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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Christmas comes early for Young’s as party bookings surge

November 13, 2025

One of the UK’s biggest pub groups has seen a surge in festive parties as the London-listed firm reported rising sales. Young’s, which operates nearly 300 pubs across London and the south of England, reported a 22 per cent rise in Christmas bookings compared to last year. “Christmas seems to be getting bigger every year,” [...]
Squint hard enough and you can see signs of the AI bubble bursting

November 13, 2025

Is the AI bubble bursting? Naturally, most eyes are on the movements of the world’s biggest tech firms – the OpenAIs, the Microsofts, the Nvidias. These are, after all, where a large share of AI investment has been deployed. But for the earliest tell-tale signs, it’s worth looking a lot further down the food chain. [...]
Business leaders bemoan Budget uncertainty as tax hikes loom

November 13, 2025

Business leaders up and down the country have poured scorn on the Chancellor after months of Budget uncertainty damaged consumer confidence and forced firms to hold off key investment decisions. Scores of chief executives, from retail to hospitality to telecoms and manufacturing, have voiced their concern over the lack of a clear fiscal plan after [...]
Shawbrook’s private equity owner eyes another £3bn IPO

November 12, 2025

The private equity owner of specialist lender Shawbrook is eyeing another blockbuster listing for one of its portfolio companies, fresh reports have suggested. Pollen Street Capital is understood to be laying the groundwork for an IPO for its UK insurer Markerstudy with conversations underway with investment bankers over a listing that could value the firm [...]
Motorpoint sold hundreds of cars using AI agent as profits jump

November 12, 2025

Motorpoint has revealed it sold hundreds of cars using its new AI agent as the car dealer reported a jump in profits. Chief executive Mark Carpenter said the use of the agent allowed the London-listed firm to be more persistent with its sales strategy when human sales agents might have given up. “We’ve sold about [...]
Fuller’s boss hits out at ‘lack of clear plan’ from Chancellor amid Budget fears

November 12, 2025

The boss of one of Britain’s biggest pub chains has taken aim at a “lack of clear plan” from the Chancellor as the hospitality sector braces for another round of tax rises at the forthcoming Budget. Simon Emeny, executive chair of Fuller’s, said the government needed “new ideas, new thinking” if it is to live [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Taylor Wimpey and Fuller’s Budget warning; Starmer under fire

November 12, 2025

Good morning from the City AM live blog team. The FTSE 100 is springing back to life this week, managing to seal its second consecutive record close at 9,899.60p after a 1.15 per cent gain and bringing the index a whisker away from the 10,000 mark. The blue-chip index has rallied after the US government [...]
UK investors withdraw from equities at record pace amid bubble and Budget fears

November 11, 2025

UK investors have withdrawn from equities at a record pace amid investor nerves over soaring stock prices and a flurry of forthcoming tax hikes at the Budget. As much as £7.3bn was pulled from equity funds in the four months to the end of October, according to figures from Calastone, representing the largest outflow ever [...]
Ineos blasts ‘industrial self harm’ as firm battles Brussels over dumping

November 11, 2025

Ineos has accused Brussels of “industrial self harm” as the company fights back against what it described as “dumping” of imports to Europe from Asia. The chemicals company, controlled by billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, today confirmed that it has filed or is in the process of filing ten major anti-dumping cases with the European Commission, [...]
Vodafone chief shakes off Budget gloom as shares jump

November 11, 2025

Vodafone’s chief executive has said the forthcoming Budget is “not a big thing for us” after the telco defied wider economic gloom to deliver a dividend hike. The FTSE 100 firm said it saw 1.2 per cent growth in the UK in the six months to the end of September, while Germany, a key market, [...]

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