‘Nailed on’: Bank of England expected to hike interest rates Economics The Bank of England is expected to hike interest rates next week as policymakers battle to stamp on inflationary pressures building in the UK economy. City analysts have predicted that the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will vote to raise interest rates from 3.75 per cent to four per cent. The Bank has been closely monitoring [...]
What must Prem Rugby CEO learn from his trip to US? Sweat the asset Sport Business It speaks to Prem Rugby’s ambition that its chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor is jetting off to the United States to drum up investment and sponsorship for the English game, as reported by City AM earlier this week. It suggests the league – unlike many other top-flight union competitions – is actively seeking to go beyond [...]
Burnham’s former economic adviser gives Budget a four out of 10 Earnings One of Andy Burnham’s former economic advisers has given John Healey’s Budget a four out of 10, warning there remained a 50 per cent chance the UK economy will be in worse shape next year than it is now. Andy Haldane, who for years served as chief economist at the Bank of England, told the [...]
House prices rise at slowest rate in years as Budget ‘fails to boost market’ October 30, 2026 House prices rose at their slowest rate since the start of 2024 in October, as property experts said the Budget failed to boost the UK’s beleaguered housing market. The average house price in the UK rose by 0.5 per cent this month to £273,566, according to Nationwide, slowed from 0.8 per cent growth last month [...]
Natwest shares slump after muted quarter October 30, 2026 Natwest shares fell after the bank delivered its third-quarter following a muted quarter for profit growth. The FTSE 100 bank recorded a pre-tax profit of £2.2bn, broadly in line with internal consensus and up 1.9 per cent from the same period last year. Its stock fell some four per cent to 611p in early trading. [...]
Are Manchester City too big to fail? Here’s what economic modelling says October 30, 2026 Exclusive economic modelling for City AM assesses whether Manchester City are too big to fail and whether a contagion threat should be factored into any punishment of the club. You have to go back to 1984 and the US state rescue of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company to pinpoint the moment that “too [...]
Which is the London Underground’s most haunted station? October 30, 2026 Which is the Underground’s most haunted Tube station? James Ford offers the definitive countdown of the top three.
Healey tells Bailey to loosen UK banking regulation after tax hike October 29, 2026 John Healey has told Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey to loosen banking regulation “as quickly as possible” after the government raised taxes on the sector in the Budget. The Chancellor wrote to Bailey following the Budget with a direction for the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) to balance its stability mandate with support for economic [...]
Autumn Budget 2026: ‘Steady as she goes’ is no good when the economy’s adrift October 29, 2026 John Healey avoided several icebergs but there are nasty storms on the horizon, says William Nixon The Chancellor opened his speech by claiming the Budget would help “steer” the UK’s economy through “global economic storms”. He can be commended for avoiding the twin icebergs of major new tax hikes and pre-Budget speculation that sank Rachel [...]
Budget 2026: Households earning over £110,000 locked out of revived Help to Buy scheme October 28, 2026 Households earning more than a combined £110,000 are set to be excluded from the revived Help to Buy scheme, the Autumn Budget confirmed. First-time buyers earning over a combined £110,000 outside London will be locked out of benefiting from the £4.7bn government-backed funding providing equity loans in the Your First Home Scheme, and £140,000 inside [...]