UK dividends hit a record £36.7bn in the second quarter of 2024, rising 11.2 per cent compared to last year. Special dividends helped the total to a record. The largest …
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WazirX, Li.Fi hacks show continuing hacker threat for crypto
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. Li.fi protocol, …
Is America’s ‘woke backlash’ a warning?
With Microsoft scrapping a DEI team and Elon Musk moving to Texas, is the tide turning on the ‘woke’ agenda – and should businesses pay attention? Asks Eliot Wilson When …
How to be a Super Yimby – and help fix Britain’s housing crisis
Labour has announced exciting new plans for 1.5m desperately needed new homes, but some are determined to get in the way. Here’s City A.M.’s guide to how to be a …
Don’t let green dogma get in the way of climate science
Activists including Greta Thunberg have shut down a key research project into geoengineering — a potentially game-changing technology — arguing that it could provide an excuse not to cut fossil …
The Thames is a gateway to growth
From water bailiffs to maritime finance, the river connects London’s past to its future, says Michael Mainelli What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, among other things, we …
Building Blocks: The TON revolution- blockchain gaming’s new frontier
Every week Blockchain Sensei will be walking you through the basics of blockchain technology. Consider this your crash course in all things web3! Blockchain gaming can be described simply as …
Sunny weather and Euros deliver extended happy hour for Britain’s pubs
An industry body has said that the Euros may be over, but this weekend’s sunny weather has meant the feel-good factor in London has endured. The British Beer and Pub …
Interactive Brokers is ready to shake up the UK trading market
“Why is it,” Gerald Perez, the UK boss of global brokerage giant Interactive Brokers, told City A.M., “that UK investors can trade anywhere around the world on our platform for …
‘Engine of the UK’s economy’: Mid-sized firms set to ramp up investment in boost to growth
More than half of the UK’s mid-sized firms plan to invest at least £3m in the next five years in order to scale up their business. Fifty-one per cent of …