What should investors do in H2? Diversify July 17, 2025 At a time of global uncertainty, diversifying your investments across regions and sectors remains the best way to protect your portfolio, says Liz Ann Sonders The year 2025 began on a note of buoyancy. Fresh off the back of the US Presidential election, equity markets were roaring, fuelled by optimism that deregulation and tax cuts [...]
House prices ‘continue to surprise’ as average property value ticks up in May July 16, 2025 UK house prices rose again in May, bucking predictions of a slowdown in the market after stamp duty relief was axed earlier this year. The average price for a UK property reached £269,000 in May, up 3.9 per cent year on year and 1.1 per cent month on month. The bulk of this increase was [...]
Is it high time to buy in super-prime London? July 15, 2025 London’s super-prime market has been suffering from a glut of supply in the wake of damaging decision-making from successive governments. Ali Lyon asks, is the tide beginning to turn? To take a walk down Mayfair’s historic Upper Grosvenor Street is to be confronted by a quiet, but dramatic, changing-of-the-guard afoot in one of London’s most [...]
Close Brothers drops brewery arm amid operations overhaul July 15, 2025 Close Brothers is set to sell off its specialist service provider division for the beer industry as the banking group continues to overhaul operations. The FTSE 250 listed group established Close Brewery Rentals Limited (CBRL) in 2007, which provides keg and cask rental, leasing, and management services for breweries and beverage producers. The division offers [...]
Rachel Reeves ducks ‘speculation’ despite tax pledge confusion July 14, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves ducked questions about her Autumn Budget plans despite growing confusion over tax pledges and definitions of “working people”. In an interview on Monday, the chancellor reiterated the government’s pledge not to raise the rates of income tax, national insurance or VAT. But Reeves declined to comment on whether she would introduce a [...]
Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes are driving wealthy overseas investors to flee London July 14, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes have had the “feared impact” of driving wealthy overseas investors to flee London to escape double taxation of their worldwide income, the company behind The Shard has said. Real Estate Management (UK), which is ultimately owned by the State of Qatar, has revealed the exodus has resulted in it being [...]
The best part of Sri Lanka just got a stunning new hotel July 12, 2025 When the Australian cricket team finished a day’s play against Sri Lanka in Galle in February, they came for a well-earned break at the Radisson Collection hotel, fives miles down the seafront.They liked it so much that when they won the series a few days later, they returned to celebrate into the early hours of [...]
The Building Safety Regulator’s near-impossible balancing act July 10, 2025 Originally implemented to tackle safety concerns in light of the devastating Grenfell fire, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has now been accused of hamstringing developments in the capital. Delays in the system are currently “undermining investor confidence” in the sector, “holding back the delivery of new homes and adding to uncertainty for residents”, head of [...]
Forget WeWork and Airbnb: inside the company nailing remote working July 10, 2025 From the Summer issue of City AM The Magazine: inside the remote working company appealing to a new generation of digital nomads Rows upon rows of cookie-cutter houses fill the boujee neighbourhood of Abbot Kinney in Los Angeles. In front of one, a basketball hoop stands by a double garage. It looks like all the [...]
Week in Business: The tragedy of Labour’s tax addiction July 10, 2025 From the housing market to the stock exchange, some taxes need to be reformed or reduced - but this government only wants to hike rates.