Give me home Euros over World Cup, but is it really worth £557m of taxpayers’ money? Sport Business I’m sure I’ll enjoy much of the 2026 World Cup, provided I can stay awake late enough, but I’ll approach Euro 2028 with far greater enthusiasm. Home nations competing on home soil in British Summer Time and with advertisers and broadcasters whipping up interest among the general populace. What’s not to like, other than violent [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to slip as oil higher after Trump orders ‘very hard’ strikes on Iran Markets Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil prices are pulling higher as the tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran continue leaving investors sceptical of any peace deal in the Middle East. The US carried out a “self-defence” action on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communications systems, and air defence sites last [...]
Rising salaries for junior lawyers put pressure on senior associates’ pay packages Legal US law firms continue to drive a fierce salary war in London, leaving UK firms scrambling to keep up with soaring pay for junior lawyers, but as starting salaries rise, growing pay gaps threaten to unsettle senior associates, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. As of next month, London associates at Quinn Emanuel will see their salaries increase [...]
UK defence chief: Adopt AI or lose future wars June 11, 2026 Britain’s most senior military officer has warned that the UK risks losing future conflicts unless it dramatically accelerates the adoption of AI across its armed forces. Speaking at London Tech Week, chief of the defence staff Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard Knighton said AI would be as transformative for warfare as the internet was for [...]
Why are so many people abandoning sex toys on the Tube? June 11, 2026 Last year the number of bedroom gadgets found on the transport network increased by 30 per cent. James Ford has some questions… There is a moment every year that I look forward to. Not, perhaps, as much as Christmas….but it’s close. It is, of course, the moment when some bored journalist at the Evening Standard [...]
Mark Kleinman: BP might do well to plug credibility gap with Soames June 11, 2026 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column BP might do well to plug credibility gap with Soames Now that the dust has begun to settle on Albert Manifold’s ousting as BP chairman, the mutual recriminations between the company and its erstwhile leader have begun [...]
Hospitality leaders ramp up pressure on Labour to slash VAT June 11, 2026 Leaders of top hospitality firms have ramped up pressure on Labour to slash VAT, which they warn is leading to hundreds of thousands of job losses. Pub chains JD Wetherspoon, Fuller’s and Greene King, as well as hotel giant Hilton and Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca, have thrown their weight behind a campaign to cut Value [...]
‘Pendulum swung too far’: AIM hit with 222 delistings ahead of nomad changes June 11, 2026 More than two hundred companies have been forced off London’s junior stock market over the last two decades after losing their corporate adviser in a move that has sparked a regulatory pullback by the London Stock Exchange. Some 222 firms on the alternative investment market (AIM) market have de-listed in the last 20 years after [...]
London Tech Week day three: Workers are adopting AI quicker than their bosses June 10, 2026 How is AI changing the future of the workplace? Russ Shaw reports from day three of London Tech Week.
Fideres Study Finds TfL Fare Zones Disproportionately Burden Ethnic Minority Commuters June 10, 2026 London's Underground fare zone system may constitute unlawful indirect discrimination against BAME commuters, according to a new study by Fideres Partners.