By: Edith Hancock

I edit The Capitalist, City A.M.'s diary. I cover the parties, gossip and lighter side of news in the Square Mile. Got a story? reach me at thecapitalist@cityam.com

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City A.M’s London Marathon runner George Reed needs to put his feet up after an injury, but he says he’ll still beat Bank of England boss Mark Carney’s time last year

April 6, 2016

George Reed, the self-styled City schmoozer running the London Marathon for City A.M., needs to rest up after suffering a sprain that could affect his performance on the big day. Reed, director at oil and gas recruiter Thorold Dewling, won the chance to run this year's race on behalf of City A.M's drive to raise £1m for cancer charity Maggie's. [...]
London tailor Kathryn Sargent, London’s first female head cutter, is launching her first shop on Savile Row

April 6, 2016

Trailblazing tailor Kathryn Sargent is breaking down gender barriers on Savile Row one stitch at a time. Sargent, who became Britain's first female head cutter and master tailor in 2009, has just launched a new store on the historic street – the first woman to do so in its entire 350-year history. The shop will be sister to Sargent’s established [...]
Mecca Bingo has just launched a campaign to turn bingo into an Olympic sport

April 6, 2016

The familiar cry of "on your marks" could soon become "eyes down" at the world’s biggest sporting event – after it turned out Mecca Bingo is on a mission to have the game declared as an Olympic sport. Letters have been written to the International Olympic Committee in order to formally begin the application process for Olympic accreditation, with [...]
City heavyweights join shadow business secretary Angela Eagle to decide the corporate winners of this year’s LGBT Awards

April 6, 2016

Distinguished business figures met in the capital today to decide the British LGBT Awards corporate winners The judging panel, made up illustrious names across the banking, finance and legal sectors, met up with shadow business secretary Angela Eagle to pick out winners for an array of gongs that praise the hard work done by Square Mile staffers [...]
James Bond’s tailor Timothy Everest lectures the financial fashion pack at Bar20

April 6, 2016

If The Capitalist has learnt anything, it's that City types love all things James Bond. Last year, no less than four financial firms in London confessed to hosting their own private screenings on the release of Spectre, and some even set up their own martini bars for the night. Earlier this week Mads Mikkelsen, who [...]
This bar is selling cocktails styled on London Mayoral election candidates Sian Berry, Caroline Pidgeon, Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith

April 5, 2016

Is this the most glamorous mayoral election ever? Last year, we found out Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith received a £50,000 donation towards his campaign from his aristocratic mother Lady Annabel Goldsmith. This year, a "day on the campaign trail" with Goldsmith was auctioned off for £35,000 at the Conservatives' annual Black and White Gala, and just last [...]
The voting is open for Voom 2016, the startup pitching competition run by Richard Branson

April 5, 2016

The voting is open for Britain's biggest entrepreneurial battle. Some 300 pitches have already been made, with a further 900 in process for Voom 2016, the annual startup competition run by Virgin Media Business and hosted by his royal highness Sir Richard Branson. The initiative lets British entrepreneurs sell their ideas to execs at Virgin, including Branson [...]
Bands and singers pull out of an anti-EU music festival because they’re actually pro-EU

April 4, 2016

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This brokerage has made Casino Royale Bond villain Le Chiffre its brand ambassador

April 4, 2016

FX trader XTB knows its audience. The international brokerage has launched a new ad campaign, and who better to strike the right tone for a financial services firm than a criminal mastermind? XTB has announced it has recruited award-winning Hollywood actor Mads Mikkelsen as its new brand ambassador. Mikkelsen is no stranger to dirty dealing: he's probably best [...]
Never mind the Olympics, Boris Johnson wants whiff whaff: London is campaigning to host the world table tennis championships

April 4, 2016

You can have your Olympics and your World Cup: a group is campaigning to turn the capital into whiff whaff central next year. London will officially submit its bid to host a premiere international table tennis tournament on Tuesday, as part of the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) World Pro Tour in 2017. If successful, it will be [...]

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