Bosses at Wickes hailed a “robust” year for home improvement retailer Wickes despite slippage in its ‘do it for me’ offering through the last six months of the year. Total …
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Buy Natwest shares – not just crypto, City minister tells young investors
Younger retail investors should back the British stock market and buy shares in Natwest rather than just pumping cash into cryptocurrency, the City minister has told City A.M.’s new Bonds …
WH Smith continues to ride planes and trains to growth with captive audience strategy
WH Smith said it was “confident” of another year of significant growth, as it continues to benefit from a resilient demand for travel. In an update this morning, the popular …
Baroness Michelle Mone assets worth £75m frozen by a court order
Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband’s assets totally around £75m have been frozen, as they face a National Crime Agency investigation into alleged PPE fraud. According to the Financial Times, …
City A.M. unpicks Westminster’s Square Mile charm offensive in new series Bonds & Ballots
Can the Tories win back the trust of the City after two years of turmoil? Will Labour’s new prawn cocktail offensive sway the hearts and minds of the Square Mile? …
Wayne Barnes sets his focus on the law after he blows the whistle on refereeing
For the best part of two decades, this time of year would see Wayne Barnes working out his travel plans ahead of rugby’s Six Nations tournament. The rugby union referee, …
Victoria Scholar: Women and youngsters the biggest winners amongst retail traders
Exclusive interactive investor research: Youngest investors biggest winners at the tail end of the year as average portfolio weighting to cash wanes. We’ve just launched the latest interactive investor Private Investor …
Moving markets today: What’s shaping the FTSE 100 this morning
Moving Markets Today: Japanese Equities Dip; Tesla Plummets 12%, Intel Drops 10.90%; Eyes on US PCE Data Today, ‘FAAMG’ Earnings Next Week The S&P 500 continued its record-breaking streak for …
Countdown begins: What’s in store for next week’s mega-tech FAAMG earnings
As the fourth-quarter earnings season approaches on Wall Street, all eyes are on the FAAMG group: Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Apple. With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq …
Mind the cyber skills gap – or the UK will fall short of its tech potential
The UK is being held back by a rapidly growing skills gap in two disciplines: AI and cybersecurity, writes Jack Stockdale The government’s AI Safety Summit put the UK on …