Scandal after scandal: What is happening at PwC? April 24, 2025 Over the last few years, PwC has been involved in several scandals. It's now battling to prevent more from happening
Aston Villa to boost Villa Park capacity beyond 50,000 by 2027 April 24, 2025 Aston Villa have revealed plans to increase the capacity of Villa Park to more than 50,000 by more than doubling the number of seats in its North Stand. The Premier League club aim to complete the work by late 2027, in time for being one of the host venues for Euro 2028, which is being [...]
Tandem Bank: ‘Greener’ UK fintech bolsters profit April 24, 2025 Digital bank Tandem reported its third year of profitability in the 2024 financial year. The fintech – which brands itself as “the UK’s greener digital bank” – recorded a 40 per cent jump in underlying profit to £24.1m. This was up from £17.2m in 2023. Tandem’s assets under management topped £1.5bn at the end of [...]
Square Mile tailor Neil McCann: I look forward to when gilets are a thing of the past! April 24, 2025 Square Mile tailor Neil McCann tells us about his career, style and the scourge of the gilet in this week's Square Mile and Me.
Mark Kleinman: Fintech Growth Fund’s journey ends in Octopus’s tentacles April 24, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Fintech Growth Fund’s journey ends in Octopus’s tentacles It could scarcely have augured more favourably. An investment fund whose creation was recommended by the City grandee Sir Ron Kalifa in his 2021 review of the UK [...]
Christopher Sarofim: NFL minority owner joins Everton board April 23, 2025 US fund manager Christopher Sarofim, a minority owner of the NFL’s Houston Texans, has joined the board of Everton FC after buying into the club’s ownership group. Sarofim, 63, is chairman of Fayez Sarofim & Co, a fund set up by his father which manages $30bn in assets, and a friend of new Everton owner [...]
If the ONS can’t measure productivity, how are we meant to improve it? April 23, 2025 The ONS's shortcomings are far from trivial, its bad maths is holding back the UK economy, writes Paul Ormerod.
Formula E extends stay in London with contract extension April 23, 2025 Formula E will remain in the capital until 2026 after extending its deal with the ExCeL in east London. The all-electric racing series will return to the exhibition centre next year having stretched its deal by another 12 months to keep the Docklands landmark as host. It comes amid rumours that the series could up [...]
Reeves pledges to defend UK interests ahead of IMF meetings in Washington April 22, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to “defend Britain’s interests” as she prepares to meet fellow finance ministers in Washington and push for a US trade deal. Reeves will spend three days in the US capital for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s spring meetings of finance ministers and business leaders from across the G7 and G20. [...]
Wework hopeful of revival amid growth in demand for flexible workspaces April 22, 2025 Embattled office company Wework is hopeful of a revival after reporting a jump in demand for flexible workspaces in London. The New York-based business, which collapsed in November 2023 before emerging from bankruptcy last year, said its on-demand bookings – a pay-as-you-go membership option – rose by 30 per cent in London compared to the [...]