By: Ali Lyon

Chief reporter Ali Lyon is the chief reporter at CityAM, responsible for covering the full gamut of business, finance and wealth news. He has been at CityAM full-time since July 2024. Get in touch with tips via email: [email protected]. Follow Ali on X: @alilyon_94

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Direct Line to prioritise profits in bid to shake off Ageas interest

March 10, 2024

The new boss at Direct Line is is bringing forward his plans for turning around the business in an attempt to rebuff a £3.1bn takeover bid from Belgian insurers Ageas.
HMV rescuer weighs up bid for The Body Shop amid continued uncertainty

March 10, 2024

The man who saved HMV is considering a bid to buy The Body Shop out of administration as uncertainty around the firm's administration continues.
Morgan Stanley to stay in Canary Wharf in boost to struggling banking district

March 10, 2024

Morgan Stanley has decided to retain its flagship Canary Wharf office in a major boost for the struggling financial district.
Ageas’s interest Direct Line shows just how far the UK’s insurers have come since Covid

March 9, 2024

And it is hard to overstate how difficult personal line insurers—by which we mean insurers whose customers are people, as opposed to businesses—like Direct Line, Admiral and Aviva have found business in the post-pandemic era.
Senior shrugs off pandemic blip to deliver strong 2023 results

March 4, 2024

Senior PLC’s Flexonics and Aerospace divisions helped it to a strong performance last year, with profit, revenue and earnings per share all up substantially on 2022.
Top fintech CEOs form body to unlock growth and shape policy

March 4, 2024

The bosses of Monzo, Revolut, Gohenry and Clearscore are among some of the big names to join a body of fintech unicorns promising to “unlock growth in the fintech sector”.
The Body Shop under fire for missing millions and ‘profitable’ closures

March 3, 2024

Dozens of The Body Shop stores shut despite them being profitable. Now questions have been raised about the circumstances behind the closures.
Frasers’ buying spree continues as it snaps up online bike store Wiggle

March 3, 2024

Sports Direct owner Frasers Group has bought online bike store Wiggle out of administration, betting that demand for bikes will eventually recover.
The week that was: St James’s Place and Reckitt lead painful few days for the City

March 2, 2024

A week in which 50 firms posted their final results was always going to produce some news. St James's Place and Reckitt defined a bruising few days for the Square Mile.
Serco announces buyback and dividend hike as firm reaps the rewards from government contracts

February 29, 2024

Asset manager and warehouse developer Segro made a profit during the full year, helped by securing lucrative government contracts.

Australian pharma giant Sigma quits Boots takeover talks

Fifpro accused of leaving footballers ‘in the cold’ by doing deal with Fifa

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