Easyjet and Marks and Spencer candidates for relegation in FTSE reshuffle June 2, 2019 Easyjet looks set to be the next company to fall out of the FTSE 100, with several others, including Marks and Spencer, nervously eyeing the drop ahead of the blue chip list’s reshuffle on Wednesday. The budget carrier has faced a turbulent time, which has pushed shares down 22 per cent in the last six [...]
Rising private equity star on making it in the City as a woman in 2020 December 3, 2020 Diversity and equality are increasingly on the radar of City firms. Serious priorities or mere marketing spiel? City A.M.‘s Michiel Willems sat down with Sunaina Sinha Haldea, founder and CEO of Cebile Capital, a London-based placement agent and secondaries advisor in private equity and infrastructure. The Harvard graduate is also an angel investor and serves [...]
O2 Arena to resume live events in December with Squeeze gig October 5, 2020 The O2 Arena has announced plans to resume live events for the first time in eight months in December with a gig headlined by 70s rock group Squeeze. The Cool for Cats rockers will play to socially distanced fans on Saturday 5 December in the first concert at the east London venue since it was [...]
Saltine: The coolest new neighbourhood place to eat this weekend February 3, 2024 With the local good and the great flocking in, we’d recommend you get down to Saltine to experience a small slice of real quality cooking.
CES 2021: The futuristic gadgets killing Covid January 12, 2021 In years gone by, City A.M. would have been on the showroom floor in Las Vegas bringing you the latest news from the frontline of the tech world. This year, of course, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has done digital, and if any expo in the world can pull off that feat, it should be [...]
The Tories should be the natural party of immigration September 19, 2019 For many years, the Tory party has had an obsession with immigration – and, more to the point, cutting it. Thanks to David Cameron’s misguided pledge to bring net migration down to the “tens of thousands”, the party has thrown both economic evidence and its core philosophy out the window in pursuit of that unreachable [...]
Metabolic Conditioning: What is Metcon and how can it help your January fitness? January 4, 2021 Metabolic Conditioning or Metcon for short is by far one of the most misunderstood training techniques. It is often associated with chiselled abs, hardcore workouts and aching muscles. However, this high-octane training style isn’t just for elite athletes and it can be adapted to help strengthen our minds as well as our bodies. What is [...]
Best of travel: Gorilla conservation in Uganda February 16, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. Today we revisit Noo Saro-Wiwa’s examination of gorilla conservation in Uganda ••• Standing in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in south-western Uganda, I’m dodging a light hail of fruits being thrown down by gorillas in the trees above. The [...]
The easing of Lockdown restrictions delayed but it is not all bad for those planning a wedding June 25, 2021 One of the hallmarks of the global pandemic has been major life events either put on hold, or not quite what they might have been in normal times. But the good news is that is beginning to come to an end. From this past Monday, the gathering limit of 30 attendees at wedding and civil [...]
Facebook-backer Index Ventures leads $4m series A for UK legal startup May 28, 2019 Seedlegals, which helps UK startups automate the fundraising process, has secured $4m (£3.2m) in funding from one of the world's most successful venture capital firms. San Francisco and London-based Index Ventures led the series A funding round, putting Seedlegals among the likes of Facebook, Just Eat and Slack in its portfolio. Additional participation was provided by Kima Ventures, [...]