City policymakers push to end ‘old-school’ ban on tower logos September 10, 2026 Square Mile policymakers are ramping up pressure on the City to drop “old-school” rules which block firms from displaying logos on their buildings, in a move which they say could drive growth. The City of London Corporation, which governs the historic financial district, has long blocked companies from displaying their logos on the top of [...]
The aristocratic landowner taking record rent from ‘cradle-to-grave’ health empire September 10, 2026 One of London’s biggest landowning families raked in record rent from its Marylebone property empire last year, helped by a surge in demand at its ‘cradle-to-grave’ private healthcare district. Howard de Walden Estates, which owns the Harley Street health district and the residential Marylebone Village, grew its rental income from the estate by 9.3 per [...]
Hospitality sector blasts Burnham’s uncapped tourist tax September 10, 2026 The hospitality sector has blasted proposals from Andy Burnham’s government to introduce a fresh tax on tourists. The industry has been left reeling after the government confirmed a new overnight levy on tourists that will have no upper cap. Regional authorities are set to be handed the power to introduce a levy to support regional [...]
Accel-KKR swoops on AIM construction software firm for £208m September 10, 2026 Private equity giant Accel-KKR has struck a deal to buy an AIM-listed construction software company in the latest of a wave of takeovers on the London Stock Exchange this year. The group has snapped up Eleco for £207.6m in a deal backed by the company’s board. Shareholders are in line for a 235p per share [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 dives as oil marches to $106; Trump threatens long war September 10, 2026 Welcome back to City AM’s FTSE 100 liveblog. The UK’s blue-chip index shed as much as 0.4 per cent on Thursday morning, as Associated British Foods’ 11 per cent dip cancelled out modest gains from London’s oil majors and consumer giants like JD Sports and Whitbread. Despite recent expectations that the Iran war is far [...]
Sadiq Khan urged to end London’s e-bike ‘patchwork’ September 10, 2026 Sadiq Khan has been urged to speed up plans for a London-wide e-bike licence, as Forest warned spiralling council fees and a regulatory “patchwork” risk forcing operators from the capital. In a letter to the mayor seen by City AM, the London-based e-bike operator said delays to Transport for London’s new licensing regime were threatening [...]
Elliptic Intelligence Used by the USSS to Take Action Against Xinbi, the $30 Billion Criminal Marketplace and Money Laundering Operation September 9, 2026 Elliptic, the global leader in risk intelligence for on-chain finance, today confirmed that it provided the intelligence used by the United States Secret Service in action taken today against the Xinbi marketplace. The U.S. Secret Service froze wallets belonging to the marketplace and its merchants, containing $52.8 million in cryptoassets linked to Xinbi marketplace. Elliptic [...]
Abolish stamp duty on shares to reverse London’s IPO slump, say top fintechs September 9, 2026 The group that represents the UK’s fastest growing fintech companies has called for the government to scrap stamp duty on shares to boost London’s flagging initial public offering market. Innovate Finance – which counts Revolut, Monzo and Zilch among its members – has called for the Treasury to ditch the 0.5 per cent levy on [...]
Selling to Corporate Giants – Tessa Clarke on taking 3.5 years to land Tesco September 9, 2026 Tessa Clarke spent three and a half years trying to sign Tesco. Another large retailer took her six years and a third is still at the pilot stage after eight. In a fireside chat at SCALE Summit in London, Tessa talked to HelloFresh co-founder Hamish Shephard about the reality of selling into large corporates. It’s [...]
Are Peugeot’s 208, 2008 and 3008 good enough for the city? September 9, 2026 Peugeot has pushed hard on the 208, 2008 and 3008, with 0% finance across the range until the end of September. But do they actually stack up for driving in and around London? Not every car is suited to London life. Tight streets, scarce parking and low-emission zones all reward something compact, efficient and easy [...]