By: Jon Robinson

Jon Robinson is City AM's UK Editor and is tasked with leading the expansion of the publication's business coverage beyond London. Based in Manchester, he focuses on regional stories, aiming to give a national platform to companies outside the M25. He is also the host of Boardroom Uncovered, City AM's podcast featuring candid conversations with the UK's top business leaders about their journeys, challenges and successes.

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Jollyes sinks further into the red despite sales surge at Pets at Home rival

March 5, 2025

Jollyes has sunk further into the red despite its sales continuing to surge as it attempts to increase its rivalry with Pets at Home. The company has posted a pre-tax loss of £13.3m for the year to 26 May, 2024, after having also made a £5.3m loss in the prior 12 months. However, newly-filed accounts [...]
Alan Sugar: The Apprentice star sells entire stake in recruitment firm

March 5, 2025

Lord Alan Sugar has sold his entire stake in an engineering and technology recruitment agency which he has backed for more than four years. Hernshead Group was set up by Tom Johnson in 2019 who shortly afterwards persuaded Lord Alan Sugar to invest despite him not going on hit BBC One show, The Apprentice. Johnson [...]
Airbnb: Top UK and Northern European boss checks out

March 4, 2025

Airbnb’s top boss in the UK and Northern Europe is to step down after four years in the role. Amanda Cupples was appointed general manager for the region in March 2021 and was responsible for UK, Ireland, Netherlands and the Nordics. Australian Cupples joined Airbnb from digital health company Babylon Health where she was first [...]
Vitality: Profit on the up at health and life insurance giant

March 4, 2025

Health and life insurer Vitality returned to profit growth during the first six months of its current financial year, it has been revealed. The company, which is UK’s third-largest health insurer behind Bupa and Axa, has posted a normalised profit from £40m for the final six months of 2024. Its UK health division reported a [...]
Freddie Flintoff firm in the red after Top Gear horror crash

March 3, 2025

The company Freddie Flintoff runs to manage his post-cricket business activities, such as media appearances, has fallen into the red after he took time off after a horror crash filming Top Gear for the BBC. Freddie Flintoff Enterprises, which is run by the former England star and his wife, Rachael, has reported a £646,823 loss [...]
BAE Systems boss in line for huge pay day at FTSE 100 giant

March 3, 2025

The chief executive of FTSE 100 defence giant BAE Systems is in line for a huge pay day if shareholders approve proposed changes to the group’s remuneration policy. Charles Woodburn could be handed a bonus worth 500 per cent of his base salary, which currently sits at £1.27m, if he is still in post in [...]
Oak Furnitureland battles rising costs as sales cut

March 3, 2025

Oak Furnitureland remains in the red as a catalogue of issues impacted its sales during its latest financial year. The Swindon-headquartered retailer has revealed its revenue fell by 17 per cent to £236m in the 12 months to the end of June 2024 because of “a soft market, the Red Sea disruption and the subsequent [...]
Co-op Live rakes in millions after overcoming disastrous launch

March 3, 2025

Co-op Live, the UK’s largest indoor arena, bounced back from a disastrous launch to rake in millions during its first year in operation. The £365m Manchester venue hit national headlines at the start of 2024 when its grand opening was delayed several times. The fall out led to the resignation of boss Gary Roden days [...]
Pukka Pies: Price rises ‘inevitable’ at chip shop favourite

March 3, 2025

Chip shop favourite Pukka Pies has warned prices rises are “inevitable” as it battles “significant levels of power and labour inflation”. The Leicester-headquartered company said it delayed increasing its prices during its latest financial year “assess the mid to long-term implications from the underlying inflation” but has since concluded that rises should be introduced. The [...]
Spring Statement 2025: Rachel Reeves should be courageous and favour economics over ideology, says Interactive Investor boss

March 3, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves needs to be “quite courageous” and not “allow ideology to get in the way of economics” when she delivers her Spring Statement on 26 March, the chief executive of Interactive Investor has said. Richard Wilson, speaking on an up-coming episode of City AM‘s Boardroom Uncovered podcast, added that the government’s growth agenda [...]

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