By: Maisie Grice

Investment Reporter Maisie Grice is City AM’s investment reporter. She completed the Financial Time’s newsroom apprenticeship, working on specialist magazine Investors’ Chronicle and the UK news desk before joining FT Money as a personal finance reporter. She also worked as a regional news reporter at the Manchester Evening News, covering live events, crime and local politics.

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Gen Z office worker confidence crisis leads to uptick in AI use

January 22, 2026

Britain’s youngest office workers are increasingly turning to AI to complete everyday tasks despite fears the technology could soon wipe out their roles. Gen Z reported feeling intense pressure to come across as more qualified than they feel upon entering the workforce, leading many to exaggerate on their CV, while over 65 per cent turn [...]
Wealthy London boroughs see house prices plummet amid Budget speculation

January 21, 2026

Inner London house prices plummeted at their fastest pace since the global financial crisis in November, after property taxes speculation in the lead up to the Autumn Budget and affordability constraints damaged market activity. The 4.6 per cent year on year drop of house prices in the capital in November followed a 4.3 per cent [...]
Wetherspoon shares sink after business rates knock profit

January 21, 2026

Wetherspoon shares slumped on Wednesday after the pub giant laid bare the scale of the financial hit from November’s tax-raising Budget. The FTSE 250 member said cost rises across energy, wages, repairs and business rates had put up costs by a staggering £45m in the 25 weeks to mid-January. That would imply a cost rise [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Trump to rock davos; Stocks dip after inflation

January 21, 2026

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Inflation spiked above expectations this morning, coming in at 3.4 per cent, according to fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This soared above a poll of economists by Bloomberg expecting 3.3 per cent. “Inflation ticked up a little in December, driven partly [...]
GSK to acquire US biotech group for $2.2bn

January 20, 2026

FTSE 100 giant GSK has reached an agreement to acquire US based biotech group Rapt Therapeutics. The deal values the company, which develops therapies for treating people with inflammatory and immunologic diseases, at $2.2bn (£1.6bn), and marks the first major deal for new GSK chief executive Luke Miels, coming just weeks after he took charge [...]
FTSE 250 housebuilder Taylor Wimpey strikes fresh deal with Zoopla

January 20, 2026

One of the UK’s biggest housebuilders has signed a new contract with top property website Zoopla as it seeks to boost conversion rates for its new developments. FTSE 250 constituent Taylor Wimpey said the fresh agreement would support the company with further market data and insights to enable it to obtain the best return on [...]
House affordability offers first time buyers boost but Londoners lag behind

January 20, 2026

Improved house affordability has sparked an uptick in first time buyer activity over the last year, but those on lower incomes remain shut out of the housing market. Affordability constraints eased slightly, due to declining mortgage rates and wage growth surpassing house price growth, bolstering buyer demand, particularly among those taking the first step onto [...]
UK retains investment appeal but CEO confidence falters

January 19, 2026

The UK has strengthened its position as a global investment hub over the last twelve months, as it works to offset competition from other countries. Britain remained the second-most attractive destination for international investment for chief executives last year, according to the latest survey from PwC, but now shares the position with Germany and India. [...]
High earners could be missing out on thousands in pension tax relief

January 19, 2026

High earners could be at risk of losing a quarter of a million pounds in pension tax relief through failing to reclaim by the self-assessment tax return deadline. Brit ensnared in the £100,000 tax trap could see thousands of pounds slipping out of their grasp, as well as valuable free childcare support, according to wealth [...]
ChatGPT to trial adverts for some users for the first time

January 17, 2026

Online AI tool ChatGPT will begin to show users adverts for the first time, as it looks to recover from financial losses. Open AI, the bot’s developer, said it would start displaying adverts in the coming weeks based on what people ask ChatGPT as well as personal data the tool stores on users. Relevant ads [...]

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