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It won’t surprise City AM readers that I found the contrast in how decisions get made simply staggering. In business, you can’t spend years circulating proposals between committees while technology changes, competitors…
We hear the case for and against in today’s Debate YES: What you earned yesterday should not determine what you are worth today What you earned yesterday should not determine what you are worth today. I cannot think of a…
The stadium costs the taxpayer £19m a year after rent was halved following West Ham’s relegation, while stewarding costs have risen because of the increase in home matches in the second tier. The east London club secured…
The Claude-maker’s extraordinary IPO prospectus insists that for all the risks and uncertainty surrounding the technology and economics of AI, their approach will be “bold but sane.” In fact, the full quote is that “in…
The analysis compiled more than 250 separate media reports of layoffs, job cuts and company administrations at major businesses since Labour took office in July 2024. It identified at least 137,000 jobs lost or…
Taxpayers and consumers face a "high level of risk", according to PAC, after the government agreed to take a near-45% stake in the nuclear plant, which is considered a successor project to the heavily delayed Hinkley…
She's also given up on cycling to the local parks where she previously enjoyed taking close-up photos of the bugs, lizards and toads. It's all because she can't stand the sound of the delivery drones that fly overhead…
Part of my pay comes in the form of company shares that vest over time. After working there for a while, my vested shares are now worth around £100,000 and I’ll have more shares vesting over the next three years. I also…
Official data released in the last week show the ratio of China's dependent elderly people compared to the working age population rose to 23% last year, overtaking the figure for children, which stood at 22%. The numbers…
Raising defence spending to three per cent of GDP from a current level of around 2.7 per cent would amount to approximately £11bn more in expenditure each year. City economists have predicted that the Chancellor will…