Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has hailed a proposed £3.75bn investment in a colossal new data centre in Hertfordshire. A planning application for what would amount to one of Europe’s largest …
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The Debate: Wetherspoons – is it magical or miserable?
Last week City A.M. attended the opening of the newest, biggest JD Wetherspoon – a truly British institution, you could say. But some still hate it (read here) and think …
Raise a glass to the City’s rich history of pubs, taverns and inns
Samuel Johnson, the great 18th century writer, poet, and lexicographer, spent much of his life on Fleet Street, in the City of London. Dr Johnson’s house in Gough Square still …
Square Mile and Me: Capital Rise CEO Uma Rajah on navigating London’s fintech scene
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Uma Rajah, CEO of Capital Rise, looks back on her journey from car factory floor …
Reform NHS to get Brits back at work and driving growth, Starmer to say
Reforming the National Health Service (NHS) will help get the British public “back to health and work” as well as “driving economic growth”, Sir Keir Starmer will say. The Prime …
Mark Kleinman: Summit’s up with flagship Labour conference
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column. This week he tackles Labour’s International Investment Summit, …
Calls grow for Reeves to shield employees’ shares from capital gains tax hike
Calls are growing for the government to carve out an allowance on capital gains tax (CGT) for employee share schemes amid fears a sweeping hike could gut the UK of …
Labour’s housebuilding plans ‘too reliant’ on private sector
An influential think tank has argued that the government is unlikely to meet its ambitious housebuilding targets because it is “too reliant” on the private sector. The government has set …
In defence of political donors
Labour’s cronyism scandal has rightly led to calls for greater transparency around donors but let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater. If anything, we need more private money …
Heathrow: New £10 transit charge will make the UK ‘less competitive’
Widening a controversial government scheme aimed at visitors to UK airports will hurt London’s reputation as a “world-leading” business destination and make the UK “less competitive,” according to City groups …