Take the stress and time out of social media marketing April 5, 2023 Flick is the modern, all-in-one social media marketing platform for busy marketers and business owners that makes managing and growing your socials easier than ever. Their new AI social media assistant helps you quickly create high-quality, on-brand social content while taking the hassle out of scheduling, hashtags and analytics. From helping you brainstorm what content to [...]
How close is the Rosebank North Sea oil and gas field to approval? April 5, 2023 Oil and gas field Rosebank remains a couple steps short of reaching Grant Shapps' desk, City A.M. can confirm.
A four day week won’t save us from the modern day addiction to multitasking April 5, 2023 We're getting enough sleep, we have enough time, but multi-tasking is making us exhausted and a four day week won't solve it.
From international trade to interest rates, macroeconomics is in yet another tail spin April 5, 2023 Last week, anti-Brexit campaigners started complaining about the minuscule economic benefit of joining the CPTPP, but almost no one shaking a fist knows a thing about microeconomics, writes Paul Ormerod
Credit Suisse chair Axel Lehmann apologises to angry shareholders at fractious final AGM April 4, 2023 Credit Suisse chair Axel Lehmann apologised to angry shareholders at the bank’s last annual general meeting today in Zurich for failing to turn around the beleaguered bank that was forced into a rescue takeover by UBS last month. Lehmann told shareholders that he understood the “bitterness, anger and shock of all those who are disappointed, [...]
Dubai court upholds extradition of British financier accused of £1.4bn tax fraud April 4, 2023 A court in Dubai on Monday rejected the appeal of a British financier fighting extradition to Denmark, where he is accused of orchestrating a 1.7 billion US dollar (£1.4 billion) tax fraud. Hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah is accused of masterminding a scheme that ran from 2012 to 2015 in which foreign businesses pretended to [...]
If 15 minute cities can start a wave of conspiracies, almost anything can April 4, 2023 The hysteria about the 15-minute city in Oxford is proof that conspiracy theories are reaching further and further deep into every corner of our society, writes Elena Siniscalco
Let’s face it: Profiteering is feeding the inflation beast, not just pay rises April 4, 2023 Inflation is a pernicious beast that is plainly bad for people and businesses. It can ease governments’ debt burdens by (artificially) boosting tax revenues, but that can lead to severe bouts of price rises that, often, lead to societal decay. So it’s easy to see why policymakers in the UK are sweating over the rate [...]
Heartfelt tributes paid to ‘Tory giant’ ex Chancellor Nigel Lawson who dies aged 91 April 3, 2023 The former Chancellor Nigel Lawson, who oversaw the City’s mid-eighties Big Bang, has passed away at 91. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led tributes to the party grandee and leading Brexiteer as an “inspiration” while Boris Johnson marked him as a “giant” of Tory politics. Prior to entering politics Lawson was the City editor of the [...]
Green Day’s Good News: Here are the winners in the energy sector April 3, 2023 Green Day is over - with much of the energy industry disappointed. But there were some winners which City A.M. highlights.