October 2025

ON A cracking day of Group One action, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (3:25pm) shapes as another deep renewal, with 16 top-class milers lining up. The contest likely hinges on …

Ascot’s Champions Day card closes with the Balmoral Handicap (4.40pm). Native Warrior heads the betting, and while he’s bidding to land an Ascot hat-trick, I’m reminded that shorter-priced horses don’t …

OF ALL the Group Ones at Ascot on British Champions Day, the Champions Sprint (2.05pm) looks the hardest of the bunch to call. That’s probably because the sprint division is …

Yes, capital is at risk – but so is opportunity if UK capital remains idle, unproductive and disconnected from the engines of national growth, write Alastair King and James Deal, co-CEO …

Sadiq Khan is to blame for a dearth in housebuilding in London, a leading think tank has warned, as new construction projects slumped to their lowest level seen in years. …

India will need to open its doors to athletes from Pakistan if Ahmedabad wins its bid to stage the 2030 Commonwealth Games, City AM can reveal. Amdavad, or Ahmedabad, has …

Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning a £1bn savings package through cuts to the Motability scheme offered to disabled people.  As part of a drive to plug a £30bn hole in …

A Grand Sumo Tournament left Japan for the first time since 1991 and in London it has seemingly found its home. Here’s what I thought of it all. One of …

International bank Investec has been added to the sponsorship stable of the Snow Polo World Cup, the City stalwart has announced. The Gresham Street-based Anglo-South African international banking and wealth …

The FTSE 100 fell sharply on Friday after a sell-off in US regional banks caused jitters to sweep through global equities markets over fears around the resilience of American credit …