Canon Police fire water canon and tear gas at Hong Kong protesterscityam.com - Alexandra Rogers Police have fired water canon and tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong as tensions continue to escalate. Reuters reported that protesters …
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson: Brexit deal is now ‘touch and go’cityam.com - Alexandra Rogers Boris Johnson has said it is “touch and go” whether or not the UK will leave the EU with a deal. Johnson has repeatedly insisted the UK will leave the …
Boris Johnson Fuel duty cut on the cards as threat of general election loomscityam.com - Alexandra Rogers Boris Johnson is reportedly preparing to slash fuel duty for the first time in nearly a decade as part of a potential emergency budget in the …
Hammond demands apology from PM over claim that former minister leaked no-deal dossiercityam.com - Alexandra Rogers Former chancellor Philip Hammond has demanded Boris Johnson apologise for Downing Street briefing the press that a former minister was behind the …
London, UK Bank Holiday Monday set to be hottest on recordcityam.com - Alexandra Rogers London is set to bask in another heatwave this bank holiday weekend as temperatures are expected to reach 33 Degrees Celsius. The news is good for …
Boris Johnson Trump says Boris Johnson is the ‘right man’ to deliver Brexit as he promises ‘very big’ trade dealcityam.com - Alexandra Rogers Donald Trump has said Boris Johnson is the “right man” to deliver Brexit as the pair prepare to meet at the G7 summit in France today. The US …
Standalone Workspace firm IWG in talks to list standalone US business in New Yorkcityam.com - Michael Searles Founder of International Workplace Group (IWG), Mark Dixon, is in talks with investment banks to create a spin off its US business to be listed as a …
Teargas Hong Kong protests: Police use tear gas to disperse crowds after petrol bombs throwncityam.com - Michael Searles Hong Kong police have fired tear gas to break-up protests against the government on Saturday after activists there petrol bombs and bricks. Four MTR …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBoris Johnson Boris Johnson hits back at Tusk’s ‘Mr No Deal’ claimscityam.com - Michael Searles Boris Johnson has hit back at a claim from the European Council President Donald Tusk that he hoped the Prime Minister would not go down in history …
Donald Tusk EU ‘willing to listen’ to UK’s Brexit ideas, says Donald Tuskcityam.com - Michael Searles European Council President Donald Tusk has said the EU is “willing to listen” the UK’s ideas on a new withdrawal agreement, but added that Boris …
Mark Carney UK economy on course to stagnate in third quarter, says Bank of England governorcityam.com - Michael Searles Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said that the UK’s economy is on course to stagnate in the third quarter. He also said that underlying growth …
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson: UK will remain ‘energetic partner’ on world stage after Brexitcityam.com - Michael Searles Boris Johnson says the UK will not “retreat” from the international community as it leaves the EU. The Prime Minister is set to meet with world …
Tariffs Oil prices slump as China hit US with crude tariffscityam.com - Michael Searles Oil prices took a hit on Friday after China threatened to impose tariffs on US crude oil imports for the first time. Prices tumbled by almost four per …
China Trump announces tariff hikes as US-China trade war escalatescityam.com - Michael Searles Donald Trump has hit back at China by announcing plans to increase the tariffs on imports by a further a five per cent. The trade war between the US …
Stock Markets Donald Trump Twitter tirade against China sends stock markets tumblingcityam.com - Harry Robertson US President Donald Trump has further escalated his administration’s trade war against Beijing with a Twitter outburst that ordered American …
Sheffield Sheffield Halam MP Jared O’Mara arrested – reportscityam.com - Anna Menin, August Graham The MP for Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara, was arrested last week on suspicion of fraud, according to reports. Police raided his constituency office, …
Wildfires Protesters gather outside Brazilian embassy in London amid Amazon wildfirescityam.com - Teddy Coward Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy in London today, voicing their anger against President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of …
Trade War Fed will ‘act as appropriate’ to keep US economy growing, says chair Jay Powellcityam.com - Harry Robertson Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell has said the central bank will “act as appropriate” to ensure that the US economic expansion continues, but gave …
Jeremy Corbyn Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn sides with Emmanuel Macron on Irish border backstopcityam.com - Michael Searles Jeremy Corbyn has said he agrees with French President Emmanuel Macron’s stance on Brexit in that the Irish border backstop is “indispensable”. Macron …
Neil Woodford Fresh blow for Woodford as suspended fund’s holdings take hitcityam.com - Anna Menin Neil Woodford has suffered his third setback of the day after it was announced that his suspended Equity Income Fund (EIF) significantly …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBritish Companies UK companies to miss research investment target by £19bn, says CBI - CityAMcityam.com - Harry Robertson British companies are set to miss the government’s 2027 target for investment in research and development (R&D) by £19bn, the CBI has warned …
Tariffs China threatens tariffs on $75bn of US goodscityam.com - Anna Menin China is set to levy $75bn of retaliatory tariffs on US goods, in an escalation in the trade war. The editor of a Chinese state-backed newspaper had …
David Koch Conservative billionaire David Koch dead at 79cityam.com - August Graham US billionaire David Koch, a major conservative donor, has died, according to media reports. The controversial industrialist and one half of the …
South America Dublin vows to block EU-South American trade deal as the Amazon burnscityam.com - August Graham Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has promised to vote against a trade deal between the EU and South American countries unless Brazil moves to …
Lifestyle (UK) Shifting stamp duty burden would hurt first-time buyerscityam.com - Leigh Sayliss It was an interesting idea – and sounded great for first-time buyers. On Saturday, Sajid Javid appeared to be considering switching the cost of stamp …
Michael Dell League One side Sunderland in advanced sale talks with MSD Capital partners and Michael Dellcityam.com - Michael Searles US investors and partners at MSD Capital are closing in on an agreement to buy League One football club Sunderland. John Phelan, Glenn Fuhrman and Rob …
Chinese Yuan Chinese renminbi set for another weekly fall on trade tensionscityam.com - Harry Robertson China’s currency the renminbi is broadly flat against the dollar this morning, but is on course to have fallen for three of the last four weeks. The …
Abbey Road Property of the week: Celeb-spot in this historic Abbey Road churchcityam.com - Helen Crane If you are looking for a home with an interesting history, you could do a lot worse than this penthouse apartment in St John’’s Wood. Not only does …
Here’s where you should buy a home for access to the best London schoolscityam.com - Helen Crane As the summer holidays draw to a close and parents prepare their children for another academic year, would-be property buyers who have a young family …
Business (UK) FTSE 100 leads stock markets higher with all eyes on Fed chair Powellcityam.com - Harry Robertson London’s FTSE 100 was the biggest riser among the European stock markets this morning, as a falling pound pushed up the blue-chip index. European …
