A council’s moronic decision to block Marlow Film Studios not only hurts our film industry – it holds back our economy, Jess Jones argues It would not be unrealistic to …
June 2024
Labour candidate under fire after collapsed FX firm left clients £15m out of pocket
A Labour parliamentary candidate is facing questions over his past business career today after the FX firm he founded collapsed and left customers millions of pounds out of pocket. RationalFX, …
The Notebook: The point of non-executive directors? Common sense
Where the City’s movers and shakers get a few things off their chest. Today, Neil Bennett, global co-CEO of H/Advisors, takes the notebook pen to talk about common sense, Dominic …
Gatwick’s expansion is ‘incredibly important for the UK’ says boss
A key part of Gatwick’s growth plan is a £2.2bn scheme to dramatically increase capacity by bringing its emergency runway into routine use. It is a huge deal, but the …
Housebuilding targets ‘extremely challenging’ without extra funding, think tank warns
The next government will have to find some extra cash to spur construction of new affordable homes, a think tank has warned, or risk missing its housebuilding targets. Both major …
Skills gap remains ‘stubbornly high’ with over half of London firms suffering from shortages
Well over half of businesses in London and the South East are experiencing skills shortages in key positions, which are having knock-on effects on productivity and staff morale. A new …
What is industrial strategy? And why do Labour think the UK needs one?
Labour has mapped out an industrial strategy, which sits at the centre of its plan to generate economic growth. Businesses will be delighted. According to the Society of Chemical Industry …
Naomi Klein: Even after Doppelganger, I’m still being mixed up with Naomi Wolf
Long mistaken for conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf, Naomi Klein wrote Doppelganger as a way to confront the confusion. But, sitting down to talk with City A.M. after winning the inaugural …
From telecom towers to crypto mines: Deutsche Telekom dives into Bitcoin mining
Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. In a …
Cries of a ‘supermajority’ won’t have voters flocking to the Tories
Voters are not stupid, and rarely appreciate being treated as such. Nor do they like being blamed for something that isn’t their fault. As such, the Conservative party’s vocal warnings …