By: Simon Hunt

City Editor Simon Hunt is City editor at City AM, covering the economy and financial markets. He was previously business correspondent for the Evening Standard and a reporter for Bloomberg News.

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UK house prices stagnated in June, Halifax index finds

July 7, 2025

UK house prices were stagnant in June with average prices flatlining at £296,665, according to the latest Halifax data. Despite a 0.3 per cent drop from April to May, the average UK house price was still 2.5 per cent higher than it was in June of last year. Properties in London saw a rise of [...]
Economists urge fiscal discipline after ‘rollercoaster’ week for bond market

July 4, 2025

Economists have called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to exercise fiscal discipline after a “rollercoaster” week in the bond market exposed the precarity of the government’s finances. Yields on 10-year gilts briefly rose more than 20 basis points, the highest intraday rise since the ill-fated Liz Truss minibudget in 2022, after Reeves appeared distraught in the [...]
London IPO fundraising slumps to 30 year low

July 4, 2025

IPO fundraising has slumped to a 30-year low in London in the latest warning sign on the health of the UK’s capital markets. Just £160m was raised from five listings on the London markets in the first six months of the year, the lowest-first half since 1995, according to data from Dealogic shared with the [...]
How much tax do you pay above £100k? Britain’s highest earners in numbers

July 4, 2025

A growing number of Brits have seen their salaries hit £100k – but a growing number are also feeling underwhelmed after having crossed the threshold. What accounts for their disappointment? There were as many as 1.35m taxpayers earning over £100,000 in the UK during the 2022/23 tax year, an increase of around 16 per cent [...]
Bank of England ‘open minded’ on use of stablecoins in wholesale markets

July 3, 2025

A director at the Bank of England has said Britain’s central bank is “open minded” on the use of stablecoins in wholesale markets in a marked softening of its stance in the technology. Speaking at the City Week conference, Sasha Mills, Executive director of Financial Market Infrastructure, said the Bank was “considering” what role stablecoins [...]
Relief for startups as government U-turns on onerous Companies House rules

July 3, 2025

Small businesses are breathing a sigh of relief after it emerged the government is set to U-turn on the introduction of new onerous Companies House rules. The new rules, which were due to come into effect in April 2027, would have required small and micro companies to disclose their profit and loss statements for the [...]
‘Fair business’ for Aquis stocks to get into crypto, exchange boss says

July 3, 2025

The boss of the new owner of Aquis has said it is “fair business” for firms to hold crypto after a wave of the exchange’s constituents adopted Bitcoin treasury policies. Bjorn Sibbern, CEO of stock exchange Six, which this week completed its £225m takeover of Aquis, told City AM: “If we have listed companies that [...]
Keir Starmer rocked by full-blown crisis as PM marks first year in office

July 3, 2025

Keir Starmer is facing a full-blown political crisis as he marks his first year in office under pressure from disgruntled MPs, frustrated businesses and jittery financial markets. Speculation grew yesterday that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be ousted from Number 11 after the PM failed to back her during questions in the House of Commons, with [...]
UK on track for biggest year of takeovers since 2021

July 2, 2025

The UK is on course for its biggest year of takeovers since 2021 as more and more companies exit the London stock market after being snapped up by private equity. As much as £74bn in offers was made to UK firms in the first half of the year, according to an analysis by Peel Hunt, [...]
Exclusive: Revolut, Octopus mull joining Pisces

July 2, 2025

Revolut, Octopus and Oaknorth are among billion-pound businesses weighing joining the new Pisces private stock market after being courted by prospective operator London Stock Exchange Group, City AM can reveal. The fast-growing firms were part of a group of around two dozen major businesses who attended a private conference hosted by LSE boss Julia Hoggett [...]

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