By: William Turvill

I write about M&A, deals, IPOs, private equity, asset management, media and a few other areas for City A.M. I also write news features and am always interested in interviewing and profiling high-profile business figures. I previously worked for Press Gazette and Mail Online.

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Two Lloyds execs set to leave as pressure grows on banking group

September 12, 2016

Two of Lloyds’ most senior executives are set to leave the banking group. The company’s group director of digital Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Sola is to depart after three years in his position. And Mary Hall, the bank’s group audit director, is also set for an exit, Sky News first reported. Read more: RBS and Lloyds shares tumble [...]
£4bn UK music industry calls for Brexit protection

September 12, 2016

Music contributed £4.1bn to the UK economy last year, a new report has found. Calling for the industry to be protected after the UK’s Brexit vote, research by UK Music also revealed that exports generated £2.2bn in revenue in 2015. The report estimated that export revenue in live music grew by an estimated 35 per [...]
Brexit has had little impact on the UK advertising market so far, new report shows

September 12, 2016

The short-term impact of the UK’s Brexit vote on the advertising industry has not been as bad as was feared, a new report out today reveals. Zenith’s advertising expenditure report is forecasting 5.4 per cent growth this year, down 0.2 percentage points from previous estimates. Read more: Project Juno: Newspapers put aside differences for united [...]
Flybe boss: Forget Heathrow v Gatwick – government should look at issues outside of south east

September 11, 2016

For the British aviation industry, the debate of the day (and decade) is south-east airport expansion: Heathrow versus Gatwick. Everyone in the industry has an opinion, and Saad Hammad, the chief executive of regional airline Flybe, is no exception. “From my analysis of the Davies report [into airport expansion], it looks like Heathrow is the [...]
Struggling newspaper group Johnston Press set for activist investor meeting

September 11, 2016

Newspaper publisher Johnston Press could come under pressure this week when its chairman meets with an activist investor. The company’s share price has fallen from close to 100p this time last year to 8p. Johnston Press publishes more than 200 regional and local newspapers and bought the national i newspaper from the Independent publisher earlier this year. [...]
Channel 4 set for first meeting with new culture secretary amid uncertainty over ownership and London HQ

September 11, 2016

Channel 4 executives are set for their first meeting with the new culture secretary this week and will be seeking clarity over ownership and the location of its headquarters. It emerged this time last year that the government was considering privatising Channel 4, a move that strongly opposed by bosses at the broadcaster. Read more: [...]
UK bidder urges government to keep Green Investment Bank in British hands as it faces battle with Australia’s Macquarie

September 11, 2016

A UK investment banking group is hoping to convince the government that the Green Investment Bank (GIB) should remain in British hands as the bidding process moves into a two-horse race. Sustainable Development Capital (SDC) is understood to be in competition with Australian bank Macquarie as the government prepares to privatise the £4bn-valued GIB. Read [...]
Mining company aims to prove Cornish tin can float (on the London Stock Exchange)

September 11, 2016

A Canadian mining company with an interest in Cornish tin is aiming to float on the London Stock Exchange’s junior market. Strongbow Exploration is intending to list in the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) in the first half of next year, while keeping its place on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Read more: This veteran entrepreneur is [...]
Flybe feature

September 9, 2016

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First the coffee shop, then the events shed, and now this: The Guardian closes its T-shirt business

September 9, 2016

Another month, another abandoned venture at the Guardian. News reaches the Capitalist that the newspaper group’s shop – retailer of T-shirts with slogans such as “48%er”, “I’m the one the Daily Mail warned you about” and, alongside a picture of Jeremy Corbyn, “Old Labour New Start” – is to close next month. The online store also sells bags, [...]

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