The notebook is a place for City movers and shakers to get things off their chest. Today it’s Neil Bennett, the global co-CEO of H/Advisors, writing for us from Singapore …
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City braces for day of carnage as XR and Palestine protestors descend on Square Mile – with not even a pint safe
The Square Mile is set to play host to a raft of climate and pro-Palestine protests today, including Extinction Rebellion, with one insurer’s building already covered in red paint. Groups …
Ed Warner: Sci-fi sport is coming, are you ready to watch? I’m not
Sci-fi sport at the Enhanced Games, this week’s World Indoor Athletics Championships, innovative funding for grassroots clubs exercise our sport business columnist this week. “Patient is able to move a …
The British public aren’t woke, but they know bullying when they see it
The Tory party’s inability to decisively move against Islamophobia is of a piece with its entire approach to culture war issues over the past few years, writes Will Cooling No …
Labour will double the size of the co-op and mutuals sector
Under a Labour government, there will be a level playing field for low-risk, member-owned organisations that reinvest their profits, say Tulip Siddiq and Joe Fortune The Labour Party’s financial services …
Motorsport UK chair: F1 and sport here needs more recognition
City A.M.’s Matt Hardy sat down with Prodrive and Motorsport UK chair David Richards to discuss the quality of “our” Silicon Valley, entering Formula 1 and the future of motorsport …
MPs warned about dangerous Pedicab drivers ahead of new licensing regime
MPs were warned yesterday about allegedly dangerous pedicab drivers as the government looks to regulate the controversial mode of transport. New legislation to regulate the unofficial vehicles was debated by …
Skipton chief: It’s ‘dangerous’ to wait for the government to help build more houses
Stuart Haire has a surprising admission to make about the 170-year old building society he now runs. “When I first joined I hadn’t heard of it,” the chief of Skipton …
Spring Budget 2024: What are business groups lobbying for?
Firms up and down the UK will be waiting in anticipation for Jeremy Hunt and the Treasury to reveal the contents of next week’s Spring Budget. But ahead of the …
Business leaders are concerned about facing litigation over missed ESG targets
A new report highlighted that nearly two thirds of UK business leaders are concerned that their ESG targets will put them at risk of litigation. According to research by insurance …