Awards 2016 October 26, 2021 The City A.M. Awards for 2016, held at the glitzy Grange hotel opposite St Paul’s Cathedral, saw 14 individuals or businesses collect gongs in front of a star-studded audience of around 500 City figures. Our congratulations go to all the winners who stood out during 2016 for their exceptional work. The event, however, is not [...]
Awards 2018 October 26, 2021 The ninth City A.M. Awards were held at the Grange Hotel, in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral on 8 November 2018. This year 12 individuals and businesses collected gongs from host Julia Hartley-Brewer, in front of a star-studded audience comprising 400 of the City’s best-known figures. All of our winners, as well as our [...]
Awards 2019 October 26, 2021 2019 Winners The tenth annual City A.M. awards promised to be the biggest yet – and it didn’t disappoint! Hundreds of the City’s movers and shakers gathered at the Leonardo Hotel in St. Paul’s to recognise the most successful, innovative and transformative companies and individuals from across the business community. From dealmakers to entrepreneurs, from [...]
Categories October 26, 2021 Categories 2022 Interested in sponsoring a category this year? Email our team at awards@cityam.com for more details. Insurance Company of the Year The insurance sector has had an extraordinary year, not just coming out of a pandemic but amid a host of natural disasters. This year we’re looking not just at insurers who are delivering for shareholders [...]
Labour puts pressure on Sunak to ease household cost of living pressures in Budget October 26, 2021 Labour has put pressure on Rishi Sunak to do more to ease household cost of living pressures in the autumn Budget as MPs hit out at the Treasury for releasing large parts of tomorrow’s announcement early. Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson today called on the government to cut VAT on energy bills [...]
UK banks still stung by largest tax raid even if bank surcharge is slashed October 25, 2021 London will sting banks with the largest tax raid out of all of the world’s leading finance hubs even if the Chancellor slashes the bank surcharge at this week’s budget. UK based banks will still be hit by a 46.5 per cent levy in 2024 even if Chancellor Rishi Sunak cuts the bank surcharge to [...]
Minimum wage set to rise to £9.50 per hour October 25, 2021 The National Living Wage will increase from £8.91 per hour to £9.50 in the Budget this week. The 59p an hour boost means a full-time worker on the National Living Wage will see a pay rise of more than £1,000 a year. This is a 6.6 per cent increase in the minimum wage, which is [...]
Business confidence drops after tax hikes, says FSB report October 25, 2021 Forthcoming hikes to national insurance have dented business confidence ahead of the Budget, according to the latest quarterly report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The group’s small business index (SBI) has decreased from 18.6 points in Q2 2021 to 16.4 in Q3 2021. FSB surveyed 1,383 small businesses in late September and the [...]
Budget: International competition to become new priority for City watchdogs October 25, 2021 The Treasury is reportedly going to reveal this week that City regulators must consider competition as much as they do safety and soundness when making key decisions. The move, set to be unveiled in the budget, is expected to be accompanied by a cut in surcharge tax on banks’ profits. The Treasury has been in [...]
Businesses face being hit by £2.4bn national insurance ‘tax bombshell’, Lib Dems warn October 25, 2021 The Government is creating a “tax bombshell” for small and medium-sized businesses by raising national insurance, the Liberal Democrats warned. Research commissioned by the party said businesses with fewer than 250 employees would pay an extra £2.4bn a year due to the 1.25 per cent rise in national insurance (NI) announced by Boris Johnson in [...]