The private healthcare industry is booming, and with the fallout of the NHS pushing people into the private sector, there is no sign of this trend slowing down anytime soon. …
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FTSE 100 today: London markets poised for quiet start as traders take break before Easter
Moving markets today: Asia shares quiet, US dollar resilient post-Fed Waller comments; yen intervention in focus, gold prices down; attention on US consumer confidence and UK Q4 GDPÂ Overnight, U.S. …
All eyes fixed on Japanese yen as authorities threaten intervention
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.  …
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 …