Not only is Kate’s Photoshop bodge job too good to be any amateur experiment, it also breaks the principles of what makes a good photograph, writes Andy Blackmore Despite my …
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Bitcoin breaks new all-time high as daily ETF inflows exceed $1 billion
Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. Yesterday was yet another …
Anne Boden: ‘Things haven’t got much better for women in tech in 40 years’
As recently as April last year, it was hard to imagine a Starling Bank without Anne Boden. The Swansea-born banker built a reputation as one of Britain’s most formidable entrepreneurs …
More than £80m spent on remote working kit for ‘couch potato’ HMRC staff
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) spent more than £82m on remote working devices for its workers, City A.M. can reveal. The taxman purchased over 175,000 laptops, tablet computers, phones, and …
When will Liontrust stop trying to buy companies?
Liontrust has a problem – they can’t stop trying to buy companies. Majedie Asset Management, Neptune Investment Management, the infamous failed takeover of GAM – and now Artemis. Reports came …
Open access: The quiet revolution that might just fix Britain’s broken railways
Open access trains won’t only get train nerds excited if they bring real competition to monopoly providers, writes Guy Taylor A little-known means of operating train services is offering a …
Square Mile and Me: UK Export Finance CEO Tim Reid on The Wolseley, biochemistry and the thrill of the deal
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Tim Reid, CEO at UK Export Finance, talks us through his career – and his …
Nationwide must act in members’ interests on Virgin Money deal
Sky News’ City Editor Mark Kleinman writes a weekly column for City A.M., this week on Nationwide, the ‘British ISA’ and Martin Gilbert’s latest venture NATIONWIDE MUST ACT IN MEMBERS’ …
This incompetent handling of a media storm is a bad look for the Tories
Distracted as they are from governing, the Conservatives have got themselves into yet another unholy mess over their now “controversial” donor Frank Hester. A story that should have been over …
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Deck
Offender: Deck Every one of us has been an email chain which is borderline unintelligible for the amount of corporate lingo thrown in there. At City A.M., we’re taking a …