Why Evelyn Partners backed the City’s newest padel tournament October 6, 2025 Next week some of the City’s biggest companies will put professional pride on the line in the name of competition – and charity – at the inaugural Evelyn Partners Padel Cup. The invitation-only tournament will see 16 mixed teams from top Square Mile firms descend on high-end Canary Wharf club Padium on 16 October for [...]
Mel Stride pledges sweeping tax cuts for businesses and young people October 6, 2025 Mel Stride has pledged to make sweeping tax cuts for businesses and young house buyers if the Tories are re-elected, in a speech talking up the party’s economic plans for the coming years. In a speech setting out the Tories’ commitment to keep public spending under control and lower costs for businesses, Stride accused Labour [...]
SMEs have been treated as Labour’s cash cows October 6, 2025 For all of Labour's grandstanding, half of SMEs say it's become harder to turn a profit under Labour, writes Danielle Dunfield-Prayero.
No Limits Tour: Cliff diving, Tom Daley and the TikTokification of sport October 4, 2025 When launching a new sports property it helps to have one of the biggest names in the game lend their support and, in diving, they don’t come much bigger than Tom Daley. So it was a timely boost to the No Limits Tour Cliff Diving Championship that former Olympic champion Daley agreed to appear in [...]
London Film Festival 2025: 9 amazing movies to book right now October 3, 2025 The return of the London Film Festival: 2025’s programme is predictably packed with intrigue. Here are some of the films not to miss One year shy of its 70th anniversary, the London Film Festival returns this October, bringing hundreds of new films to the capital. Some have never played anywhere before, while others have been [...]
Haverfordwest County: Welsh minnows who reached Europe seek buyer October 3, 2025 The man who took a tiny Welsh football club into European competition – and launched the career of a current Champions League manager – has put Haverfordwest County up for sale. Rob Edwards, who has revived the fortunes of the semi-pro Pembrokeshire outfit since taking over during the Covid-19 pandemic, has made a plea for [...]
Tee Box golf is where thousands of City workers play – in the heart of the Square Mile October 3, 2025 Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s Tee Box golf experiences. Why does Tee Box golf deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? We launched our first location near [...]
The Capitalist: Butler boogies her way towards 2028 October 3, 2025 The week’s gossip and City whispers: it’s the latest edition of The Capitalist CITY AM’s Samuel Norman is no stranger to fanboys, fintech superfan-in-chief such as he is, but this week he was delighted to find he had a fan of his own in the form of 14-year- old reader Ben. The teen, with a [...]
OBR hands Rachel Reeves first damning pre-Budget report on UK economy October 3, 2025 The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has handed Chancellor Rachel Reeves its first evaluation of the state of the UK economy and crippled public finances, setting policy discussions about likely £30bn tax rises and possible savings in motion. The OBR’s Budget Responsibility Committee, which consists of the economists Richard Hughes, David Miles and Tom Josephs, [...]
Retail investors put increasing trust in AI to build their portfolio October 2, 2025 UK retail investors are putting increasing amounts of trust in AI tools to build their investment portfolio, believing it is able to make more informed decisions. According to the latest report from investment platform eToro, the number of investors using AI tools has increased by 45 per cent over the last year. Of the investors [...]