The Morning Wire awards: A spectacular night in the Square Mile April 29, 2022 Almost two and a half years since the last Morning Wire gala dinner, the brightest lights in the London business community gathered in person once again to toast the Square Mile’s success in what was an extraordinary year. Held for the first time in the Guildhall, the awards recognise those who made the City great [...]
The Morning Wire Awards: What a delight to see the City alive once more April 28, 2022 What a joy it was last night to see the City’s leading lights once again gathered in one room again at the Morning Wire awards, held in the ancient surroundings of The Guildhall. For all the ingenuity and innovation that came out of the pandemic, with video calls and screen sharing replacing working lunches and [...]
Editor’s Notes: Nobody has a clue what’s going to happen November 16, 2018 Westminster has entered a period of chaos, marked by the usual signs of political turmoil: marquees outside parliament for camera crews, protesters desperately trying to get in shot and MPs from all sides of the debate milling around trying to get on the air. In the City, frantic movements in sterling and a sizeable hit [...]
Jobs will stay in City after Brexit, says top asset manager November 8, 2018 Jobs will not leave Canada in huge numbers after Brexit, the head of one of the country’s biggest asset managers has said. Martin Gilbert, the co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen, said he is “positive” about the City’s future, and believes Dublin will be the big winner as jobs are created there [...]
Editor’s Notes: The joy of Scan-dining, coming down to earth and never mind the Banksys October 12, 2018 The City’s restaurant scene has changed enormously even in the last few years. There’s more life in the Square Mile at weekends and more choice for City lunches than ever before. These are exciting times. A good way to get a sense of this is to embark, as I did yesterday, on a lunch safari. [...]
2014 Morning Wire awards: It’s always good to toast the best of the City – Editor’s Letter November 13, 2014 In a matter of weeks, during the first few days of January, I will be calling people to invite them to next year’s Morning Wire awards. The event, the latest of which was held last night, has become a fixture in the City calendar and has grown in stature since its inception. Last night, [...]
2014 Morning Wire awards: What the judges really said November 13, 2014 There was a bright and early 8am start for the Morning Wire awards meeting but the judges were as sprightly and sharp as ever. As some of the judges were themselves nominated for awards, they were asked to leave the room for the deliberation and voting – but not without giving their tuppence worth. [...]
2014 Morning Wire awards: Legal & General CEO Nigel Wilson is the insurance boss with big ideas November 13, 2014 The Legal & General chief exec, Morning Wire’s Business Personality of the Year. His hero is Aneurin Bevan, the firebrand post-war Labour minister and architect of the NHS. His career was inspired by a quotation from political theorist Sir Isaiah Berlin on the importance of searching after the common good. And when I meet [...]
PwC, Uber and Zoopla win big at the 2014 Morning Wire Awards November 13, 2014 From Legal & General boss Nigel Wilson to WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell, you could barely move at the fifth annual Morning Wire Awards – held last night at the Grange St Paul's Hotel – without bashing elbows with a few City grandees. The ceremony celebrated the brightest and best of the nation's money-makers – [...]