Clyde & Co fined £500,000 for breaching anti-money laundering rules January 11, 2024 London law firm Clyde & Co has been ordered to pay a £500,000 fine after it failed to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
BNP Paribas to track UK staff to enforce office attendance September 28, 2023 BNP Paribas has told London staff it will track their entry-gate swipes to ensure employees meet targets for working from the office.
Yet another UK firm heads for private hands after £400m-plus deal March 8, 2024 Wealth manager Mattioli Woods is set to be snapped up by a London-based private equity outfit after waving through a £432m deal to its shareholders today.
Insurance chief Nick Lyons picked as new Lord Mayor of London July 7, 2021 Insurance bigwig Nick Lyons has reportedly been appointed as the next Lord Mayor of London after a secretive election in the Square Mile. Lyons, who is chairman of insurer Phoenix and a board member of Bupa, is said to have been picked for the role last night by the City of London Corporation’s Court of [...]
Rio Tinto suffers from China’s sluggish revival despite inching closer to mega mine project in Guinea August 15, 2023 Investor sentiment towards multinational miner Rio Tinto has not improved in this week's early trading on the London Stock Exchange.
Don’t fight the gentrification of areas like Brixton, it’s time to give in to the local Gail’s July 25, 2023 Nimbys exist in central London as well, and they're trying to stop the inevitable gentrification of Brixton, writes Ben Cope.
Royal Mint conducts Trial of the Pyx ceremony in the City of London June 14, 2021 The Royal Mint’s coins have been submitted for testing at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London in the annual Trial of the Pyx ceremony. The trial, the UK’s oldest judicial ceremony, aims to uphold the quality of the nation’s coinage and protect consumers. A sample of new coins struck by The Royal Mint were [...]
Skyports: Flying taxis company raises £88m ahead of 2026 launch April 17, 2024 Skyports, a London-headquartered company developing flying taxis and vertiports, has raised $110m (£88.3m) to build a site in Dubai and launch services in 2026.
Sigmaroc forges £150m alliance to turn its waste into ‘sustainable limestone’ July 1, 2024 London-listed raw materials group Sigmaroc said it has "forged an alliance" worth more than £100m with quarrying specialist Duo Group to produce sustainable limestone.
London knife crime: Two boys stabbed to death in Woolwich and Vauxhall July 6, 2021 Within hours of each other, two teenage boys have been stabbed in London. A 15-year old was stabbed in Woolwich just before 17:30 pm on Monday. Police were called to Oval Place, Vauxhall to reports that a 16-year-old boy was stabbed six hours later. No arrests have been made regarding the Oval Place stabbing, however [...]