City of London to host padel and football during London Sports Festival May 1, 2025 The Square Mile will this summer bask in the opportunity to get active with the launch of the London Sports Festival across the capital from this month. Beginning later this month and running through until October, iconic London landmarks will play host to a number of sports to merge the City’s working engine with the [...]
Rio Tinto shareholders reject move to ditch primary London listing May 1, 2025 Rio Tinto will keep its primary London listing after the mining giant’s shareholders voted comprehensively to reject an activist investor’s push for the firm to abandon its current dual-listed structure. More than eight in 10 shareholders voted against the motion proposed by London-based Palliser Capital, which called for a review into whether the miner should [...]
Lloyds’ finance boss slams ring-fencing amid waning growth forecast May 1, 2025 Lloyds‘ finance boss raised the alarm on lenders’ ability to help drive growth due to restrictions from the ring-fencing regime. The bank trimmed its UK GDP expectations and has projected a rise in unemployment in the latest warning sign for the health of the British economy. The FTSE 100 giant pencilled in 0.2 per cent [...]
Healthcare firm Totally weighs sale as it faces eight-figure medical negligence claim May 1, 2025 Totally is exploring a sale of one or more of its subsidiaries to shore up its balance sheet after the firm revealed it faces an eight-figure medical negligence claim. The Derby-based business is to undertake a “strategic review” under which it will consider “selling one or more of the company’s subsidiaries”, “receiving strategic investment or [...]
Business blowdrys: Forget golf, real deals are now made in the salon May 1, 2025 Forget making deals on the golf course, Anna Moloney has been WFH: working from hairdresser. Welcome to the strange new world of the business blowdry.
Britain is going to the polls, but what’s the point of metro mayors? May 1, 2025 Voters will elect four new regional mayors today, but until we give them proper powers over tax, devolution will remain a fig-leaf for deeper structural problems, says Jamila Robertson Today, voters head to polling stations to elect four regional mayors (two of which are new roles for 2025, with six to come in 2026). This [...]
FTSE 100 continues longest winning streak since 2017 April 30, 2025 The FTSE 100 is on track for another strong day after 12 days of positive performance, marking its best winning streak since 2017 amid a calming of investor nerves over an erratic US tariff policy. London’s main index has had a positive performance every day since 10 April, and is currently up 0.12 per cent [...]
Recruitment surges for employment lawyers as businesses worry about worker rights overhaul April 30, 2025 Law firms are actively seeking to bulk out their practices as the pending employment law overhaul drives uncertainty at businesses
Businesses are bracing for trans policy rewrites April 30, 2025 Campaigners and watchdogs say the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on trans inclusion in the Equality Act brought clarity. But for bosses, the topic is likely to become even more of a minefield, says Ali Lyon. Ever since her appointment as chair of the UK’s human rights watchdog in 2020, Baroness Falkner has been convinced that [...]
Ed Miliband’s reckless Net Zero ideology April 29, 2025 Rumours persist that Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, could be shunted out of his role when the Prime Minister conducts his first major reshuffle since last summer’s election victory. Keir Starmer has the perfect excuse; the world has changed. He’s fond of saying that, and of course it’s true; huge changes are afoot and the global economy [...]