The Square Mile and Me: Steffan Williams on the joy of comms, the City’s data revolution and J Sheekey’s charms April 6, 2023 Each week we ask the City’s great and good to dig deep into the memory bank and tell us their favourite tales from the Square Mile. This week it’s Steffan Williams, the well-connected comms supremo and co-founder of Williams Nicolson What was your first job? Graduate Trainee at Charterhouse Bank. The key question at interview [...]
Ed Warner: Fear of losing to the Poms may get Australian sport its extra A$2bn April 6, 2023 As an English sports fan it’s always fun when others cite your nation as their greatest rivals when they wouldn’t make your own top three. Cricket aside, such is the case with Australia. Last week a cry from Australia’s sporting hierarchy for more financial backing from politicians caught my eye. The need to beat the [...]
Peter Murrell released without charge amid ongoing police probe of SNP finances April 6, 2023 Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been been released without charge as police continue an investigation into the SNP’s finances. Mr Murrell, who married the former first minister in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following a controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership numbers. The [...]
Nottingham Forest owner backs Steve Cooper despite poor form April 5, 2023 Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis insists manager Steve Cooper is not about to be sacked despite the club’s poor run of form. Marinakis, who is on his sixth manager in six years at the City Ground, warned however that results would have to “improve immediately”. Forest are without a win in the Premier League since [...]
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 [...]