By: James Nickerson

I am a reporter at City A.M. looking at the stories, people and data behind political events from the UK, Europe and further afield. I also write about infrastructure and transport, as well as broader issues around global business.

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Panama papers: Why the era of operating behind a veil is coming to an end

April 25, 2016

For the last three weeks, the Panama Papers have dominated headlines worldwide, leading to embarrassment, back-tracking and resignations among some of the world’s political elite. In the furore that’s followed, politicians have entered uncharted territory of scrutiny, with the publishing of tax returns now potentially a prerequisite for anyone seeking a job in high office. [...]
Obama’s Brexit threat is a problem for Leave

April 25, 2016

Did you catch the Obama show? You can hardly have missed the buildup, even if you didn’t tune in for the killer press conference where the leader of the free world told its largest foreign investor that we’d be banished to the back of the line if we came looking for a post-Brexit trade deal. The [...]
City Moves for 25 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

April 25, 2016

FARMDROP Former Marks & Spencer head of logistics, Philip Eaves has joined online marketplace, Farmdrop as its first director of supply chain. The appointment coincides with a major product upgrade as the online marketplace launches one-hour slot, seven-day deliveries via its fleet of zero emission electric vans and Farmdroppers. Philip previously headed up logistical development [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Labour grandee Lord Peter Mandelson urges business not to allow Zac Goldsmith to use City Hall to push the UK out of the EU

April 25, 2016

The City and London’s wider business community has been urged by a Labour grandee not to allow Tory mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith to “use City Hall as a vanguard for the Brexit campaign”. In his first intervention in the mayoral election, Lord Peter Mandelson exclusively told City A.M. that he wants to call on the business [...]
Britain’s retailers dependent on EU for online growth

April 25, 2016

The importance of the EU to the UK’s retailers has been highlighted in a British Retail Consortium report on internet searches released today. The total number of internet searches for UK retail websites was up up 52 per cent in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, with 14 EU [...]
Consumer confidence the worst in London, according to report by Deloitte

April 25, 2016

London consumer confidence is the lowest in the UK according to a report by Deloitte released today. Against a backdrop of falling confidence across the country, London scored the worst in the first three months of 2016 with job security confidence falling six per cent and disposable income confidence down nine per cent. According to [...]
EU referendum: British businesses press “pause button” on hiring professional talent amid Brexit concerns

April 25, 2016

Demand for professional talent has slowed with recruitment firms now having just one per cent more vacancies on their books than this time last year. According to research by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), permanent vacancies across financial services and marketing have increased 10 per cent and 12 per cent respectively while IT and [...]
City workers want to stay in London despite bonus clampdown and the risk of Brexit

April 25, 2016

Bonus restrictions and a possible Brexit have not impacted London’s appeal to financial sector workers, according to a survey by recruitment firm Astbury Marsden. The proportion of financial services workers who would consider moving to other global financial centres has fallen from 79 per cent to 61 per cent, the poll showed. Over half of [...]
Number of care homes going bust rises by more than a third in the last three years as national living wage is set to put more strain on the sector

April 25, 2016

The number of care homes going bust has risen 34 per cent in the last three years, according to research by accountancy firm Moore Stephens. The report found that the government’s introduction of a mandatory national living wage from April this year is set to put more financial strain on the sector as staff costs [...]
UK’s largest pub owner Enterprise Inns set to launch pubs around London

April 25, 2016

The UK’s largest pub owner Enterprise Inns is set to launch pubs around London as part of a new venture called Frontier Pubs. Enterprise Inns has entered into a "managed expert agreement" with Food & Fuel, the London-based operator of gastro pubs and cafe bars. It did not say how many pubs it plans to open as [...]

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.

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