Underground London: top secret spy tunnels destined to become a tourist sensation September 25, 2023 Deep below the capital’s streets, the secret wartime spy HQ that inspired the deadly gadget-making Q Branch in the James Bond novels could soon be a premier London tourist attraction. Some 30 metres below High Holborn, the Kingsway Exchange Tunnels played host to the Special Operations Executive, an MI6 offshoot, during the second world war [...]
Sunak’s net zero pragmatism must include plan to beat nimbys after Sizewell C fiasco September 25, 2023 Government hopes of finally luring investors to proposed nuclear power plant Sizewell C were dealt a fresh blow last week.
Mark Kleinman: The must-read column September 21, 2023 Mark Kleinman gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City A.M. column: this week on the CBI's latest travails, a two-horse race at Co-operative Bank and a search for a charity chair
BT boss says Huawei ban cost firm £500m September 20, 2023 BT's chief security and networks officer Howard Watson said today that the UK's Huawei ban has cost the telecoms giant £500m.
Vodafone boss: Social media’s a good thing – it tells us what’s happening September 11, 2023 Vodafone's UK boss on immediate feedback, the merger with Three, and his cycling summer holiday
Virgin Media O2 buys ex-Russian owned Upp — but won’t keep it September 6, 2023 Late last year, the UK government ordered Russian oligarch-backed investment company Letterone to sell Upp, saying the ownership was a national security risk.
Why 2023 has been a year to forget for the London Stock Exchange and the capital’s equity markets September 2, 2023 Take-privates and secondary listings have damaged the reputation of the London Stock Exchange. How did we get here?
Long-term investment ends in triumph – just look at the Lionesses August 17, 2023 Everything’s going up, they cry. Well, almost everything. The price of a ticket to watch Arsenal’s women’s team at the Emirates last year was £12. This year it’s come down to £7 or £9, depending on how many games you buy for. Who said you can’t find value in 2023. The story of women’s football’s [...]
Reforms won’t be enough to fix equity markets, warns Peel Hunt August 8, 2023 One of the City’s most active investment banks has warned that the “considerable activity” to reinvigorate the UK’s equity markets will nonetheless not be enough to turn around a 20 per cent tumble in the number of listed companies over the past five years. Charles Hall, head of research at Peel Hunt, has warned in [...]
FTSE 100 close: Markets in the red as Bank of England hikes interest rates to 5.25 per cent August 3, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 stayed in the red through most of Thursday on a day which saw the Bank of England confirm a 14th consecutive interest rate hike of 25 basis points. The capital’s premier index was down 1.27 per cent by midday and closed at -0.51 per cent. The domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which [...]