Labour using ‘sticking plasters’ and failing to attract foreign investment September 11, 2025 The Labour government is opting to use quick “sticking plasters” which fail to affect long-term change to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), according to a new report. The report from Caudwell Strong Britain, a research project of think tank Council on Geostrategy, argues that the government needs to remove the structural barriers that hinder foreign [...]
Two in five financial services firms lack safe AI controls September 11, 2025 As the financial services industry piles billions of pounds into artificial intelligence (AI), firms are lacking adequate measures to maintain safe usage, according to new figures. Fresh data from Big Four accountancy giant EY reveal 26 per cent of companies have no or limited controls in place to ensure AI systems adhere to laws and [...]
Being a landlord in central London is no longer very profitable September 11, 2025 London’s most exclusive boroughs are among the UK’s worst places to invest in 2025 as yields continue to dry up, according to new data. Property in Kensington and Chelsea gives landlords the lowest return in the country, according to Archimedia Accounts, with yields of just 1.77 per cent. Westminster fares little better, with a flat costing [...]
Week in Business: Businesses flee high-tax Britain September 11, 2025 On the same day that Reeves said "there's no growth without investment", a pharma giant pulled its £1bn London investment plans.
World’s largest ad agency bucks grad hiring slowdown – ‘We have to train the next gen’ September 11, 2025 The world’s largest advertising agency is hiring more graduate roles than ever in the face of artificial intelligence’s rise, gearing junior training to be more focused on client management, its UK media boss has said, bucking a global slowdown in junior white-collar employment. Niel Bornman, UK chief executive of Publicis Media, said the proliferation of [...]
Britain’s investment exodus and the slow death of animal spirits September 11, 2025 The merger of Anglo American with Teck and Ineos’ halt to UK investment highlight a deepening crisis of confidence in Britain’s business climate, with critics blaming government policy for driving companies and capital overseas, says James Price The dwarves of Moria may have dug too deep in The Lord of the Rings, but the British [...]
BGC boss Sean Windeatt: We’ve created something positive from the memory of 9/11 September 11, 2025 BGC boss Sean Windeatt was in the firm's London office when 9/11 unfolded, killing 658 of the firm's employees in New York.
This is why Starmer’s recent reshuffle is doomed to fail September 11, 2025 Keir Starmer’s personnel switch-up is an attempt to get a firmer grip on his government’s economic policymaking. Helen Thomas lays out why it won’t work. Keir Starmer’s latest cabinet reshuffle was billed as a decisive break from his choppy first year in power. Yet this is less a bold national reset than a desperate rebrand. [...]
Whisky Business: Distillery tours saving the Scotch industry September 11, 2025 Whisky Business: City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. The 1980s were a particularly dark time in the history of the Scotch whisky industry. Throughout the decade, around a third of all Scottish distilleries closed their doors as demand dried up. Even well-established players were caught in the slump. Distillers such as Carsebridge, also [...]
Landlords reject idea higher taxes benefit first-time buyers September 11, 2025 The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has rejected analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) that suggests tax hikes on the private rented sector have benefited first time-buyers. A report from the JRF has found that reforms introduced by governments from 2016 were “effective in addressing tax imbalances that benefitted landlords over and above ordinary [...]