To revive London, women need to be able to stop looking over their shoulder December 6, 2021 Winter is here. The heating is on, the gloves and hats are out, and the decorations are up in the shops. Winter in London can be such a joy, but for many women it also means months of feeling frightened when out and about after dark – of planning different routes to avoid the park, [...]
A small price to pay: we must avoid compulsory home working for the City December 6, 2021 As Christmas approaches, there’s a clear sense of excitement in the air – a feeling that this Christmas will be better than last. There can be no doubt that 2021 has brought us closer to what feels like normal life. Britain’s vaccination programme has helped to protect the most vulnerable from Covid-19, and allowed our [...]
Energy firms face action after restoration delays following Storm Arwen December 4, 2021 Energy network operators face enforcement action from Ofgem following power delays from Storm Arwen.
Best of this week in our opinion pages: from the call for a more inclusive job market to flooding and big tech mergers December 4, 2021 As the tense exchanges between the UK and France over migration remain on top of the news, Eliot Wilson looks at Home Secretary Priti Patel’s management – or mismanagement – of the Channel crisis. To achieve a long-term solution and avoid further tragedies, the government should firstly stop the dangerous crossings, and secondly modernise the [...]
City law pay war: Herbert Smith Freehills throws £105k at junior lawyers December 3, 2021 The ‘silver circle’ law firm has waded into the ongoing bidding battle for junior lawyers in the City by raising newly qualified lawyer salaries to £105,000, according to reports. Although their current “total compensation package” is £107,000, this includes both base salary and their bonus. But with the new announcement, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) lawyers [...]
Novel coronavirus: Meet the writers who penned a book during lockdown December 3, 2021 They say everyone has a book in them, but usually that’s where it stays. Writing a novel is a time-consuming business, a months- or years-long project, often undertaken with little guarantee anyone will ever read it. Every successful author has their ‘origin story’, from JK Rowling scribbling away in an Edinburgh cafe to Dostoyevsky bashing out The [...]
Tories win Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election despite sleaze allegations and Boris Johnson’s disastrous CBI speech December 3, 2021 The UK’s newest MP this morning is Tory Louie French after winning the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election around 2am earlier this morning. French took more than half the votes in the contest, which was triggered by the death of former Cabinet minister James Brokenshire. But there was a 10 per cent swing to Labour [...]
Omicron invades US as new Covid variant rears its head in New York, Colorado, Minnesota, California and Hawaii December 3, 2021 US authorities are on high alert as the new Coronavirus variant, the Omicron mutation, has been discovered in at least five states. The Covid-19 variant had been undetected in the US before the middle of this week. A Colorado woman who had recently travelled to southern Africa, a Hawaii resident with no recent travel history [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? December 2, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. JP Morgan JP Morgan Asset Management hired a global head of investment stewardship to lead in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the beginning of the year, and yesterday expanded the role. In the newly created [...]
Black Friday sales failed to boost retail footfall last month December 2, 2021 Black Friday sales failed to entice more shoppers out to UK retail destinations, according to the latest data. Footfall worsened slightly during November to 14.5 per cent below 2019 compared with being down 13.4 per cent on pre-pandemic levels in October, according to Springboard data. The month as a whole was impacted by a relatively [...]