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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Fresh row over plan to mandate pension fund investments

April 30, 2025

A row has erupted over reports the government is plotting to set mandates on pension fund allocations, while the chief architect of the so-called Mansion House reforms – which aimed to encourage the deployment of pension fund assets into unlisted equities – has distanced himself from the move. Pension bosses are understood to have been [...]
Private takeovers ‘biggest threat’ to London market, report finds

April 30, 2025

Private markets are a much bigger threat to the London Stock Exchange than the lure of an overseas listing, a new report has found, as it poured scorn on the “misleading” narratives that tempt fast-growing firms to drop London in favour of a New York IPO. The US has welcomed as much as $676bn worth [...]
THG posts rise in beauty sales

April 29, 2025

THG hailed a strong performance in its beauty division as the e-commerce firm posted its annual results. The division, which is the largest of the firm’s units and includes the Biossance, ESPA and Lookfantastic brands, posted a 4.6 per cent rise in turnover to £1.1bn for the 2024 calendar year. Demand for skincare and fragrance [...]
ABF weighs closing Yorkshire plant after accusing government of ‘undermining’ viability

April 29, 2025

More than 100 jobs could be at risk after the owner of a Yorkshire bioethanol plant said it was considering shutting down the facility, blaming the move on the government “undermining” its viability. The Salt End, Kingston upon Hull-based plant, which is operated by Vivergo and employs around 150 staff, has swung to a loss [...]
Bank of England ‘killing’ UK stablecoin ambitions, body warns

April 29, 2025

The Bank of England risks “killing” London’s potential to become a global hub for stablecoins with its “prescriptive” rules, an industry body has warned, as it called for the rapid creation of a regulatory regime to support use of the digital assets. London’s dominance of the foreign exchange market, in which it accounts for as [...]
Lidl eyes Mayfair and Chelsea stores amid £500m expansion

April 28, 2025

You could soon shop at a Lidl store in the swanky London districts of Mayfair and Chelsea as the low-cost supermarket plans dozens more store openings as part of a £500m expansion plan. The German-owned business, which controls 7.8 per cent of the UK grocery market according to latest Kantar figures, has published a list [...]
Deliveroo to crack down on badly-behaved riders with policy hire

April 24, 2025

Deliveroo is ramping up its efforts to crack down on badly-behaved drivers with a new senior hire. The London-based food delivery app has posted a job ad for a “rider policy manager” who will be tasked with creating policies “to address breaches of contract by riders which have a detrimental impact on the customer experience.” [...]
Recruitment firms shutting at fastest rate since financial crash

April 24, 2025

Recruitment agencies are shutting for business at their fastest rate in fifteen years as companies tear up hiring plans amid rising taxes and global economic uncertainty. As many as 120 recruitment businesses have appointed liquidators in the past six months, a City AM analysis of insolvency disclosures has found, a jump of 17 per cent [...]
London juice bar chain Crussh enters liquidation

April 23, 2025

One of London’s best-known juice bar chains has entered liquidation, City AM can reveal, after the healthy drinks business faltered under squeezed consumer spending and a surge in costs and tax hikes. Wimbledon-based Crussh, which operated stores in Kensington, Soho and the Square Mile, has this week appointed Mayfair-based business recovery firm Voscap to act [...]
Jorginho-backed investing app Gather Being re-emerges from administration

April 22, 2025

An investing app backed by Arsenal star Jorginho has been re-launched after being put in administration, City AM can reveal. Gather Being, which was founded as Gather in 2019, was launched in the summer 2023 after the Italian midfielder acquired a 10 per cent stake. But within months the startup was issued a winding-up petition [...]

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