City chiefs warn Healey bank tax hike could drive businesses out of UK October 9, 2026 Top finance industry chiefs have warned the Chancellor that hiking taxes on the banking sector in the forthcoming Budget could drive businesses and capital out of the UK. Bosses of the City’s biggest industry bodies – including UK Finance, TheCityUK and the CBI – have written to John Healey calling for him to avoid raising [...]
Into the Woods, London review: Magical, overwhelming meta musical October 9, 2026 Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim review and star rating: ★★★ Musical theatre can be self-referential, didn’t you know? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine certainly do. Their Into The Woods maxes out on meta gameplay in this technically brilliant but at times baseless musical that can be terribly proud of itself. A baker and his [...]
Healey is chasing away City professionals for very short-term gains October 9, 2026 Retaining the individuals who fund business expansion should be considered a national priority, but Healey looks more likely to drive them away.
Midday Markets: Burnham’s welcome crack down on pesky non-competes October 9, 2026 The Midday Market report is a new newsletter from City AM, giving you fresh analysis on the City’s biggest stories straight into your inbox every lunchtime. Today, Ali Lyon outlines the positive case for Andy Burnham’s clampdown on non-competes and lengthy notice periods. You know something is wrong with the upper end of Britain’s labour [...]
Rent musical review: This dated show is admittedly full of bangers October 9, 2026 Rent musical review and star rating: ★★★ It’s pertinently ironic that Rent’s press night coincided with the London Film Festival premiere of Elsinore, Andrew Scott’s remarkably tender AIDS drama. Perhaps in the late-eighties when this musical was conceived, even talking about the epidemic on a stage was politically powerful, even if it were sprinkled as [...]
Former City trader’s rate rigging conviction overturned October 9, 2026 A former City trader previously convicted of rigging the Euribor interest rates has had his fraud conviction overturned. Christian Bittar, formerly a trader at Deutsche Bank, had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal on Friday after being sentenced to five years in prison for rigging the primary European interest rate, the Euro Interbank [...]
Revolut boss says US primary listing was ‘always the target’ October 9, 2026 The boss of Revolut has said a primary listing in New York was “always” the company’s top goal, in a snub to the London Stock Exchange after a years-long charm offensive. Nik Storonsky, the founder and chief executive of Revolut, said a primary listing in the US was “always the target, given the deep liquidity [...]
Airtel Money shares muted in biggest London IPO in five years October 9, 2026 Airtel Money shares were muted after the firm it kicked off trading on the London Stock Exchange in the largest initial public offering in the City for five years. The mobile payments firm has priced its shares at £1.96 apiece, which hands it a price tag of around £5.3bn. Existing shareholders, which include the Qatar [...]
TA Portfolio Company Rocscience to be Acquired by Hexagon October 9, 2026 TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company Rocscience (“the Company”), a global leader in geotechnical and engineering software solutions, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Hexagon AB (“Hexagon”) at an enterprise value of approximately $535 million. Upon completion of the transaction, TA will fully [...]
Ascensia Announces Strategic Partnership with Sava for Innovative Microsensor Technology October 9, 2026 Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global diabetes care company and subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation (TYO 6523), today announced a strategic partnership with venture-backed health technology startup Sava Technologies to support the introduction and future commercialization of its innovative wearable microsensor. The partnership comprises an exclusive commercialization and distribution agreement, initially in Europe, and a concurrent [...]