Monitoring the situation: HSBC to add 46 CCTV cameras with ‘face detection’ outside new City HQ Banking Few banks are better at monitoring the situation than HSBC. The UK’s biggest bank is gearing up to install dozens of CCTV cameras around the perimeter of its new City headquarters as it ramps up security ahead of its move from Canary Wharf next year. HSBC plans to fit as many as 51 new cameras, [...]
The Capitalist: A Reeves speech or swan song? Dispatch from Mansion House Opinion Summer evenings with Rachel Reeves, Geoff Hurst and Keval Joshi; catch up on the latest gossip in this week's The Capitalist.
The Capitalist: Colonel Carns hosts delulu dinner for leadership bid Opinion Al Carns thinks he's still in with a shot, the Chancellor practices her times tables and City AM get sporty; catch up on the latest gossip.
An apology to Keir Starmer June 18, 2026 Footage released of the Russian-organised arsonists who attacked Keir Starmer’s North London home show they pulled off the reprehensible act by drenching a copy of a recent City AM with lighter fluid, before setting it ablaze. At City AM we like to say our paper has an impact that touches the highest levels of government. [...]
The Capitalist: Claridge’s launches the ‘Mayfair Meal Deal’ May 28, 2026 Claridge's moves in on Tesco, things get heated at the ideas festival, and workers hide in the loo; catch up on the latest shenanigans.
The Capitalist: City AM dirty stop outs blame the Guildhall lost and found May 14, 2026 Andy Burnham, X-rated typos and trouble at the Guildhall lost and found; catch up on the latest City gossip in The Capitalist.
The Capitalist: US tipping and doggy bags infest London restaurants April 30, 2026 The scourge of US tipping culture, a Pitbull lookalike competition and the world's longest tiramisu; catch up on the latest London shenanigans.
The Capitalist: Ian Mckellen goes off-script at Olivier Awards April 16, 2026 Dispatch from the Olivier Awards, Jeremy King and AI sermons; catch up on the latest gossip in this week's The Capitalist.
The Capitalist: Warning – this is an April Fool’s joke! Haha! April 1, 2026 April Fool's, AI 'writers' and economists playing football; catch up on the latest City gossip in this week's The Capitalist.
The Capitalist: RAC is not a roadside assistance firm March 26, 2026 Breakdown…in comms The Capitalist was shocked this week after being approached by a spokesperson for RAC, telling City AM off for referring to the company as a roadside assistance firm in a recent story. RAC is not, in fact, a roadside assistance firm, said the spokesperson, who was from PR company Brunswick. Which is funny, [...]
