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By: Samuel Norman

Senior City Reporter Samuel is a Senior City Reporter covering banking and fintech as well as stories on capital markets and economics. He also leads on CityAM's morning liveblog from 7am everyday. He has previously written for the Daily Mail and The i Paper and worked for Sky News as an election stringer. He enjoys writing in-depth analysis of major blue-chip firms and start-ups and also industry trends. He can be contacted at [email protected] and posts on LinkedIn and X at x.com/samnormanwrites.

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  • As it happened: Stocks and oil recover as Iran declares end to strikes; tech rally rocks markets

    June 8, 2026

    Good morning and welcome back to the CityAM liveblog. The FTSE 100 edged into the green on Monday lunchtime and US futures pointed to gains, as the markets looked to claw back early jitters caused by fresh Middle East strikes and a tech stock sell-off. An exchange of fire from Iran and Israel left [...]

  • Jobs slump as economy ‘held up by uncertainty’

    June 8, 2026

    The UK jobs market has been handed another blow as businesses ditch permanent hires as the economy battles against domestic and international uncertainty. The latest jobs report from KPMG and REC, the professional body for recruiters, showed hiring for permanent places dropped to a reading of 44.1 in May, which sits below the neutral 50 [...]

  • Natwest to pump £50m into branches after shuttering over a thousand

    June 5, 2026

    Natwest is planning to beef up its branch network after being one of the leading banks to take the axe to its physical presence over the last decade.  The blue-chip banking giant will pump £50m into its network over the next 18 months and has pledged not to close any branches until at least 2029. [...]

  • As it happened: US jobs smash forecasts; Stocks in green amid cloudy US-Iran peace talks

    June 5, 2026

    Welcome back to the CityAM liveblog. Speculation around a peace deal between the US and Iran is continuing to leave markets struggling for direction as hopes of an official agreement face roadblocks. A current draft ‌of a memorandum of understanding ​between ‌Iran and the ​US has ambiguities that have to ​be ⁠clarified, ⁠an adviser [...]

  • Gone for good: UK distributor behind Take That film goes bust

    June 4, 2026

    The London-based distributor behind the Take That musical film has gone bust, CityAM can reveal, in the latest sign of the intense cost pressures facing the industry. Elysian Film Group Distribution is part of the wider Elysian umbrella, founded by former Studiocanal chief Danny Perkins in 2018. FRP Advisory has been appointed as liquidators [...]

  • Bunq: Revolut rival eyeing up UK banking licence bid

    June 4, 2026

    Europe’s second largest digital bank is gearing up for a bid for a UK banking licence, CityAM can reveal, as the firm puts its hat in the ring in the fight to claw market share from fintech leader Revolut.  Bunq – which reached 20 million users in just a decade – is understood to [...]

  • As it happened: Stocks mixed as Trump warns takes ‘two to tango’ on Iran peace

    June 4, 2026

    Good morning and welcome back to the CityAM liveblog. Donald Trump has hinted a peace deal in the Middle East could come as soon as “over the weekend” in the latest back-and-forth of negotiations between the US and Iran. The President yesterday doubled down once more on his claim that Iran is set to [...]

  • Computacenter joins FTSE 100 in reshuffle as index builds tech exposure

    June 4, 2026

    The latest quarterly reshuffle of the FTSE 100 has seen Computacenter, Investec and Aberdeen promoted to the top-tier index of the City’s most valuable companies, bringing a constituent with some direct exposure to the artificial intelligence boom to the City’s most famous benchmark. Computacenter’s rise from the FTSE 250 to blue-chip status looks somewhat like [...]

  • Financial services contributed a tenth of UK economic output in 2025 

    June 3, 2026

    The financial services sector contributed over a tenth of the UK’s economic output in the last year as the industry’s productivity outpaced average momentum.  The industry provided a £290bn boost to the UK’s real GDP – a macroeconomic measure that adjusts the value of economic output for inflation – in 2025 marking around 11 per [...]

  • UK in line for fresh US tariff hit as Trump proposes ‘forced labour’ levy

    June 3, 2026

    Donald Trump has proposed a fresh round of tariffs that would hit numerous nations including the UK as the President seeks to rebuild his sweeping wall of levies that were struck down by the Supreme Court. The US is exploring a tariff of at least ten per cent on imports from up to 60 trading [...]

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