Manchester City face huge sanction after being found guilty of 114 charges September 25, 2026 Manchester City are facing a huge sanction after being found guilty of all but one of the 115 charges of breaching financial regulations brought by the Premier League. The charges relate to disguised owner contributions, off-book payments to staff and non-cooperation and cover the period 2009 to 2018, when the club won three Premier League [...]
World Cup brand deals score David Beckham £39m payout September 25, 2026 David Beckham has taken a £38.9m payout from his personal business empire after World Cup brand deals drove record income for the former English football captain. DRJB Holdings, the company which represents Beckham’s business activities, posted a 20 per cent uplift in revenue to $110.5m (£84m) in 2025, as profit nearly doubled to $66m (£50m). [...]
Sheffield Wednesday bidder James Bord set to buy former French champions for €1 September 25, 2026 Former Sheffield Wednesday bidder and poker professional James Bord is set to acquire another fallen giant of European football after agreeing a deal to buy Girondins de Bordeaux. Bord, whose Park Bench investment vehicle already owns Scottish second-tier side Dunfermline Athletic, is set to take control of Bordeaux from Gerard Lopez for the nominal sum [...]
Could autumn in the Alps beat the winter ski season? September 25, 2026 With the summer sun fading and the ski season a while off it feels like a funny time to be talking about the Alps. However, don’t discount a shoulder season trip to the mountains, which is just as special as a full blown winter one. Just a couple of hours’ drive from Zurich, the Swiss [...]
Poundland suitors tussle to buy £30m discount retailer September 25, 2026 Several bidders will table offers for Poundland on Friday, as the owners of the discount retailer seek £30m for the company they bought for just £1. Multiple suitors are expected to hand their bids to Gordon Brothers, which owns Poundland, as early as Friday, as the US investment firm rushes to complete a deal before [...]
Gary Lineker collects million-pound dividend after Goalhanger toasts £10m profit September 25, 2026 Gary Lineker has shared in a £5m dividend after Britain’s biggest independent podcast business toasted bumper profit. Lineker, a former England footballer and BBC presenter who co-founded Goalhanger and remains one of its largest shareholders, collected more than £1m of the payout after it reported rocketing membership numbers and pre-tax profit of £10m. The Kennington-based [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 rebounds as oil drops back on hopes of Hormuz deal September 25, 2026 Welcome back to City AM’s FTSE 100 live blog. Stick with us throughout the day for the latest London Stock Exchange and wider business and economic news, as soon as we get it. Here’s a look at some of our top headlines on Friday morning: The liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet. Load more
Olympia reborn: Inside a £1.3bn makeover for a 140-year-old icon September 25, 2026 Bringing a Victorian building into the modern age was a labour of love, but the method was “deceptively simple”, Olympia CEO Michael Volkert tells Andrew Busby Opened in 1886 as a Victorian temple to spectacle – trade fairs, Vivienne Westwood’s first runway show, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix under the same cast-iron roof – Olympia [...]
I’m a property developer – here’s why I’m still building in London September 25, 2026 Today’s housing market is hampered by higher interest rates, build cost inflation, weaker sales and headlines about war in the Middle East and Ukraine. But residential development has always been about managing cycles: with many projects taking more than a decade from conception through planning, construction to handing over the key to new homes. Property [...]
Class action vehicle lawsuit settles at £55m less than original value September 24, 2026 A class action lawsuit representing millions of UK motorists and businesses affected by inflated shipping fees has settled for £57m less than its original £150m target. The claim, brought by class action representative and former Which? campaigns specialist Mark McLaren, alleged that from October 2006 to September 2015, leading European shipping companies had breached competition [...]