FTSE 100 Live: Vodafone shares lead blue-chip rally; Unemployment rises November 11, 2025 Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. What are you looking forward to more – Black Friday or Budget day? They are two vital days that UK retailers are bracing for in this month’s calendar, both of which can provide a major boost to firms – or crushing disappointment. Retail sales today show another [...]
Musk’s $trillion pay package is impossible to justify November 11, 2025 The Notebook, where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today it’s investment analyst Susannah Streeter with the pen Radio phone-ins, social media feeds and TV news programmes have all been taken over by talk of Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar deal. I was woken super early by one producer and the phone barely stopped ringing, [...]
Retailers hit by subdued October as Budget threat looms November 11, 2025 UK retailers suffered a “subdued” October as Brits tightened their pockets ahead of what is expected to be a tax-heavy Autumn Budget. Retail sales increased 1.6 per cent year-on-year but remained below the 12-month average of 2.1 per cent, marking the weakest growth since May. The new data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and [...]
Co-op to open or refurbish dozens of stores amid cyber attack recovery November 10, 2025 The Co-op has said it is pushing forward with a number of new stores and major refurbishments as it bounces back from a damaging cyber attack. The retailer said 50 stores will be opened or re-opened by Christmas as it urged the Government to reform business rates ahead of the autumn Budget. It said reforms [...]
7 of the best London pantomimes to book for light-hearted fun this Christmas November 7, 2025 Seven of the best London pantomimes to book this season Tis the season to scream ‘heeee’s behiiiind youuuuu’: despite it being fairly early, many of the capital’s campiest pantomimes kickoff in the coming weeks. If you’re into a bit of light-hearted fun (who isn’t?) then here are the best pantomimes to book this year. Looking [...]
The London Christmas market with free entertainment and festive food November 7, 2025 The Southbank can feel chaotic at Christmas time, when half of the suburbs rock up to go shopping. There is a way to escape that though: there is a Christmas market with free entertainment, and great food and drink, just a minute from the main drag. Between the Bridges market transforms into Electric Winter for [...]
Reeves has learned nothing from her last Budget November 7, 2025 Amidst market uncertainty caused by her delayed and vague budget “context” speech, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is now expected to introduce a raft of significant tax increases on income, property, and businesses to address a national debt she helped exacerbate, says Jamila Robertson This week, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a speech to set the context for [...]
The 13 best London Christmas carols and services and concerts to book November 6, 2025 If you’ve devoured everything in sight at London’s best Christmas markets, from the Square Mile to the West End, it’s time plan the Christmas carol services you’ll be attending throughout this month and into December. Some in the Square Mile and some beyond, here is our pick of the Christmas carols and services to book [...]
Stay with me here… how about a pensions QUADRUPLE lock? November 6, 2025 Tom Harwood presents a pensions policy that is both money saving and popular: promise that Pensions will NEVER go down in cash terms; Pensions will NEVER go down in real terms; Pensions will RISE every year; and 4. Pensions will GO UP in line with CPI inflation This week Rachel Reeves rolled the pitch of [...]
Uber Eats new tech aims to beat Deliveroo in Christmas delivery war November 6, 2025 The annual Christmas rush, characterised by frantic supermarket dashes and sold-out delivery slots, is undergoing a fundamental change, with on-demand delivery cementing its role as the crucial last-minute lifeline. Uber Eats has laid out its strategy to dominate this market, deploying a heavy suite of new tech aimed at maximising order efficiency and expanding into [...]