Sequoia scraps London office as UK employees face axe Tech Silicon Valley venture capital giant Sequoia Capital is shutting its London office and cutting staff, just six years after expanding into Europe, in a major retreat from Britain’s startup investment scene. The US investor, an early backer of Apple, Airbnb and Stripe, confirmed the closure in a sweeping restructuring announcement, saying it no longer saw [...]
London has waited long enough for Heathrow expansion Opinion Most Londoners and voters across the country was to see Heathrow expand so London’s growth can fly. My government must get on with it, says Siobhain McDonagh Britain has been debating where and how to expand airport capacity for almost 60 years. The Roskill Commission began its work in 1968. A child born when a [...]
Revealed: The luxury London pads getting Healey’s energy handout – while poorer areas miss out Property John Healey’s energy bills support package was meant to be targeted. But a City AM analysis has found homes worth millions are in line for a handout, while others in poorer areas will get nothing. John Healey’s maiden fiscal event was nothing if not targeted. Painful tax rises – be they on banks or gambling [...]
Where to eat in London this November: The chef collaborations worth booking October 30, 2026 Feasting season is upon us, so here is a list of some of the most exciting collaboration dinners and lunches for November – from a wine-drenched Tuesday afternoon in Farringdon to Korean funk in East London, this month has it all, writes Carys Sharkey Merlin Labron-Johnson at Spring (Saturday 31st October)Before bowing out to colder, [...]
Gibson Dunn snaps up Weil’s private funds team in City expansion October 30, 2026 Law firm Gibson Dunn is set to snap up a team of almost 40 private funds lawyers in London from Weil, Gotshal, and Manges, as the storied US law firm prepares to wind down after nearly a century. Gibson Dunn, the law firm which led on the UK side of Space X’s $75bn stock market [...]
Fiat Multiplina is a four-seater reported to cost £14k October 30, 2026 Fiat has taken the much-loved 1956 Multipla, squeezed it down to about the size of an original 500 and made it electric, and if the price lands where the early estimates point, it could be the cheapest way to get four people across town without waiting for a bus. Fiat’s new Multiplina is a four-seat [...]
Which is the London Underground’s most haunted station? October 30, 2026 Which is the Underground’s most haunted Tube station? James Ford offers the definitive countdown of the top three.
Weil’s ‘Titanic’ ordeal rocks firm’s London lawyers October 29, 2026 The unravelling of one of the world’s most prestigious law firms, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, has shaken its London lawyers, with one partner describing it as “a Titanic situation.” “This is probably the worst succession planning in legal history,” a former Weil partner told City AM. “I’m shocked about this…It’s crazy to me this is [...]
Autumn Budget 2026: Labour is treating London as a cash cow October 28, 2026 The plans that John Healey announced today to squeeze more from banks will hit London hardest too. Our world-beating financial services sector won’t stay in the City and Canary Wharf for long if it becomes uncompetitive. Instead of letting London’s key business sectors thrive, Labour punishes success, and every time they do, it is Londoners [...]
If the promise is good growth in every postcode, London can’t be an afterthought October 28, 2026 As ministers look beyond the capital, they shouldn't lose sight of a simple fact: London's success remains critical to the UK economy.