The UK must protect Hong Kong activists from China’s wrath July 5, 2023 Not too long ago, our opinion pages featured Nathan Law, the pro-democracy protestor and youngest ever Hong Kong legislator. He lives in the UK now, alongside thousands of others from the territory, hounded out of their homes by ever more draconian crackdowns ordered by Beijing and enacted by Hong Kong’s supine authorities.Now Nathan, and seven [...]
Viagogo exec: The noise doesn’t bother us – we just want fans to get through the door June 26, 2023 Not everyone likes secondary tickets platform Viagogo. But exec Chris Miller believes fans are ultimately the winners.
A monumental rebuild of Ukraine requires private sector bridges between London and Kyiv June 23, 2023 Sergii Pylypenko is CEO of Kovalska Group, one of Ukraine's largest firms. In a guest essay for City A.M., he calls on the private sector to get behind the country's rebuilding
The government cannot – and should not – intervene after every mishap June 22, 2023 Calls for some kind of mortgage relief are understandable. The hit to some homeowners, dealing with rapidly increased monthly payments, will be significant. But the government is absolutely right to resist the easy way out of bunging a few quid at mortgage-holders to make the problem go away, and ease their election woes. Britain has [...]
City set for office boom with 15 Shard’s-worth of new space required June 21, 2023 THE CITY OF LONDON could need as much as 20m square feet of additional office space by 2042, according to a new report, as corporates continue to invest in higher-quality headquarters. The report, conducted by Arup and Knight Frank, finds that office tenants are “seeking a step-change in the quality of space” that they offer [...]
Barriers to business require urgent action from government June 21, 2023 Per the business secretary, Britain’s trade problem is that we don’t think we can. Apparently our ‘sardonic’ sense of humour holds us back from sailing the seven seas like mercantile Brits of old. Even by the standards of recent years, it’s an absurd statement. It sums up a wider dereliction of duty in Westminster towards [...]
Labour owes the City more detail on its plans for business June 20, 2023 Well, that’s clear as mud, then. Labour’s big policy pronouncement yesterday confirmed that the party would stick by its pledge not to allow any further North Sea oil and gas development in the UK – but it wouldn’t change any decisions made by the Tories. With a straight face, the party said the triangulation was [...]
Risk-taking is the key to reinvigorating London’s equity markets June 19, 2023 So, structural weakness in London or the unique circumstances of an emerging market family business? That’s the question on many lips after WE Soda bailed out of its London float last week. The chief exec is (unsurprisingly) in the former camp, suggesting that institutional investors are somehow failing to step up in the capital’s battle [...]
The Notebook: Andy Silvester on the Tory Mayoral race, a new must-read and a tremendous lunch spot June 15, 2023 The Tories appear to have done a real botch-job of selecting their candidate for next year’s mayoral election. Most who were paying attention expected the final three or four to be a combination of Paul Scully, the minister for London and Sutton MP, social media star and former adviser Samuel Kasumu, techie and diplomat Daniel [...]
The Square Mile and Me with Michael Barrington-Hibbert: ‘Headhunted’ at the market stall to a love for Leadenhall June 15, 2023 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, it’s Michael Barrington-Hibbert, founder and CEO of executive search firm Barrington-Hibbert Associates What was your first job? When I was 13 years old, I worked at a fruit and veg stall in Wembley after school which led to me being [...]
