Burberry’s Jonathan Akeroyd is leaving the company “by mutual agreement with theboard” – to be replaced by former Coach CEO Joshua Schulman. It’s a move thatcomes as the fashion brand’s …
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Mark Kleinman: Tate & Lyle’s sweet deal isn’t just for taste
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City A.M. column. Today, he looks at Tate & Lyle’s , the …
Meet the man keeping Sushi Samba above the competition
Omar Gutierrez was born to be in the hospitality business: he grew up in Vegas, after all. Now he’s the co-chief executive officer of the Sushi Samba Group, the operator …
Starmer to pledge fresh focus on border security as part of reset with Europe
Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to reset Britain’s relationship with Europe, vowing to put a fresh emphasis on border security at the heart of ties with the continent. The Prime …
HS2 plans sweeping job cuts and major restructuring as it battles soaring costs
HS2 Ltd, the private company overseeing the delivery of the high-speed railway line, is planning a sweeping round of job cuts and a major restructuring as the embattled project’s scope …
Meet the group recoding the City’s ‘tech bro’ culture
Anna Brailsford, the candid chief executive of Code First Girls, does not mince her words when it comes to her sometimes unpopular business philosophy: doing good for the world can, …
Square Mile and Me: So Energy’s Simon Oscroft on disrupting the energy industry
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Simon Oscroft, CEO and co-founder at So Energy, takes us through his career, from serving …
HS2 investigating possible misconduct tied to ‘serious’ data breach
HS2 has launched a formal investigation into allegations of gross misconduct tied to a “serious” data breach earlier in the year, City A.M. understands. Sources allege the incident took place …
‘VAT? What VAT?’: Private school boasting it will absorb Labour’s tax hike propped up by Chinese investors
A Shropshire private school that has boasted it would not pass on Labour’s planned VAT hike to fee-paying parents is being propped up by Chinese investors, City A.M. can reveal. Adcote School, an independent school for girls, courted controversy in April …
Big-ticket ad campaigns are back as UK economy brightens
Big-ticket advertising campaigns, including those on television and radio, are making a comeback as the UK’s economy continues to improve. Marketing budgets have experienced their largest upward revision since the …