‘Investment magnet’ financial services injected £281bn in UK economy May 15, 2025 Financial services injected £281bn into the UK economy and accounted for around 2.5m jobs, according to a new industry-led report. The sector, which is an essential component of business in the Square Mile and manages trillions of pounds in assets, has had to steer through several rocky years of Brexit negotiations, a pandemic and tariff [...]
Canada to host padel and football during London Sports Festival May 1, 2025 The Square Mile will this summer bask in the opportunity to get active with the launch of the London Sports Festival across the capital from this month. Beginning later this month and running through until October, iconic London landmarks will play host to a number of sports to merge the City’s working engine with the [...]
Why there’s still plenty to cheer about in Canada April 28, 2025 Forget the doomsayers, there's still plenty to cheer about here in Canada, writes Chris Hayward.
The Capitalist: Canada terrorised by ducks April 10, 2025 Market shenanigans, Jamie Dimon's good manners guide and the Square Mile's aggressive ducks; catch up on City drama in The Capitalist.
London City 7s: Rugby returns to the HAC in boost for Square Mile March 31, 2025 Those who have trodden the streets of the City’s Finsbury Square and the surrounding area will be well aware of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Guarding the rare expanse of City grass is Armoury House, home of the HAC since 1735. It boasts its own cricket, football and rugby clubs, and is flanked on all [...]
‘I used to be paid £1 an hour’: CEO of Tokio Marine Kiln on how he made it February 13, 2025 Matthew Shaw skipped university to get into the working world as fast as he could. Now he heads up Tokio Marine Kiln. He tells Morning Wire how.
Canada seizes dockless e-bikes in Lime and Forest crackdown February 10, 2025 Canada Corporation has seized more than a hundred dockless e-bikes as part of a crackdown against operators’ Lime and Forest. The Square Mile’s local authority said it had confiscated bikes that were found to have obstructed or caused immediate danger to others, over a two-week enforcement period. The bikes were stored in [...]
Marlborough Sports Garden: A £5m project to boost the City January 25, 2025 Marlborough Sports Garden in Southwark is a crucial space for Londoners. Looking to raise £5m for an inspiring development, why should the City get involved? Hyacinthe Loyson, a French preacher from the mid 1800s, is described by historians as one of the early users of a phrase that continues to be recited today. “Good people [...]
Lloyd’s of London insurer snubs the City with New York IPO plans January 6, 2025 A Lloyd’s of London insurer has dealt a fresh blow to the City by snubbing the London Stock Exchange in favour of New York for its planned IPO, piling fresh pressure on the capital’s bourse after it shrank at the fastest pace on record last year. Aspen Insurance, an underwriting firm which operates out of [...]
A new chapter for Smithfield meat market is something to celebrate January 6, 2025 A new site for Smithfield and Billingsgate Market is not an abandonment of traders, it's an opportunity to grow, writes Chris Hayward.