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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Could Gordon Ramsay’s ramen deal be his latest kitchen nightmare?

May 27, 2025

“Take a nice hefty fork of noodles,” Gordon Ramsay says, “and now we’re going to start building.” “Sprinkle my veg in and around: look at that, beautiful. And then add a touch more noodles.” Ramsay is in the middle of a YouTube tutorial on the Chef Woo channel, showing viewers how to make a chicken [...]
New warning over ‘stealth’ £9bn income tax raid

May 27, 2025

The government is under fire over its “stealth tax bombshell” as hundreds of thousands of Brits are set to be dragged into higher tax bands by the end of the decade. As many as 1.9m workers will see their pay fall into higher tax brackets by 2030 as the bands fail to keep pace with [...]
Slash red tape for fund managers or risk ‘industry exodus’

May 23, 2025

The government must slash red tape preventing new fund managers from setting up or risk an industry exodus, experts have warned. The rate of new fund management businesses being created has dropped precipitously in recent years as high barriers to entry have pushed too many entrepreneurs away from the industry, according to a report by [...]
BT ups dividend as firm refocuses on the UK

May 22, 2025

BT has upped its dividend to shareholders as the telecoms giant reported a rise in profits. The FTSE 100 company has declared a final dividend of 5.76p per share, bringing its full-year dividend to 8.16p, an increase of two per cent on the previous year. The firm’s policy is to at least maintain or increase [...]
Government debt sale delayed over ‘Bloomberg system issues’

May 21, 2025

An auction of UK government debt was delayed on Wednesday after a Bloomberg system outage prevented traders from participating. In a statement the UK’s Debt Management Office (DMO) said: “Due to the ongoing market-wide Bloomberg system issues, the bidding window for this morning’s auction of 4 per cent Treasury Gilt 2031 is being extended.” A [...]
‘Governance horror-show’: AVI hits out at takeover plan from Dan Loeb-backed Third Point

May 21, 2025

A major shareholder of a London-listed business backed by New York hedge fund manager Dan Loeb has hit out at its planned takeover of a US insurer. AVI, which controls a 7.1 per cent share of Third Point Investors, described its takeover proposal as a “governance horror-show”. “Third Point Investors has for some time been [...]
SSE cuts investment and warns it won’t meet 2030 net zero goal

May 21, 2025

SSE, one of the UK’s biggest energy companies has said it is unlikely to meet its 2030 renewable goal in the latest blow to the government’s net zero plans. SSE said it decided to cut capital investment by as much as £3bn over the next five years, citing macroeconomic uncertainty and planning obstacles. The Perth-based [...]
Pisces has the potential to flourish – if the FCA plays its cards right

May 21, 2025

New Pisces markets could begin trading before the end of this year, in what the government hopes will be a boost for fast-growing companies in search of a stepping stone before reaching IPO. The framework, known as the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, will allow the creation of a new type of private [...]
OBR ridiculed for ‘joke of a salary’ in analyst job offer

May 20, 2025

The UK’s fiscal watchdog has been ridiculed for offering a “joke of a salary” after advertising for new roles. The Office for Budget Responsibility is hiring for three new “fiscal analysts” based in London with a salary range of just £38,430-52,000, despite the jobs being graded a “higher executive officer” function within the organisation. The [...]
Vodafone swings to loss after €4.5bn impairment blow

May 20, 2025

Vodafone has swung to a loss after recording a €4.5bn (£3.8bn) impairment hit amid the continued poor performance of its German business. The telecoms giant posted a pre-tax loss of €1.4bn for the year to end March, compared to a profit of €1.6bn the previous year. Vodafone said the impairment charges “reflect management’s latest assessment [...]

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