Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a doubling of funding for the Alan Turing Institute, the national hub for data science and artificial intelligence (AI), during his Spring Budget …
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Dear business leaders and PRs, here’s what not to do this Budget day
It’s Budget day and everyone wants a piece of the action – which can lead to some fool’s errors. Here’s what do avoid, according to Simon Neville Dear business leader. …
If he can’t cut taxes, the Chancellor must give Brits a stake in the economy
The Budget is the government’s last chance to set out a vision for the economy before the next election – it should be one that supports hard work, investing and …
Vicars, pigeons, Hinge and Tinder: How matchmaking lost its way
Dating apps are in the firing line as users disillusioned with their offerings abandon them in droves. But the history of matchmaking is complicated, writes Anna Moloney Dating apps have …
The Debate: Is International Women’s Day patronising?
City A.M.’s weekly feature takes the fiercest water-cooler debates and pits two candidates head to head before delivering The Judge’s ultimate verdict. International Women’s Day: Is it patronising? Yes: IWD …
It will be headline-grabbing, but will it make a difference?
Cost, cost, cost: that will be the word of the day today. A tax cut will “cost” £5bn; a freeze will “cost” another £15bn. “Can Jeremy Hunt make the sums …
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today
Moving markets today: China drives Asia downward, bitcoin retreats, Apple’s China iPhone sales decline; focus on UK spring budget and Fed Powell’s testimony On Wall Street, stock prices took a …
Tech is in turmoil – but there is an upside
There’s no need to panic about cutbacks and uncertainty around AI, capitalism is all about change and innovation, says Paul Ormerod The Greek god Chronos, known as Saturn to the …
Women now have the means to invest, so why aren’t they?
Where the City’s experts have their say. Today, it’s Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown The phrase “mind the gap” is one most Londoners are all …
Letter to the editor: Private investors should think before leaping back into public equity markets
The performance of 11 companies, dubbed the “Granolas” by Goldman Sachs, helped send European stocks to a record high in February. But despite the positivity, investors should be consciously aware …