The City View: The ‘cardiac arrest’ of the UK jobs market – with Andrew Hunter of Adzuna June 25, 2020 In this episode, City A.M. Deputy Editor Andy Silvester is joined by Andrew Hunter, co-founder and chief executive of Adzuna, now Europe’s fastest growing job search engine. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Andrew discusses the “cardiac arrest” in the UK job market caused by Covid-19, the competition for job offers and steps the government could [...]
Boxpark chief: Rent crisis could be disastrous for London hospitality June 24, 2020 On a normal, pre-lockdown night just a short walk from Liverpool Street, Boxpark Shoreditch would usually be buzzing with small retailers and rooftop bars packed full. As anybody who has walked through the area recently will know, though, an eerie silence has fallen on that particular corner of Shoreditch – just as it has at [...]
Straight up with a smile: How the Connaught made the martini a star June 18, 2020 It’s one of the best bars not just in London but the world – and the iconic Connaught Bar in Mayfair is known the world over for its martini. City A.M. caught up with Ago Perrone, Director of Mixology at The Connaught Hotel, and Giorgio Bargiani, Head Mixologist at the Connaught Bar, to talk cocktails, [...]
Don’t panic: The last minute Father’s Day Guide June 18, 2020 If lockdown has left you losing all concept of time and space, it’s our duty to remind you that Sunday – yes, this Sunday – is Father’s Day. Earlier this week we featured a host of goodies for one’s old man, but no doubt some are still looking for that perfect gift / have completely [...]
City A.M.’s Father’s Day Gift Guide June 15, 2020 It’s not your ‘normal’ Father’s Day this year: no Sunday roast and a pint in the pub, and a relatively simple trip home for a cup of tea now presents logistical challenges on a par with a military operation. In fact notonthehighstreet.com has found that lockdown is the longest nearly half of Brits have ever gone without seeing [...]
World Gin Day: Three cocktails to liven up lockdown June 11, 2020 British gin has come a long way since the days of Hogarth and ‘mother’s ruin’. It’s now one of the country’s most prized exports, and along with scotch whisky it’s a fine example of the care, curation and class that goes into the best of British craftsmanship. The gin boom has made its presence felt [...]
Stephen Fry joins campaign to ‘save Soho’ with temporary pedestrianisation June 10, 2020 Stephen Fry, Bill Nighy and a host of other celebrities have joined a campaign to pedestrianise Soho’s streets this summer to allow pandemic-battered hospitality businesses to bounce back. Property companies Soho Estates and Shaftesbury have proposed the removal of traffic from the famous district’s streets to create the Soho Summer Festival, with bars and restaurants [...]
The US firm using data to get corporates back to work June 9, 2020 Nobody is quite sure when Britain might go ‘back to work’ – but it’s clear that companies are going to have to play a bigger role than they might ever anticipated in ensuring that their offices are pandemic-proofed. One American firm, Everbridge, is trying to get a jump on the market with a new product [...]
Survive and thrive: Spencer Matthews’ low-alcohol brand is Clean-ing up June 5, 2020 London’s businesses have been forced to weather a storm they never saw coming, but many have pivoted to new ways of doing business. Today, City A.M. talks to the reality TV star-turned-entrepreneur Spencer Matthews about his Clean Liquor Company, selling low-alcohol spirits on Instagram and global ambitions For any business, at any time, consistently increasing [...]
Quite the tonic: Bombay Sapphire goes green June 5, 2020 On World Environment Day, City A.M. speaks to an iconic British brand that’s put going green at the heart of its business “Other than keeping people safe, the most important part of my role is nosing and tasting the gin.” So says Dr. Anne Brock, with the airy nonchalance of somebody who doesn’t quite understand [...]
