Skip to content
City AM
Main navigation
Download free app
  • News
    • News
      • Latest Business News
      • Economics
      • Politics
      • Tech
      • Banking
      • FTSE 100 Live
      • Retail
      • Insurance
      • Legal
      • Property
      • Transport
      • Markets
    • From our partners
      • AON
      • Bayes Business School
      • City of London BIDs
      • Central London Alliance CIC
      • Destination City
      • Halkin
      • Olympia
      • Inside Saudi
      • Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
      • Santander X
      • YEAR SIX Dividend
    • Featured

      ‘The government needs to take us seriously’: Pub landlords brew plans to bar MPs – again

      Heston Blumenthal is an English celebrity chef, TV personality and food writer

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Opinion
  • Sport
    • Latest Sports News
      • Sport
      • Sport Business
      • The Punter
    • From our partners
      • The Morning Briefing: SBS x City AM
      • Aramco Team Series
      • LIV Golf
    • Featured

      Commonwealth Games generated £223m for Scotland

      Nighttime fireworks display over a river, with colorful bursts reflecting on the water and city buildings in the background.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Life&Style
    • Life&Style
      • Life&Style
      • Toast the City Awards
      • The Magazine
      • Travel
      • Culture
      • Motoring
      • Wellness
      • City AM Puzzles
      • The RED BULLETiN
      • Do it with Shared Ownership
      • Media Speak Hub
    • Featured

      London Watch Week – The City Edition mega preview, featuring Christopher Ward, Nomos and more

      The Royal Exchange and Bank of England building in Londons financial district, with modern skyscrapers behind.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Investec
  • Events
  • Pension Report
  • Newsletters
  • Latest Paper

By: Kate Willard

Kate Willard is the Thames Estuary envoy.

All 2 Articles
  • The Notebook: Kate Willard on how building connections is the key to business

    THE NOTEBOOK

    The notebook is a place where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Kate Willard, envoy for the Thames Estuary. The best partnerships are forged in person Ploughing through three feet of snow through downtown Detroit one bitterly cold February morning wasn’t perhaps the classic route to a new world of business opportunity. For one [...]

  • Don’t leave the South East behind as Britain levels up

    Don’t leave the South East behind as Britain levels up

    The Big Smoke dominates — our economy, our culture and our, well, pretty much everything in the UK. In Westminster, just a small corner of the behemoth that is London, life-changing decisions — for better and worse — are being made that will dramatically impact public services, businesses, and families for years to come. That [...]

    Law firms face a tough year amid the coronavirus slowdown

Trending Articles

  • ‘The government needs to take us seriously’: Pub landlords brew plans to bar MPs – again

  • Nick Train flagship fund posts best month in its history as software bet starts to pay off

  • Jenrick lends support to Poundland suitors 

  • Voters expect ‘no difference’ to UK economy after Healey’s modest Budget

  • City tourism boosted with £230m Farringdon hotel plans

Subscribe

Subscribe to the City AM newsletter to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

Subscribe
  • Got a story?
  • About City AM
  • Careers
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy settings
  • News
  • Markets & Economics
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Life&Style
  • Personal Finance
  • City AM Events
  • City Winners
  • The Punter
  • Casino
  • City AM Puzzles

Follow us for breaking news and latest updates

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Advertising
  • About
  • Licensing
Copyright 2026 City AM Limited