City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? October 26, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Carter Jonas Property consultancy Carter Jonas has a new head of science and technology to help build the firm’s expertise in the UK’s sector. Matt Lee He joins from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, where he led [...]
Vodafone group CEO Nick Read to step down within weeks December 5, 2022 Vodafone chief Nick Read will exit the company at the end of December as its share price continues to plunge and investors are left increasingly disgruntled. After four years at the top spot, Read steered Vodafone through the pandemic, narrowing the company’s focus on Europe and Africa, and cutting costs. Nonetheless, telecom expert at CCS [...]
Let’s be honest, all regulation – even hedgehog holes – costs public money June 27, 2024 All the parties have pledged additional regulations, but the costs of these largely go unchecked, writes Matthew Lesh.
Impact A.M. Awards: ESG excellence takes centre stage on glittering night December 18, 2023 Impact A.M. was founded to celebrate the best and the brightest within the business community who are putting environmental, social and governance issues at the top of the agenda.
Khan-backed campaign to increase foreign investment into London launches August 8, 2022 A new campaign backed by Sadiq Khan to increase green foreign capital investment into London post-Brexit has today been launched. The £500,000 Opportunity London campaign – which has been partially funded by City Hall, the City of London Corporation and the 32 borough councils – aims to “showcase London as one of the very best [...]
Shapps looks to win US support for green energy projects in net zero race February 28, 2023 Grant Shapps is hoping to sustain the UK’s role as a major player in the net zero race, and woo his US counterpart with joint projects.
Neil Bennett: Singapore is too full of life for UK to ignore February 29, 2024 The notebook is a place for City movers and shakers to get things off their chest. Today it's Neil Bennett, the global co-CEO of H/Advisors, writing for us from Singapore
Heathrow urges govt to ‘bring pace to the policies’ as 10-point plan is rolled out for aviation recovery May 26, 2022 The Government must “bring pace to the policies” after publishing a long-awaited strategy to support the recovery of aviation from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Heathrow Airport. A 10-point plan named Flightpath to the Future has been released by the Department for Transport, focusing on growth, sustainability and protecting passengers. It commits to “position the [...]
Indecision over Nexperia takeover review risks hurting UK semiconductor industry, Paragraf warns August 26, 2022 The government’s failure to complete the security review of Nexperia’s takeover of Newport Wafer Fab risks hurting the UK’s semiconductor industry, CEO of British semiconductor startup Paragraf told City A.M. “Not making the decision is more damaging than making the wrong decision sometimes,” Simon Thomas said. Thomas described the looming national security review as the [...]
Centrica rolls out bold plans to kickstart a ‘UK hydrogen economy’ via niche player Ryze November 30, 2022 Energy giant Centrica and Ryze Hydrogen will jointly build and operate hydrogen production facilities aimed at providing a reliable supply of hydrogen for industry and transportation, the companies told City A.M. this morning. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed and will combine expertise in order to kickstart the development of a so-called “UK hydrogen [...]