First dedicated COVID vaccination site opens in Square Mile April 1, 2021 The City of London Corporation is delighted to welcome the first, dedicated COVID vaccination site in the Square Mile. The Boots pharmacy site is located at 120 Fleet Street and will begin vaccinating patients from Friday 2 April. It will support the NHS to deliver COVID vaccinations to yet more City residents and City workers, [...]
Three years after Covid began, Japan is welcoming tourists June 5, 2023 Just hours after arriving in Japan from London, a geisha girl is teaching me a drinking game. She sings a lilting, nursery rhyme-style tune as we take turns tapping the small wooden box between us, trying to catch each other out by whipping the box away so the other person must lay a closed fist on the [...]
Roger Federer Wimbledon blazer set to fetch £25,000 as tennis star auctions vast trove of memorabilia June 17, 2021 Roger Federer is auctioning one of his iconic Wimbledon blazers as part of a sale of treasures from his tennis career. The 2016 blazer, which he wore to walk out on to Centre Court, is expected to fetch £15,000-£25,000. It is one of the most prestigious of 300 lots in the online auction, which is [...]
Roger Federer-backed shoemaker files IPO in US August 24, 2021 On, a shoemaking company backed by tennis star Roger Federer, has filed for an initial public offering in New York, according to widespread reports. The Swiss shoemaker was, according to reports, valued at around $2bn after its last funding round. According to Reuters, On could pursue a valuation between $4bn to $6bn in its IPO. [...]
Revolution Beauty eyes float on London’s junior market June 29, 2021 Makeup group Revolution Beauty is plotting a float on the London Stock Exchange’s junior AIM market, it said in a statement today, having agreed to a £90m share placement. Expected to take place in July, the float will see Jupiter Asset Management pledge the £90m. A final figure for the float is yet to be [...]
Top 7: The best ski destinations in Europe for party vibes, beginners, and everything else March 6, 2024 Missing the mountains, want to get back on the piste before the ice melts or determined to finally learn to ski before the season ends? Top 7 rounds up the best late season snow breaks . . . .
City Pages: The five new books on our radar this month May 25, 2023 From hacking bears to scandal in Westminster, here's what we've been reading at City A.M. this month.
English football’s postponement rules are broken. It needs to fix them January 17, 2022 To say the postponement of yesterday’s north London derby divided opinion would be an understatement. Tottenham Hotspur and, going by social media, the overwhelming majority of their fans were outraged that Arsenal’s request to defer the game for an unspecified number of Covid-19 cases had been accepted by the Premier League. Arsenal supporters, meanwhile, seemed [...]
I’m glad sport has moved on from distasteful ‘Plastic Brit’ debate – Ed Warner March 9, 2023 Dazzled by Great Britain’s three golden moments at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul last weekend, you’ll likely have missed the home nation’s unexpected victory in the women’s triple jump. Reeling from last month’s earthquake devastation, Turkey will have drawn some comfort from Tugba Danismaz’s winning leap. And she was only ranked ninth in [...]
Big Boots to fill: Meet the Walgreens exec replacing Tesco’s CEO October 2, 2019 Boots veteran Ken Murphy has been named as the successor to outgoing Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis. The City reacted with surprise this morning to the news of Lewis’ departure, and the appointment of the relatively unknown new boss. Read more: Analysts react to Dave Lewis shock departure Murphy, a qualified accountant, began his career [...]