Boohoo warns of further sales falls as tough buyer market takes its toll October 3, 2023 Fast fashion giant Boohoo’s said its revenues fell by 17 per cent in the six months to August to £729m, and warned of further sales falls in the year ahead. The online shopping brand, which has been undergoing a turnaround plan, said that in the year ending February revenues could slip by between 12 to [...]
Conservative Conference Diary: Speed limits on growth October 3, 2023 City A.M.’s reporters bring you the gossip behind the headline speeches at the Conservative Party Conference.
The Notebook: Andy Silvester on why John Lewis’s next boss would do well to take a shift on the tills October 3, 2023 Where the City’s movers and shakers get a few things off their chest. Today, it’s our editor Andy Silvester with the pen Whoever replaces White would do well to take a shift on the tills Driving alongside Lake Bala, on the edges of Snowdonia, this intrepid Londoner got a shock at the weekend: an entrance [...]
Time to bolster talent pipeline to make UK a tech superpower in age of AI October 3, 2023 The UK is losing over £1.5bn per year to skill shortages and to become a world leader in tech and AI, we must invest in training the future workforce.
Stop criticising Gen Z and learn how to capture attention of distracted generation October 3, 2023 Young people today discern at high speed what they like and what they don't so it's up to brands to win over this consumer powerhouse of a generation
The Notebook: Guy Hands on why the phrase ‘dead as a dodo’ hits different these days October 2, 2023 Today, Guy Hands, founder of private equity giant Terra Firma Capital Partners, takes the Notebook pen Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is correct in saying that previous governments were not honest with the public about the trade-offs required to hit our climate targets. However I don’t agree with how he has dealt with the issue. McKinsey [...]
Taxman doubles amount of unpaid tax recovered from UK football clubs October 2, 2023 HMRC more than doubled the amount of unpaid tax that it recovered from UK football clubs in the past year as part of a crackdown on the sport.
Tory candidate Susan Hall says ‘I’ll be first female Labour mayor’ in gaffe October 1, 2023 Susan Hall promised to be the first “female Labour mayor” of London in a slip of the tongue at the Conservative Party Conference. The Tory candidate gave an upbeat speech about her chances of defeating Sadiq Khan in next year’s election, but ended her remarks with a gaffe. She said: “In 213 days’ time, [Khan] [...]
The NFL can overtake endemic UK sports – it’s a change 40 years in the making September 30, 2023 The NFL is back in London for its annual games and has ambitious plans for the UK.
Office politics September 29, 2023 Tim Oldman, boss of the workplace consultancy Leesman, tells Andy Silvester the results of our grand hybrid working experiment are still very much in flux Tim Oldman, as befits a man who runs a workplace consultancy, is asked as much as you’d expect about the impact of hybrid working on employees and the economy. Those [...]