Lady Mayor Susan Langley: My career has been completely accidental November 13, 2025 Susan Langley is the City's first titled Lady Mayor. Today, fresh from her inauguration, she takes us through her Square Mile career.
Zilch Raises Over $175 Million to Accelerate Growth November 13, 2025 Raise includes the expansion of its credit facility with Deutsche Bank, as the UK and EMEA’s fastest-growing fintech unicorn plots next phase of its journey
Flexible offices to comprise a fifth of London market by 2030 November 13, 2025 A fifth of London’s offices will be made up of co-working sites by as soon as 2030, in a further sign of the extent to which the pandemic-induced shift in working patterns is reshaping the capital’s commercial property market. So-called ‘flex’ spaces currently represent just 12 per cent of the total London office market, but [...]
Christmas comes early for Young’s as party bookings surge November 13, 2025 One of the UK’s biggest pub groups has seen a surge in festive parties as the London-listed firm reported rising sales. Young’s, which operates nearly 300 pubs across London and the south of England, reported a 22 per cent rise in Christmas bookings compared to last year. “Christmas seems to be getting bigger every year,” [...]
Robert De Niro: Nobu reveals major London plans amid UK push November 13, 2025 Robert De Niro’s hospitality brand is open to considering new luxury residences in London after the success of its restaurants and hotel, the firm’s co-founders have exclusively told City AM. Nobu Hospitality first launched in London in 1997 with a restaurant at Old Park Lane. That was followed by a hotel and restaurant in Portman [...]
Squint hard enough and you can see signs of the AI bubble bursting November 13, 2025 Is the AI bubble bursting? Naturally, most eyes are on the movements of the world’s biggest tech firms – the OpenAIs, the Microsofts, the Nvidias. These are, after all, where a large share of AI investment has been deployed. But for the earliest tell-tale signs, it’s worth looking a lot further down the food chain. [...]
Housing market slump ‘compounded’ by Budget fears November 13, 2025 The housing market suffered from a six-month low in demand amid caution from consumers ahead of the upcoming Budget, a survey has shown. Buyer demand, sales activity and new instructions fell into negative territory over October in a monthly survey conducted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). Property professionals blamed fears around the [...]
Leadership spat sends jitters through bond markets November 13, 2025 Jitters coursed through UK bond markets on Wednesday after a leadership crisis engulfing the Labour government triggered a jump in gilt yields, leading investors to warn that more political instability risked exacerbating the ‘moron premium’ applied to UK borrowing costs. Interest on 10-year gilts rose by three basis points, while the pound slumped to its lowest level [...]
Forget Russia, China and North Korea – Britain’s no 1 enemy is bureaucracy November 13, 2025 Ukraine has proved that the side that can innovate fastest and deliver lethality at the lowest costs will win, writes Blythe Crawford During this week of Remembrance, as we honour those who gave their lives for our security and values, Europe faces a stark awakening. Russia has escalated missile and drone assaults across Ukraine, struck [...]
How money laundering took over our high streets November 13, 2025 American candy stores and vape shops are the new face of financial crime, hiding in plain sight, says Marit Rodevand Walk down almost any British high street today and you’ll see them: neon-lit candy stores selling purportedly “American” sweets, vape shops and barbers with a faded poster of Cristiano Ronaldo taped to the window. Superficially, these [...]