Full steam ahead for Trainline as it raises its end of year guidance November 5, 2025 London listed ticketing app Trainline has seen its shares rocket after the firm raised its pre-tax profit guidance. Total revenue inched up 2 per cent year by year to £23m from £229m in the first half of the year. Free cash flow hit £79m, while basic earnings per share increased by 54 per cent to [...]
Cut interest rates by 25 basis points, Shadow MPC says November 5, 2025 Top economists on City AM’s Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have called for interest rates to be cut to 3.75 per cent in a narrow 5-4 vote. Economists from academia, business and City giants have said that the UK’s weakening demand and easing price pressures suggested the Bank of England should look to cut interest [...]
Here’s a low-cost plan to stop young entrepreneurs leaving Britain November 5, 2025 Rachel Reeves is looking for growth on a tight budget. She must focus on creating the conditions that help Britain’s young founders start, survive and scale, while also addressing the root causes driving Britain’s entrepreneur exodus, argues Sean Kohli Rachel Reeves will be getting no shortage of advice ahead of November’s Budget. The snowballing fiscal [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Wetherspoons boss’ Budget warning; M&S takes cyber hit November 5, 2025 Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. If you need a clear sign that there is an AI bubble, look no further. American tech stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a hedge fund manager famed for predicting the Global Financial Crisis revealed he had taken out a billion-dollar bet against some of the world’s [...]
Left and rightwing think tanks join to call for ‘pro-growth’ tax reform November 5, 2025 Several think tanks from across the political divide have joined forces to call for sweeping tax reforms in a report that seeks to prioritise productivity growth and fairness in the wider system. Economists and policy officials from the left-leaning IPPR, the right-leaning Centre for Policy Studies and the likes of the Adam Smith Institute and [...]
Reeves’ deregulation agenda won’t help growth this parliament, economist warns November 5, 2025 Rachel Reeves’ deregulation agenda is unlikely to make any improvement to economic growth before the end of this parliament, a leading economist has warned, in the latest sign the government’s growth mission is running out of steam. Professor Stephen Millard, Deputy Director of the National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NIESR) said it would [...]
The Debate: should Britain abolish the monarchy? November 5, 2025 The disgrace of the former Prince Andrew has led some to question whether it’s time Britain abolished the monarchy altogether. Two experts make their cases in this week’s Debate. No: Constitutional monarchy is a shield against instability and tyranny The list of countries which retain a ceremonial constitutional monarchy contains many of the world’s most [...]
UK faces founder exodus in wake of tax hiking Budget November 5, 2025 Britain could suffer an exodus of business owners if the Chancellor follows through with rumours of a crackdown on wealth at the upcoming Budget. A fresh poll of founders has shown that four in 10 UK-based entrepreneurs would weigh up whether to leave the UK were Rachel Reeves’s speech to contain either a hike to [...]
IGI Reports Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2025 Unaudited Financial Results November 4, 2025 International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. (“IGI” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IGIC) today reported financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2025. Highlights for the third quarter and first nine months of 2025 include: (in millions of U.S. Dollars, except percentages and per share information) Quarter Ended September 30, Nine Months [...]