Rugby World Cup Barometer: Hit the road, Jack, right to Borthwick June 22, 2023 In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Player of the week A couple of [...]
The Notebook: Kate Willard on how building connections is the key to business June 22, 2023 The notebook is a place where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Kate Willard, envoy for the Thames Estuary. The best partnerships are forged in person Ploughing through three feet of snow through downtown Detroit one bitterly cold February morning wasn’t perhaps the classic route to a new world of business opportunity. For one [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Ntamack shows us a new side June 15, 2023 In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Rugby player of the week It may [...]
Car makers could face £730m in fines for missing UK’s zero-emission targets June 11, 2023 Car manufacturers could face up to £730m in fines if they don’t increase their sales of electric cars by 2024, according to new analysis from green consultancy New AutoMotive. The UK’s Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate (ZEV) forces car manufacturers to make 22 per cent of their total UK car sales electric in 2024, and 100 [...]
Everyone is talking about quiet luxury but there’s a problem June 9, 2023 Unless you have spent the first five months of 2023 on retreat or continuing your Second World War service for Imperial Japan, you will know that one of the most significant trends in the fashion world has been “quiet luxury” or “stealth wealth”. The concept is that the smartest of the smart are now dressing [...]
Ollie Phillips: England should let the shackles off at front row and midfield June 9, 2023 On Monday morning, England head coach Steve Borthwick will name his initial training squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Though players from the four sides who made the Premiership semi-finals will not be included in the first squad of the summer, it’s hard to get excited given some of England’s selection woes. Today I [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: London calling for adopted Frenchman Willis? June 8, 2023 In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Player of the week Amid the fallout [...]
Car industry: Throwing money at the issue won’t solve UK’s post Brexit problems, think tank warns June 2, 2023 The UK must not enter a subsidy race with the US and EU to save its auto industry from problems such as a flagging electric vehicle (EV) segment and a post-Brexit drop in investment, an influential Tory think tank has warned. A new report from the centre-right Policy Exchange argues that targeted government subsidies will [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: England captain Farrell cements spot June 1, 2023 In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Player of the week Talismanic players shine [...]
Kamm 912c is a fresh twist on the Porsche restomod recipe May 30, 2023 With a 190hp flat-four engine and a kerb weight of just 750kg, the Kamm 912c is a back-to-basics Porsche that prioritises driving fun.