The Co-operative Bank has said its multi-year transformation plan is “materially complete” as the lender progresses with an agreed £780m takeover by Coventry Building Society. Co-op Bank has spent the …
Mark Kleinman: BHP’s Anglo bid, Getir’s lack of delivery and what next for Nationwide
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and writes a weekly column for City A.M., this week on the bid for Anglo American, Getir’s struggles and Nationwide’s Virgin Money takeover …
Ed Warner: Forget WrestleMania, Super Bowl or the Olympics – London mayor should seek hefty portfolio of sporting events
It’s mayoral election day, but London is hardly gripped by voting fever. I’m no psephologist, but it seems a safe bet that turnout will slide under 2021’s 42 per cent, …
Gen z aren’t lazy – they just know that work doesn’t pay
Generation z are shunning the corporate ladder because they recognise we live in an asset-driven economy that penalises work, says Eliza Filby Here’s a charming exchange between two young men …
The making of a mayor: What powers do they actually have?
In England and across the world, mayors have wildly disparate powers. So how do they stack up? Lucy Kenningham explains In 1990, Michael Heseltine came back from a trip to …
Let’s be honest, there are no easy answers to worklessness
The government is right to be focused on getting people off welfare dependency and into work, but we shouldn’t be too optimistic about its chances of success, says Matthew Lesh …
Stickers and democracy sausages – time to give polling day some pizzazz
Low turnout in elections is bad for democracy. If we want more people to vote, why not make polling day more of a party? Asks John Oxley It’s polling day …
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Transform
Offender: Transform Every one of us has been an email chain which is borderline unintelligible for the amount of corporate lingo thrown in there. At City A.M., we’re taking a …
City lawyer urges the government to ‘take back control’ of the FCA
A City lawyer launched an extraordinary call for the government to “take back control” of the regulator yesterday after Jeremy Hunt rounded on the FCA over its plans to name …
The Notebook: Has London revived its rave scene?
Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, takes the Notebook pen to have her say on the …