Whisky Business: City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. The 1980s were a particularly dark time in the history of the Scotch whisky industry. Throughout the decade, around a …
Lockyer: London Broncos consortium to invest if Super League bid dashed
The consortium behind the proposed acquisition of the London Broncos rugby league team insist they’ll invest and play in the Championship if their Super League application is unsuccessful. A dozen …
THG gains momentum after slow start to the year
Ecommerce platform THG returned to growth in the second quarter of the year, driven by a sales boost for its supplement brand Myprotein. THG told markets this morning that revenue …
FTSE 100 Live: Playtech results, Klarna rallies on stock market debut
Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. The government’s growth ambitions were dealt another hammer blow last night, after US pharma giant Merck pulled the plug on a planned …
Tokyo has another bite at athletics cherry – will fandom blossom?
If you’re an athletics fan, time to perfect your “work from home” excuses as the World Championships begin in Tokyo tomorrow. If you live west of Japan, that spells disrupted …
Brits bypass Online Safety Act with VPNs, report finds
The government’s flagship Online Safety Act is already being bypassed at scale, with a new survey showing nearly one in three Brits are still accessing adult content without age checks …
She championed consumers, but can Lucy Rigby MP steer the City?
Lawyers, journalists, and Westminster insiders have long dominated the British political system, and this Labour government is no exception, with a former barrister at the helm. Now, the minister responsible …
Enough slogans, Labour must walk the walk on growth
The government’s promises of economic growth will fail unless it moves beyond slogans and reshuffles to implement substantive structural reforms in tax, planning and infrastructure to provide the certainty and …
What makes a great entrepreneur?
You can tell a real entrepreneur as soon as you meet one. They share certain traits and characteristics. They have this can-do aura about them, real energy and magnetism, says …
What happened to Sadiq Khan’s promise to end Tube strikes?
Sadiq Khan promised there would be no Tube strikes under his mayoralty. So where is he now, asks James Ford Do you remember when Sadiq Khan promised that there would …