Arrests after police and City watchdog smash ‘criminal insider dealing ring’ October 14, 2026 Three people have been arrested following a joint operation between top cops and the City watchdog following an investigation into a “criminal insider dealing ring”. Over 100 staff from the City watchdog and National Crime Agency (NCA) took part in raids on five residential premises across London and Manchester on Tuesday. Authorities seized more than [...]
UNPACK ’27: EXPEDIA AND HOTELS.COM REVEAL THE TRAVEL TRENDS INSPIRING THE WORLD IN 2027 October 14, 2026 New Expedia Group report identifies the travel trends set to shape 2027, from one-night getaways and carefree escapes to emerging destinations and the new Set-Jetting forecast.
As it happened: Stocks jump in housebuilder boost; oil edges up October 14, 2026 Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. Stocks made a shaky start on Wednesday morning following a late collapse on Tuesday afternoon, but eventually recovered to modest gains in the late morning. Housebuilders Barratt Redrow and Bellway led the way, lifting other property names like British Land and Workspace. Oil prices are rising [...]
Tottenham Hotspur owed money after Big Zuu water brand Drip is liquidated with £9m debts October 14, 2026 They say it never rains but it pours: struggling Tottenham Hotspur’s latest problem is Drip, the canned-water company owned by celebrity chef Big Zuu, whose liquidation has left the club high and dry. Spurs signed a deal in 2024 making Drip the official front-of-training-wear partner of the women’s team, with much fanfare around the shared [...]
City lawyers say GPU financing is the new data centre gold rush October 14, 2026 As AI drives demand for larger data centres, lenders are increasingly financing the costly Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) inside them, which can cost almost as much as the buildings themselves. Data suggests that since the generative AI boom took off in 2023, global investment in GPUs and AI chip infrastructure has been staggering, with figures [...]
Sunday trading, VAT-free shopping? Healey has plenty of low-hanging fruit this Budget October 14, 2026 Sunday trading, tax exemptions for NEETs: there's an abundance of low-hanging fruit for Healey to back businesses this Budget.
Team GB Olympic medallist raises £5m to make health tech as common as iPhone October 14, 2026 Olympic medallist turned health tech entrepreneur Andrew Steele has raised nearly £5m ahead of the US launch of his latest venture, Stride. Steele – part of the Team GB 4 x 400m relay squad awarded bronze in Beijing 2008 – co-founded genetic testing firm DNAfit and sold it to David Beckham-backed global giant Prenetics for [...]
Artificial writer admits AI industry workers helped shape OpenAI film October 14, 2026 City AM spoke to Artificial writer Simon Rich at the London Film Festival screening of the new AI movie Artificial writer Simon Rich has revealed that AI industry workers were present on the set during the filming of his new AI movie Artificial, which charts the rise of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Artificial has been [...]
Abandoning third runway would be bad for UK, Istanbul airport boss warns October 14, 2026 The UK risks missing out on a “positive cycle in the economy” if it fails to approve Heathrow’s third runway, the boss of Istanbul airport has said, adding that a phased approach to development could help keep a lid on the mega-project’s eye-watering costs. Selahattin Bilgen, chief executive of Turkey’s iGA Istanbul Airport, told City [...]
Plus500’s super-app ambitions risk re-telling a familiar London story October 14, 2026 Plus500 laid out plans for a super-app across the Atlantic, in this week’s column Samuel Norman looks at how it could frame their future. Also on the agenda, Healey continues pre-Budget summits and does anyone still care about the digital pound? Is a London-listed fintech turning to the US for its monumental ‘super-app’ a point [...]