Watch: Reeves fights back against critics ‘talking rubbish’ September 4, 2025 It’s not just Angela Rayner who finds herself on the defensive; Rachel Reeves has come out fighting – claiming many of her critics are talking rubbish. Who could she be talking about? Imagine returning from your summer break to find that your boss has poached your deputy and hired a brace of advisers to advise [...]
The Capitalist: Let’s do the time warp, Square Mile edition September 4, 2025 As City AM turns 20, The Capitalist turns nostalgic. Join us for a trip down memory lane... to the Square Mile, September 2005.
British billionaire trader offers interns £26k a month September 4, 2025 A billionaire trader has said interns at his trading empire would be paid $35,000 (£26,000) as firms fight to snap up the best tech talent. Alex Gerko, boss of XTX Markets, is offering postgraduates a 12 to 14-week research internship where they could pocket between $105,000 and $122,500. The position, a role commanding four days [...]
Revolut deepens Google Cloud partnership amid ambitious growth plans September 4, 2025 Revolut has announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud, aiming to scale its services to over 100m customers while enhancing product innovation through AI and machine learning. The fintech giant, which currently serves over 60 million users globally, will leverage Google’s infrastructure to improve back-end operations, fraud detection, and personalised customer experiences. Revolut will harness [...]
Cryptoasset regulation is a make or break moment for the City of London September 4, 2025 The UK must rapidly adjust to new digital assets technologies like crypto or risk losing our place as a global financial hub.
Nick Clegg: Labour’s choices have left UK in ‘perilous’ place September 4, 2025 Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has blasted the Labour government for its poor preparations ahead of last year’s elections, which led to “ridiculous” decisions being made at least year’s £40bn tax grab in the Autumn Budget. Speaking to LBC, Clegg said Labour had made promises it could not deliver as it struggled to balance [...]
How procurement teams are responding to a complex risk environment September 4, 2025 With supply chain disruption, rising prices and pressure to meet ESG and CSR aspirations, it’s more important than ever that organisations have control over how they spend budgets Procurement isn’t what it used to be. Once a behind-the-scenes function focused on reducing costs is now turning into a strategic powerhouse shaping how businesses respond to [...]
London Broncos set for takeover led by NRL legend Darren Lockyer September 4, 2025 Brisbane Broncos rugby league legend Darren Lockyer has emerged as the face of a consortium looking to take over Super League hopefuls London Broncos. Seen as one of the best rugby league players of all time, the NRL stalwart is set to lead a takeover of the Championship club in an investment boost for rugby [...]
Lloyd’s of London BluePrint Two delayed, again September 4, 2025 The world’s leading insurance and reinsurance market, Lloyd’s of London, has delayed the rollout of its strategy to digitalise the market for the fourth time. Blueprint Two was launched six years ago, labelled an “ambitious strategy” by the market. The programme was pitched as delivering a “profound” change in the market through digitalisation. Lloyd’s, together [...]
Butlin’s boss reveals where possible new UK site could be September 4, 2025 The chief executive of Butlin’s has revealed where in the UK the holiday resort chain could open a new site in the future. Jon Hendry Pickup, speaking on a new episode of City AM‘s Boardroom Uncovered show, said expanding beyond the company’s current three locations “would definitely” be something it would be interested in pursuing [...]