Funding Circle shares soar as lender swings to unexpected profit September 5, 2024 Funding Circle swung to an unexpected profit in the first half of 2024 and raised its guidance for the full year as the small business lender looks to boost its flagging share price.
Pension giants risk snubbing smaller stock markets in Mansion House investment drive September 5, 2024 Top pension fund managers risk neglecting London's junior stock markets and have made only sluggish progress on a landmark pledge to inject some £75bn into growth companies by 2030, a London business body has said.
Mark Kleinman: Concorde successor’s failure risks chain Reaction September 5, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column. This week he tackles Reaction Engines, PRS REIT and EMK Capital Concorde successor’s failure risks chain Reaction What about this for an adverse Reaction? Two leading City fund managers – Artemis and Schroders [...]
How brickies built the UK’s fastest growing radio broadcaster September 5, 2024 Video may have killed the radio star, but builders are bringing it back. Fix Radio CEO Louis Timpany tells City A.M. how he built the UK’s fastest growing national broadcaster.
Square Mile and Me: Rashik Parmar MBE on becoming a tech veteran September 5, 2024 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Rashik Parmar, CEO of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, takes us through his career.
Playing nice with trade unions won’t fix public services September 5, 2024 With trade unions promising further strike action despite generous pay settlements, Labour have found themselves in a bind of their own making, say Matthew Lesh Throughout the election campaign, Keir Starmer repeatedly pledged to end strikes by engaging in constructive dialogue with the unions. This always sounded like a pretty hollow promise. How could simply talking to [...]
Incompetence that led to Grenfell shames us all September 4, 2024 Justice necessarily involves the apportion of blame, but in the case of the Grenfell tower catastrophe, there is so much liability to go around it seems impossible that the bereaved will ever feel they have had full redress. The inquiry’s final report, published yesterday, is an astonishing catalogue of error at every level. Governments stretching [...]
Fresh calls to fund TfL as more busted London Underground trains taken out of service September 4, 2024 City groups have launched fresh calls for a long-term Transport for London (TfL) funding deal, after new data revealed a more than doubling in the rate faulty London Underground trains are being taken out of service. Data obtained via a Freedom of Information request shows the out of service rate across the London Underground, which [...]
Shared ownership 2025 September 4, 2024 “Do It For The Future: Do It With Shared Ownership Thousands of Londoners want to get on the property ladder to invest in themselves and their futures. Shared Ownership offers an affordable cost of entry to the property market, allowing first time buyers stability, security and a place to call their own. Whatever your motivation [...]
A new Newlon resident tells us how becoming a Shared Owner has given her a sense of pride and achievement. September 4, 2024 One of Newlon’s newest developments is Millstream Tower. Built in conjunction with Kier and offering 117 apartments for Shared Ownership, one of its residents shares her journey to becoming a first time homeowner. 34 year old Kay, who works in corporate administration for an NHS trust, has lived in North London all her life. “I [...]