resolutions backed by the board and a sizeable minority voted against the reelection of its new chair. At a crunch annual general meeting (AGM), investors voted down the energy major’s proposal to dial back its reporting commitments on the climate [...]
Government launches Britain’s largest ever retail investing campaign

April 23, 2026

The government has unveiled its industry-backed push to encourage households to plough their savings into the stock market, in what is set to be the largest retail investing campaign of its kind in Britain’s history. Starring a red squirrel called ‘Savvy’, the Invest for the Future campaign will seek to “drive a step change in [...]
Scottish Mortgage manager Baillie Gifford eyes £3bn return on historic Space X bet

April 22, 2026

Scottish investment juggernaut Baillie Gifford is in line to net a bumper £3.5bn return on its historic bet on Space X when the rocket maker floats on the stock market later this year, in what is believed to be one of the largest windfalls from a single debut in UK investment history. A City AM [...]
McDonald’s targets jobless Gen Z with ‘UK’s largest work experience programme’

April 22, 2026

McDonald’s has launched the UK’s largest ever work experience programme in a major recruitment drive that will specifically target the ballooning number of young Brits that are neither working nor in full-time education. The fast-food chain will hand out some 2,500 paid placements to young workers over the age of 16 as part of a [...]
CAB Payments lashes out at largest shareholder for blocking buyout

April 21, 2026

CAB Payments has hit out at its largest shareholder for thwarting a takeover offer from trading platform Stone X, accusing it of ignoring minority investors’ interests in a bid to force through its own hostile takeover. In a statement ramping up the hostile rhetoric between the two parties, London-listed CAB said it was “disappointed” Helios [...]
Bank of England’s Breeden warns Iran war could set off bond and private credit crisis

April 17, 2026

The energy crisis set off by Donald Trump’s war in Iran has made a financial crash more likely, according to the Bank of England’s financial stability chief, who warned that private credit, sky-high sovereign debt and stock market exuberance posed salient threats to the global economy. Sarah Breeden, the central bank’s deputy governor for financial [...]
UK economy ‘too weak’ to suffer from sky high inflation

April 17, 2026

The UK economy will not suffer from a return of persistent high inflation because its labour market is too weak for staff to demand pay rises, a top investment bank has said. In a research note, Berenberg said that the government’s tighter grasp on the public finances and its rapidly deteriorating jobs market mean households [...]
Iran war takes familiar toll on Britain’s punch-drunk farmers

April 17, 2026

The Iran war has left farmers facing another round of brutal cost rises. With the scars wrought by the cost-of-living crisis only just beginning to heal, many are warning that something will have to give. The bucolic West Suffolk estate managed by farmer Andrew Blenkiron does not, on appearances, look like a scene ravaged by [...]
Square Mile authority tries to strip Andrew of City freedom

April 16, 2026

A group of senior City of London officials have invited Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to relinquish his Freedom of the City, six months after the Royal Family stripped him of his royal titles. A spokesperson for the City of London said that members of the Square Mile’s local authority confirmed on Thursday had written to the former [...]
Dyson, JCB and Global Brands: The firms facing a break-up after Labour’s tax grab

April 16, 2026

The government’s inheritance tax crackdown has sparked a wave of warnings from entrepreneurs. We list some of the biggest names to have spoken out in opposition to the changes. To most avid followers of current affairs, the Autumn Budget of 2024 will feel like a lifetime ago. Since then, Donald Trump has been elected to [...]

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