Japan’s major monetary authorities, including the Bank of Japan, the Finance Ministry, and Japan’s Financial Services Agency, convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday to address concerns regarding the yen’s weakening.  …
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E.coli, sewage and leaks: Water firms must get their sh*t together
Few people want to be thrown into the River Thames, bar perhaps two – the winning coxes of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. It has been tradition for the very vocal …
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Blue sky thinking
Offender: Blue sky thinking 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 …
Why the BBC must stay publicly funded
The licence fee needs to change, but only taxpayer funding can ensure a distinctively British voice in domestic and global media, says Will Cooling Ronald Reagan once joked that the …
Square Mile and Me: Admiral CFO Geraint Jones on heading up the FTSE 100’s only Welsh company
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Geraint Jones, chief financial officer at Admiral Group, tells us about his career from exercise …
Is AI turning recruitment into the new online dating?
As businesses and job seekers alike outsource applications to AI, are we seeing the ‘Tinderfication’ of our careers? Asks Eliza Filby You crack jokes, you make small talk, and as …
Natwest boss drops third of executive committee after government slashes stake
Natwest Group’s newly appointed boss has axed a third of his executive committee after the UK government announced its divestment of its controlling stake in the Big Four bank earlier …
Premiership rugby: Saracens make £5m loss and clubs to battle government?
England’s top-flight Premiership rugby clubs are at loggerheads with the government over the repayment of loans worth over £150m from the Covid-19 pandemic. The first raft of repayments are due …
The Boat Race: Rowers urged to stay out of water due to E. coli
Celebrations for the winning teams in this year’s Boat Race have been warned not to throw their cox in the Thames, as per tradition, due to the threat of E. …
Mortgages, real estate and government debt: Three things that worry the Bank of England
Inflation on the way down and signs of growth in the UK economy should mean it’s all sunshines and rainbows at the Bank of England – but mortgages, real estate …