FTSE 100 Live: Diageo taps new top chief; private equity swoop November 10, 2025 Good morning from the CityAM liveblog team, It’s a new week in the City and markets will be hoping for a recovery rally after tech jitters sent stocks deeper into the red on Friday. There’s a mixed bag of factors weighing on global indexes, namely the ongoing government shutdown in the US and the [...]
Skybus steps in to save Cornwall-London route after Eastern Airways collapse November 7, 2025 Cornwall Council has struck an interim deal with airline Skybus to restore a flight route between Cornwall and London, after previous provider Eastern Airways went into administration. The new service is expected to start from late November, with 70-seat planes running daily and ultimately ramping up to twice-daily on week days by February of next [...]
Top New York investor offers to work with Zohran Mamdani November 5, 2025 One of New York’s most renowned investors struck a conciliatory tone with the city’s newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, having donated over $1m to rival candidates during the campaign. Bill Ackman congratulated the Democratic socialist on his victory in a post on X and said: “Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Reeves faces MPs grilling, blue-chip stocks fall November 4, 2025 Welcome back to CityAM live blog, This morning, Rachel Reeves took to Downing Street to lay the grounds for the Autumn Budget. In a speech that raised eyebrows across the City, she attempted to offshore the blame for the country’s economic woes to the previous Conservative government. The Chancellor laid out the economic choices [...]
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says high tax UK economy is ‘doomed’ November 3, 2025 Michael O’Leary has said that the UK economy is “doomed to continue to fail” until the tax burden starts to come down. Asked on Sky News about what advice he would offer ahead of the Budget, the Ryanair chief said Rachel Reeves should reduce Air Passenger Duty (APD) and reverse “crazy” planned hikes to the [...]
Rachel Reeves considering ‘exit tax’ on wealthy Brits fleeing the UK November 3, 2025 Rachel Reeves is looking at a tax on wealthy Brits leaving the UK and a mansion tax, as last ditch levers to pull ahead of the Budget. The Times reported on a possible 20 per cent “settling-up charge” on business assets, which is the rate of Capital Gains Tax (CGT). It is thought that the [...]
Starmer reprimands Reeves for ‘inadvertent failure’ over rental licence mishap October 30, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has sent a sharply worded email to Rachel Reeves criticising the Chancellor for misleading suggestions that she did not know she needed a licence to rent out her family home. Reeves has had to backtrack from earlier suggestions that she and her husband had not been aware of the Southwark Council rental [...]
Reeves may be forced to pay back £38,000 in rent after breach of housing rules October 30, 2025 Rachel Reeves may be forced to pay back tens of thousands in rent to her tenants after leasing her Southwark home without a license. Southwark’s rules on housing allow tenants to claim up to 12 months of rent if they’re a tenant of an unlicensed property. Given that Reeves has been renting out her £3,200-a-month [...]
Rachel Reeves rented out her home without a licence October 30, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out an investigation into Rachel Reeves after she admitted that she rented out her family home without securing a licence. The Chancellor referred herself to an independent ethics adviser after being made aware on Wednesday that Southwark council required her to obtain a “selective” licence to let a property. Reeves [...]
Nvidia hits historic $5tn market cap October 29, 2025 AI and chips behemoth Nvidia has smashed another record valuation, with its $5tn market cap that puts it well clear of the GDP of Germany – the fourth biggest economy in the world. Shares in Nvidia jumped up 3.5 per cent in premarket trading, amid a surge in investor enthusiasm for AI. Nvidia’s surge followed [...]
