The Festival of Words: From Gyles Brandreth to Anthony Scaramucci – all you need to know about the Fleet Street Quarter festival
From start-up to scale-up: shifting the focus to support for female entrepreneurs Tech As part of our partnership with Scale and the Women Who Scale initiative, City AM sat down with Sam Smith, the former chief executive of FinnCap, to discuss one of the key challenges holding back female start-up founders and what can be done to help female-led scaleups. While the spotlight often shines on the funding [...]
Lady Mayor: It’s not right to pretend I’m no different to my male predecessors Opinion After debuting as London's first 'Lady Mayor', Susan Langley was inundated with emails telling her how she had inspired young girls.
International Women’s Day: Free markets are not the enemy of feminism Opinion History tells that if there’s one thing women should fear, it’s not capitalism, it’s the collective, says Victoria Bateman Leftist global histories tell the same story when it comes to women. They present us with a happy world in which women were revered and rewarded by their communities until the advent of capitalism ended this [...]
‘You don’t need to be liked to be respected’: Advice for businesswomen from businesswomen March 6, 2026 The internet is full of generic business advice for wannabe entrepreneurs, but what about the specifics of being a woman in business?
Women Who Scale unveils speaker line up for April Scale summit March 5, 2026 The female founder initiative Women Who Scale has announced its speaker lineup for its sessions at the Scale Expo and Summit in April. The summit will take place at London’s Business Design Centre on 22 and 23 April, in partnership with City AM. The Women Who Scale initiative brings together the UK’s most influential female [...]
Coffee Republic founder Sahar Ashemi: Don’t have a plan B, it makes you dither March 5, 2026 We dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, we speak to Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic and Buy Women Built.
From power suits to prairie dresses: Don’t be fooled by the Trad Wife – she’s a Girlboss in disguise March 5, 2026 The trad wife isn't a stay-at-home mum, she's a stay-at-home businesswoman. Don't be fooled by the dream she's selling, writes Anna Moloney.
International Women’s Day 2026: the best events to book February 25, 2026 International Women’s Day 2026 takes place on Sunday 8 March, with a range of events scheduled to take place across the capital. Events earmarking the annual event will celebrate female stories and protest against longstanding inequalities. Many more International Women’s Day 2026 events will be announced, but for now here are six that stand out [...]
Lessons in investing from ISA millionaires March 17, 2025 interactive investor is the UK’s second largest investment platform for private investors. Last week, we celebrated International Women’s Day, so I thought it was apt to dedicate this week’s column to dispelling some of the myths surrounding the way women invest their money so that we can empower and inspire more women to invest – [...]
Excluding women in defence is costing business March 8, 2025 Western defence has made massive strides, but the sector has a massive gender problem - and it's costing business, writes Naomi Hulme.