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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Flybe bailout reveals Johnson’s priorities

January 16, 2020

During the election campaign, Labour claimed that a Tory victory would unleash “Thatcherism on steroids”. Now, just weeks into the new Boris Johnson era, corporate bailouts are on the agenda. Hardly the rampant free-market dogma we were warned about. The troubled airline Flybe has received a £100m temporary tax break, plus the promise of a [...]
Why Larry Fink is right to hail the great reallocation

January 15, 2020

When you manage over $7 trillion your investment decisions don’t just move markets, they shape them. Blackrock’s Larry Fink understands this and his annual letter to CEOs tends to set out his big-picture thoughts on what companies and boards ought to be thinking about – and what they ought to be doing. His 2018 letter [...]
Boardroom shakeup at Buckingham Palace

January 14, 2020

A shock decision that caught the establishment by surprise has led to rancour and division. Now, after hectic negotiations during which the media lapped up spin from each side, it looks as if a Canada-style deal is on the cards — following a pragmatic transition period. But this ain’t Brexit folks, it’s the modern monarchy [...]
Signs of an economy trying to grow

January 13, 2020

The capital starts the new decade with a spring in its step. In fact, it bounced along nicely (and ahead of the rest of the country) throughout last year, and still found space to cash in some pent-up investment in the wake of Boris Johnson’s electoral victory. London’s dominance is a familiar story, but given [...]
Corbyn’s defeat won’t end the debate about capitalism

January 10, 2020

The city, the wider business community and, indeed, our entire market economy may have escaped the ravages of Corbynism, but that doesn’t mean questions about corporate conduct or the nature of modern capitalism will fall away. Nor does it mean that business leaders and advocates of liberal, free-market economics should step back from addressing issues [...]
Labour refuses to learn the lessons of defeat

January 8, 2020

Having overseen Labour’s worst defeat since the 1930s Jeremy Corbyn called for “a period of reflection”. Unfortunately, this overlaps with the campaign to replace him, so instead of ruminating on the reasons for their electoral humiliation Labour MPs are busy pandering to a party membership that still thinks Corbyn was right and the voters were [...]
Retail landscape will continue to evolve

January 7, 2020

At first glance, the £50m deal to convert a north London retail park into a warehouse and logistics hub is a perfect representation of the forces upending an embattled sector. The relentless rise of online shopping and home delivery means plots like the Ravenside site in Edmonton, snapped up by warehousing giant Prologis, is worth [...]
A no-deal EU exit is still an unlikely outcome

December 17, 2019

Well, that didn’t take long. Just a few days after Boris Johnson’s thumping majority sent sterling up to pre-referendum highs, his flirtation with a no-deal exit brought it back down to earth yesterday. Read more: CBI welcomes Prime Minister’s Brexit trade deal deadline But are the markets (heaven forbid) missing something? The government is embarking [...]
What will Johnsonism look like in practice?

December 16, 2019

The ramifications of last week’s General Election will be felt far and wide. Politically, the size and nature of the new Tory majority poses questions for all parties. Labour is in its worst position for more than 80 years, and the shock of its defeat appears to have affected the party’s ability to confront reality. [...]
A dramatic result that changes everything

December 13, 2019

The battle for Brexit is over. If Boris Johnson returns to Westminster with anything close to the majority predicted by the sensational exit poll, he will deliver his “oven ready” Brexit deal faster than a Deliveroo drone. We will leave the EU by the end of January and enter the transition phase. After that, Johnson [...]

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