Toast the City finalists: Who will win the Best Sandwich category? October 22, 2025 The Toast the City Awards are here to celebrate the very best in hospitality of placemaking in the Square Mile. On the eve of the big night, we are highlighting each of the 138 finalists who have beaten off competition from more than 2,000 entrants. Next up is the Best Sandwich category. To find out [...]
AI: Not all bubbles are bad October 22, 2025 A trillion of AI investment will ultimately be wasted – but the technology could yield ten times that in value, says Nick Murray-Leslie The world has seen investment frenzies before – the railway mania of the 19th century, the dotcom boom of the late 1990s and the crypto surge of the 2020s. But what we [...]
Toast the City finalists: Who will win the Best Family category? October 22, 2025 The Toast the City Awards are here to celebrate the very best in hospitality of placemaking in the Square Mile. On the eve of the big night, we are highlighting each of the 138 finalists who have beaten off competition from more than 2,000 entrants. Next up is the Best Family category. To find out [...]
Toast the City: What will be crowned Best Cultural Experience? October 22, 2025 The Toast the City Awards are here to celebrate the very best in hospitality of placemaking in the Square Mile. On the eve of the big night, we are highlighting each of the 138 finalists who have beaten off competition from more than 2,000 entrants. The Best Cultural Experience will look for the places that [...]
Toast the City finalists: Who will win Best Casual Dining? October 22, 2025 The Toast the City Awards are here to celebrate the very best in hospitality of placemaking in the Square Mile. On the eve of the big night, we are highlighting each of the 138 finalists who have beaten off competition from more than 2,000 entrants. Next up is the Best Casual Dining category, a hotly [...]
Lord Mayor calls for ‘attitude shift’ in City October 22, 2025 The UK’s world-leading financial services sector must adopt a more positive attitude that puts innovation and entrepreneurial spirit at its heart, the Lord Mayor will say in a speech in which he is also expected to urge City regulators to redouble their efforts to slash red tape. In what will be some of his last [...]
Google ‘disappointed’ by CMA’s Android and Chrome ruling October 22, 2025 Google has criticised the UK competition watchdog’s decision to give its mobile platform “strategic market status” under sweeping new digital regulation. The Big Tech giant dubbed the move “disproportionate”, arguing that it risks undermining innovation. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed on Wednesday that Google’s mobile services, including Android, the Play Store, Chrome and [...]
Tories slam Bank of England for ‘outrageous’ internship scheme October 22, 2025 The Bank of England is facing criticism over an internship scheme open only to candidates of “black or mixed black heritage”, with Tory frontbenchers labelling the approach “outrageous.” The Bank has drawn the attention of senior MPs as well as Tesla owner Elon Musk for advertising a position that pays £96.15 per day over eight [...]
The £6bn boost to the economy from getting 50-64-year-olds back to work October 22, 2025 There are roughly 1m people between age 50 and state pension age who say they want or need to keep working but are facing a range of obstacles, says Catherine Foot As the UK awaits the findings of the Keep Britain Working Review which is looking to address economic inactivity due to ill-health and disability, [...]
Toast the City finalists: Who will win Best Restaurant? October 22, 2025 The Toast the City Awards are here to celebrate the very best in hospitality of placemaking in the Square Mile. On the eve of the big night, we are highlighting each of the 138 finalists who have beaten off competition from more than 2,000 entrants. Next up is the Best Restaurant category, a hotly contested [...]