Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City A.M. column. Today, he looks at challenger banks, Carlsberg’s Britvic …
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Election 2024: Our plan for business will ‘turbocharge growth’, Tories claim
The Conservatives have claimed their plan for the UK’s businesses will “turbocharge growth and productivity” ahead of the July 4 general election. Extending the full expensing policy to leasing, abolishing …
Election 2024: What is tactical voting and how could it impact the outcome?
With just over a week left until the general election, debate has emerged over whether tactical voting is the best use of an individual’s ballot. Some campaign groups have urged …
Election 2024: Labour to guarantee work experience to all secondary pupils
Labour has pledged to offer a minimum of two weeks’ quality work experience and recruit over 1,000 new careers advisers in a move it claims will boost careers advice for …
Heathrow on the way out without a third runway, says Istanbul Airport chief
Heathrow Airport will fall behind rival hubs in the East should it fail to pursue plans for a third runway, the boss of Istanbul Airport has said. In an interview …
Election 2024: Why Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordaunt could lose their seats
With the general election now just a week away, several top Tories – including Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordaunt, among dozens more – may be struggling to get a good …
Labour candidate’s failed FX firm held £2.7m for company embroiled in bribery scandal
The collapsed foreign exchange (FX) firm owned by Labour candidate and former deputy mayor of London, Rajesh Agrawal, was holding millions of pounds in cash for a Maltese company linked …
Square Mile and Me – Labour City candidate Rachel Blake: Only Labour can remove the chaotic Tories
Ahead of the election, we’re asking the candidates for the Cities of London and Westminster to introduce themselves. Today, Labour candidate Rachel Blake gives her pitch to the City What was …
FTSE 100 today: London markets set to extend losing streak for third consecutive day
Moving markets today: Asian stocks decline, yen slump sparks market intervention alert, oil price drop; gold prices near two-week low. focus shifts to US economic data and Biden-Trump debate Major …
FCA rebrand is pointless – just get on with regulating the City
Actions speak louder than words, goes the world’s most famous maxim. It’s an ethos to be slapped onto most walks of life. Financial regulation though, it seems, is the exception.The …