By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B.

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Online building materials CMO suffers from challenging market and poor British weather

May 31, 2024

Online-only building materials firm CMO's revenue and profits suffer a significant drop over the last financial year as the group blames a "difficult market backdrop"
Domino’s Pizza Polish arm boosted with double digit revenue growth

May 31, 2024

London-listed DP Poland, the operator of pizza stores across Poland and Croatia, has had double digit growth in revenue after it invested in "swift service".
Court throws out case against Earl Spencer family bought by Oxford student’s mother over unpaid wages

May 30, 2024

A Tribunal has thrown out a University of Oxford student's case against the 8th Earl Spencer Family over his work at Estate Althorp House
Crispin Odey files defamation lawsuit against the Financial Times

May 30, 2024

Crispin Odey has launched legal proceedings against the FT according to court filings.
How much cash could a tax avoidance clampdown raise?

May 30, 2024

Predictably both parties are reluctant to suggest they will raise taxes, but in recent weeks both have found a conveniently painless source of funding: clamping down on tax avoidance.
Legal regulator sets out ‘excessive’ fee hikes to boost drained industry fund

May 29, 2024

The legal regulator wants to increase law firm fees by 236 per cent in order to rebuild the sector's compensation fund after it was significantly impacted over the last year
Emma Sleep: CMA threatens legal action against mattress firm over pricing tactics

May 29, 2024

The Competition and Market Authority has threatened mattress company Emma Sleep with a lawsuit unless it "commits to changing its practices"
Next stop £195,000? Another law firm hikes junior lawyer pay

May 29, 2024

Clifford Chance is the latest magic circle firm to raise its newly-qualified salary in a salary war that has no sign of slowing down
Election leaves litigation funding Bill in limbo. What’s next for the multi-billion pound industry?

May 29, 2024

After a huge push from the funding industry to introduce a new law on litigation funding, the PM called on a snap election which now puts it into limbo
Tribunal reverses CMA’s £35m fine against four anti-nausea pharmaceutical firms

May 28, 2024

Four pharmaceutical companies have successfully appealed and reversed a £35m fine imposed by the competition regulator over anti-nausea tablets

Trump ban on AI access to foreign users forces Anthropic to suspend models

Adidas, Burberry and so much Beckham: The six best 2026 World Cup ad campaigns

The best places to eat sandwiches in Lisbon, from bifanas to pregos

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