By: Christian May

Editor-in-Chief Christian May is the Editor-in-Chief of City AM. He served in the role from 2015 to 2020 and returned in 2024. He writes the daily Editor's Letter for print and online and releases The Week in Business roundup video each Thursday. He is particularly interested in the health of London's capital markets, economic policy, politics, regulation and business activity in the City of London. He regularly appears in the broadcast media and presents a daily Business News slot on LBC at 0730, Monday to Friday. Find Christian on X and LinkedIn.

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An advert for what can go wrong in ad-land

December 11, 2019

One of the grandest advertising agencies has lost some of its grandest names. Co-founder (and until last night, executive director) Maurice Saatchi joins Lord Michael Dobbs, Sir Michael Peat and Lorna Tilbian in a boardroom exodus. M&C Saatchi chairman Jeremy Sinclair said “we have accepted the decision of these directors to resign.” No thanks for the [...]
The Lib Dems deserve a bad night at the polls

December 9, 2019

Conducting a post-mortem on an election campaign before the results come in is risky business. But if the polls have got it all wrong (again) and if Jeremy Corbyn concocts a way into Downing Street over the coming weekend, then analysing the state of the Liberal Democrats will be the last thing on anyone’s mind. [...]
Corbyn can’t fix your miserable commute

December 3, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn is well and truly getting into the Christmas spirit — he’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice, Jeremy is coming to town. Momentum activists could turn that into a Christmas number one. But who’s on the Labour leader’s list? Well, he’s pretty clear about who’s been [...]
Hong Kong protesters should be welcomed

December 2, 2019

What connects China’s systematic abuse of human rights with the Tory party’s commitment to a “global Britain” post-Brexit? The answer is Hong Kong. Even before the protests of recent months captured the world’s attention, China’s erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong and its sprawling security presence meant that the rights and freedoms which the [...]
The election could redraw the country and reshape the Tories

November 29, 2019

Opinion polls don’t just report the state of play, they can help fashion what comes next. The huge YouGov survey of 100,000 voters that translated into a Tory majority of 68 was unusual not just because of its scale but because it analysed every constituency. Most polls take a small national sample and use that [...]
NHS stunt reveals how desperate Labour is

November 28, 2019

Labour’s unconventional relationship with the media took another couple of twists yesterday. First up, shadow trade secretary Barry Gardiner failed to conceal his irritation when a reporter from ITV asked a question about Labour’s antisemitism problem. He snapped: “Do you have a question about the issue we’re discussing, or was that just an opportune moment [...]
A second referendum would come at a cost

November 27, 2019

Brexit is testing traditional party loyalties almost to destruction. According to pollster Peter Kellner, the Tories could grab more than 50 seats from Labour, largely in areas where it’s been assumed that people simply don’t vote Tory. At the other end of the debate, Brexit is leading people into uncomfortable compromises. People who never thought [...]
Uber keeps giving its critics what they want

November 26, 2019

The relationship between Uber and regulator Transport for London (TfL) has always appeared to be one of mutual distrust. From its earliest incarnation the ride-hailing app left plenty of feathers ruffled after breezing into London and disrupting a market that had been the preserve of black cabs and minicabs. Read more: Why did Uber lose [...]
McDonnell wields his corporate cattle prod

November 20, 2019

While Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson slogged it out on TV last night, the City was still digesting the latest softly-spoken assault by Labour’s shadow chancellor. John McDonnell doesn’t fly into fits of outrage, not even when attacking the “obscene wealth” of billionaires. He appeared to unveil plans for the biggest revolution in company law [...]
Party leaders bid to charm top bosses at CBI bash

November 19, 2019

The election campaign intruded on the CBI’s annual conference yesterday, making the event even more political and even less about business than it otherwise would have been. That said, the topics slotted into the agenda around the political speeches focused mostly on climate change, inequality, profit with purpose (Justin Welby was on stage for that) [...]

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