Celebrating the Square Mile: Full list of winners at City A.M. Awards 2023 March 2, 2023 The great and the good of the Square Mile gathered for the annual City A.M. awards in the Guildhall on Thursday evening. The winners – drawn from right across the City – were rightly feted, having gone through a rigorous shortlisting and judging process to stand on the stage with host Julia Streets and City [...]
The City A.M. Awards: A glittering night in the Square Mile March 2, 2023 The great and the good of the Square Mile gathered at the Guildhall on Thursday night for the annual City A.M. awards – with Aviva boss Amanda Blanc walking away with the coveted ‘personality of the year’ award. Blanc’s award came at the end of an evening of celebrations and speeches – with the afterparty [...]
The Notebook: Giles Kenningham on improving Rugby’s fortunes, banning the bots and the renewable investment boom February 28, 2023 The Notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today, it’s Giles Kenningham, founder of Trafalgar Strategy.
To dream up what can be done with the empty Debenhams, look at Hounslow February 28, 2023 Nine out of ten of the former Debenhams shops are still empty. Projects like The Loft in Hounslow show what could be achieved if these precious spaces were to be repurposed, writes Elena Siniscalco
Meatless Farm wants to drive down prices to win cash-strapped customers February 27, 2023 Morten Toft Bech, the Dutch founder of plant-based company Meatless Farm, launched his company in an effort to save the planet. “Animal protein is unsustainable,” claims Bech, comparing it to driving an old car full of polluting fuel. The public has been made aware of this argument for years, with numerous documentaries warning about how [...]
London to power UK economy away from recession and clinch best growth across the country February 27, 2023 London will power the UK economy out of recession and is poised to be the fastest growing area in the country over the coming years, new forecasts out today reveal. The capital’s economy is on track to expand 2.6 per cent each year between 2024 and 2026, pushing it to the top of the countrywide [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Aon’s Dominic Christian on the Lamb, the Broker and the City’s green ambitions February 23, 2023 Every week we ask the great and good of the Square Mile to share their memories of the City – and their favourite pubs and restaurants. This week it’s Dominic Christian, Chair of Aon’s Global Reinsurance Solutions business and a City councilman First memory of the Square Mile Scary, surreal, fascinating. Suits everywhere. Everyone seemed [...]
Yoga for the many? Offering prices at a sliding scale relies on trust for profits February 22, 2023 Big pharma, hardly a stalwart of social equity, has been offering sliding scale payment for years and now purpose-driven businesses are trying to prove goodwill can pay the bills, writes Sascha O’Sullivan
Shareholder spat at The Restaurant Group hots up as investors demand improvement February 21, 2023 The Restaurant Group (TRG) came under increasing pressure today after its second largest shareholder, Oasis, doubled down on its demands to immediately improve the firm’s struggling share price. Oasis, which has a 6.5 per cent stake in TRG, has argued that the chain needed an “immediate” change of governance because it had “one of the [...]
Can The Maldives cure me? I went to find out February 20, 2023 “The first dedicated wellness retreat in the Maldives,” they said. “Nonsense,” I said. Every Maldivian island and their dog has “well-something” splashed across their website. Once you’re done petting dolphins, what else is there to do but be tended to by therapists promising repair, realignment, reconnection, restoration and revitalisation? “I’m not having it,” I thought. [...]