By: Amber Murray

Retail Reporter Amber Murray is a reporter at CityAM, covering retail, luxury and property stores. Prior to CityAM, she worked as a sub-editor for Fastmarkets and completed a Masters in Financial Journalism at City University. Please get in touch with stories/tips/coffees at [email protected]

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Food inflation slows as Black Friday sales dominate shops

December 2, 2025

Food inflation in the UK slowed in November after months of significant increases as Black Friday discounts filtered into Britain’s shops. Food inflation decreased to three per cent year on year in November, against growth of 3.7 per cent in October and below the three-month average of 3.7 per cent, according to the British Retail [...]
‘Maximum’ 20p increase for Spoons breakfast next year, says Tim Martin

December 1, 2025

JD Wetherspoon will make sure the price of its breakfast doesn’t rise by more than 20p next year, boss Tim Martin said on Monday. The confirmation comes despite serious pressure on hospitality from tax hikes and food costs, with warnings of inflation across the sector. Speaking on LBC radio this morning, Sir Tim Martin told [...]
Asda boss bashes Budget as sales continue to drop

November 28, 2025

Asda boss Allen Leighton has hit out at the Autumn Budget as anti-growth and anti-investment as sales as the supermarket giant stumbled due to an IT handover. The executive chairman said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget “didn’t do anything for anybody” and that “there’s nothing the government is doing that is stimulating growth”. Speaking to CityAM [...]
Property market slows on uncertainty and high moving costs bite

November 28, 2025

The number of houses changing hands in the UK slowed year on year in October due to budget uncertainty and the high cost of moving. UK residential transactions in October 2025 reached 98,450, 2 per cent lower than October 2024, according to HMRC. “Today’s transaction results show a mixed-bag… in the main we saw a [...]
FTSE 100 Live: London house prices fall amid Budget jitters

November 28, 2025

Welcome back to the CityAM liveblog. Markets were still digesting the twist, turns and taxes of the Autumn Budget on Thursday, with ministers taking to the media to defend the £26bn cash raid. A number of businesses began weighing in, including Britain’s bookies, which were in the firing line when Reeves took to the [...]
London house prices record annual fall for first time in 18 months

November 28, 2025

Budget uncertainty and a glut of supply caused house prices in London and the south to record an annual for the first time since last spring, according to new data. London house prices fell 0.1 per cent year on year, while prices in the south east and the south west fell by 0.1 per cent [...]
Mansion tax is an ‘assault’ on London’s property market

November 27, 2025

The UK’s new ‘mansion tax’ is set to hit homeowners in London hard, particularly for middle-class Londoners who have seen the price of their property balloon in the last two decades. Chancellor Rachel Reeves introduced a new high-value council tax surcharge for owners of properties valued at over £2m in her second Budget on Wednesday. [...]
Multi-billion Earls Court redevelopment given green light

November 27, 2025

A £10bn masterplan to redevelop the former Earls Court Exhibition Centres has been given the green light by Hammersmith council. The planning committee unanimously agreed to grant planning permission for the 44-acre site, which will be transformed as a new neighbourhood with around 4,000 homes in addition to leisure and cultural venues. “Earls Court will [...]
Budget 2025: What exactly is happening with business rates?

November 26, 2025

Long-awaited changes to business rates were finally announced in the Budget, with a lower rate for small companies to be paid for by a higher levy for large firms. Retailers have been railing against for business rates for years, with concerns that the tax creates an unfair playing field between high street and online firms, which [...]
Autumn Budget ‘deeply concerning’ for squeezed hospitality industry

November 26, 2025

The UK’s hospitality industry has been disappointed by the Autumn Budget, with no cuts to VAT and no changes to National Insurance. Even a cut to business rates has been described as “too little, too little” as well as something likely to get wiped out by an inflation-linked revaluation of rates next year. “This is [...]

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