JD Sports to provide update after tariff sales crunch August 23, 2025 JD Sports investors will be hopeful the retailer can show signs of progress next week after sales came under pressure at the start of the year. The impact of US tariffs and its overall performance in the US will be particularly in focus when it provides a half-year trading update on Wednesday August 27. Shares [...]
Applied Nutrition beats expectations with double-digit growth August 19, 2025 Protein shake maker Applied Nutrition has exceeded the guidance it gave at its IPO, with revenue up a quarter in the last year. The health and wellness brand, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last October, gave a provisional estimate of its full-year earnings on Tuesday morning. Group revenue for the year ended July [...]
City AM’s (slightly unconventional) best summer reads August 14, 2025 From romance to nuclear warfare, City AM's editorial team picks their best books of the summer, for some (unconventional) beach reading.
Actor Micheal Ward: Football made me depressed, so I tried acting July 27, 2025 Micheal Ward talks about how acting helped him overcome a football career that almost took hold
FTSE 100 seals record high after shaking off investor nerves June 12, 2025 The FTSE 100 finally sealed a new record closing high on Thursday after falling a whisker short the previous two trading sessions. The UK’s flagship index rose 0.2 per cent to – besting March’s record of 8,871.31. The index also beat its previous intraday high after hitting 8,892.36 in afternoon trading. Endeavour mining topped the [...]
Gino D’Acampo: Restaurant empire’s huge debts revealed before rescue June 9, 2025 The company behind TV chef Gino D’Acampo’s restaurant empire owed more than £11m as it collapsed into administration, it has been revealed. Upmarket Leisure Ltd, which controlled the former This Morning star’s venues, was served with a wind-up petition by HMRC in March and moved to appoint an administrator before being saved in a £5m [...]
JD Sports: CEO’s bonus cut as FTSE 100 giant loses £1bn profit race to Next June 2, 2025 The boss of JD Sports has missed out on a major pay day after the FTSE 100 retailer lost the race to report a profit of £1bn to Next. Régis Schultz took home a pay packet of just over £2m for the Greater Manchester-headquartered group’s latest financial year, up from the £1.5m he received in [...]
JD Sports: Shares drop on tariff uncertainty despite higher dividend May 21, 2025 JD Sports has raised its dividend on a double-digit rise in revenue after an uptick in European and North American demand. Shares, however, dropped more than seven per cent as the retailer warned that the visibility in US trading was uncertain due to the tariff impact. Overall revenue grew 12 per cent to £11.45bn in [...]
IPL suspended as PSL moved to UAE over India-Pakistan ‘war’ May 9, 2025 The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended while the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been shifted to the UAE over tensions between Pakistan and India. The two nuclear powers have been at odds of late with a recent air strike killing 31 in Pakistan, according to Islamabad officials. It has led to each nation’s [...]
Trump denies lobbying for Russia to be given 2026 World Cup place May 7, 2025 President Trump insists he is not lobbying for Russia to be parachuted into the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the US despite saying it could be “a good incentive” for an end to war in Ukraine. Russia and its clubs have been banned from international football since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and European [...]