Jonny Brownlee on mixing business with pleasure in Supertri June 5, 2025 Jonny Brownlee credits Supertri with saving his career and now the Olympic gold medallist is hoping the super-sprint triathlon series can ensure he still has one after hanging up his tri suit. The 35-year-old and brother Alistair own and manage a team – Brownlee Racing, featuring leading Brits including Alex Yee, Beth Potter and Jess [...]
Young’s: Pub giant raises dividend as earnings jump June 5, 2025 Pub and bar operator Young & Co’s has reported a significant jump its earnings despite surging costs. The hospitality firm, which has 277 pubs across the UK, told markets that revenue rose 24.9 per cent from £388.8m to £485.8m in the 52 weeks ended March 31. The nearly 200-year-old pub business said adjusted operating profit [...]
St James’s Place CIO: I was told not to bother with a City career June 5, 2025 Justin Onuekwusi's teacher told him he wasn't suited to a professional career. Now, CIO of St James's Place, he takes us through his career.
Grandparents are the missing piece in the fertility crisis June 5, 2025 An under-discussed aspect of the housing shortage is that it forces many young Londoners to move away from their parents, making it harder to raise children of their own, says Phoebe Arslanagic-Little My husband and I knew that our baby would be much loved by our parents, but we have both been surprised by the [...]
Martin Williams: Here are my favourite places to Toast the City June 4, 2025 This month, you can let your thoughts be heard as we open the nominations for ‘Toast the City’, City AM’s inaugural hospitality awards celebrating the best of the Square Mile! For inspiration, debate and disagreement – best made over a pint, or a glass of burgundy, as per your preference – here are a few [...]
The real reason young Albanians like me are coming to the UK illegally June 4, 2025 Growing up in Kukes in northern Albania, one of the poorest places in Europe, Gezim Hilaj watched as most of the young people he knew crossed to the UK in small boats. Here he argues that Keir Starmer’s return hubs won’t stop more Albanians doing the same In 2019, while I was studying hard to [...]
Spending Review: Athletes urge Starmer and Reeves to back London 2029 bid June 4, 2025 Keely Hodgkinson, Sir Mo Farah and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill are among more than 100 athletes who have urged the government to back London’s bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships in its Spending Review. The plea for funding, in an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, comes ahead of Chancellor Rachel [...]
Canva boss warns Gen Z about future of the workplace at SXSW London June 4, 2025 A senior leader at Canva, the world’s most-used design platform, has used an appearance at the SXSW London event to warn Gen Z about Gen Alpha and the future of the workplace. Canva’s Head of Europe Duncan Clark suggested that current Millennial and Gen Z workers should already be thinking about how to work effectively [...]
The Debate: Should the UK decriminalise cannabis? June 4, 2025 Sadiq Khan says yes, but is the UK really ready for looser rules around cannabis? We get two experts to argue for and against.
Canva’s AI gambit rekindles the human cost debate June 4, 2025 When Canva announced in April that it was cutting the headcount of its technical writing team, the decision surprised many in the industry. The move came just months after the Australian tech giant had strongly encouraged employees to integrate generative AI tools into their daily workflows – a push that, for some, felt like a [...]