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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Volkswagen may face a record-breaking £30bn lawsuit from shareholders over emissions scandal

October 18, 2015

GERMAN car-maker Volkswagen could be set for more trouble, after it has emerged that one of the world’s biggest law-firms is planning to make a record-breaking multi-billion pound legal attack on the company. Law firm Quinn Emanuel, which has won almost €50bn (£32bn) for clients and represented major companies including Google and Fifa, has been [...]
The Apprentice 2015 candidates: Hardly any City folk want to work for Alan Sugar any more

October 15, 2015

Though stars of The Apprentice are already jumping through hoops to work with TV finger pointer Lord Sugar, City workers are the most apathetic they’ve ever been about the show, with most lawyers and accountants saying they would never quit their jobs to go and work for the man himself. Some 18 per cent of lawyers [...]
Buy a DeLorean time machine car on Gumtree ahead of the UK’s Back to the Future Day 2015

October 14, 2015

Back To The Future Day 2015 is almost upon us, and now you can even buy your very own time machine to celebrate. October 21 2015 was the date that Marty McFly and Doc arrived in the 1989 hit film Back To The Future II, and while the fictional hover-boards from the film might still [...]
Rita Ora gave a show-stopping performance at Google’s Brandcast party last night

October 14, 2015

Organisers at Google’s Brandcast event last night were keen to talk about pop diva Rita Ora’s “sultry” headline performance, but the real heat was to be had in the ongoing battle for brand advertising budgets between YouTube and our domestic television commercial teams. Google UK and Ireland boss Eileen Naughton prepared attendees for a “small-screen [...]
Canary Wharf tube driver get sassy with workers following “carnage” on the platforms

October 14, 2015

Canary Wharf’s tube workers appear to have the most sass of all TfL’s staff. For all the suits, brylcreem and male pattern baldness that make up Canary Wharf's backdrop, you’d be forgiven for thinking that those in finance are mature, responsible adults. However, one tube driver on the Jubilee line was extremely disappointed [...]
What is the etiquette on bankers dating each other?

October 13, 2015

Dating is a minefield at the best of times, but can be an absolute nightmare for those in the City. Long hours and heavy workloads mean that bankers rarely meet anyone outside of the world of finance, but what is the etiquette around dating in the workplace? While there aren’t any specific rules on dating [...]
Fire alert in Canary Wharf tower One Canada Square leaves workers out in the cold

October 12, 2015

A fire alert meant hundreds of workers were evacuated from their offices at Canary Wharf building One Canada Square this morning. Fire engines were called to the iconic skyscraper this morning after an alarm was mistakenly triggered, meaning hundreds of the building’s staff were stuck milling around outside. A spokesperson from the London Fire Brigade said: “Engines were called out [...]
Nigella Lawson is coming to Canary Wharf this month

October 7, 2015

We can already imagine the sheer glee on the faces of Canary Wharf’s male population when they find out that TV Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson is coming to the Docklands for a book signing later this month. Lawson will be beating the brokers off with a stick on October 20, when the stylish chef will [...]
An exhibition in London today turns Vladimir Putin into Batman, Gandhi and Pele, because why not

October 6, 2015

Russian leader Vladimir Putin celebrates his 63rd birthday on 7 October and Hackney hipsters are hoping to celebrate with along him, after the opening of an exhibition which puts Putin right up there with Alexander the Great and Mahatma Gandhi as a “famous hero” of our time. The international exhibition, "Putin Universe" will be open in Moscow and [...]
Senior workers are holding off retirement and cashing in pensions for their own children

October 5, 2015

The Taxpayer’s Alliance may be pushing for an end to winter fuel allowances and senior bus passes, but researchers at Investec have hit back with their own study, claiming that the elderly are already suffering because they’re giving too much of their pension pots to their grandchildren. The study claims that parents and grandparents who gift [...]

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