Kemi Badenoch welcomes Javier Milei on Falkland Islands ‘competition’ November 13, 2025 Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said she found it “fascinating” that Argentinian president Javier Milei wanted to make his country so great that Falkland Islanders would want to change nationalities. In a 15-minute speech to Latin American investors and academics, Badenoch praised the anarcho-capitalist leader for his austerity programme in Argentina that has lowered inflation [...]
HSBC on hunt for new Europe chief after top boss departs November 13, 2025 HSBC is on the new hunt for a new top boss at its continental Europe arm with its current chief set to depart at the end of the year. Europe’s largest lender said on Thursday that Andrew Wild would exit his role after nearly four years due to family reasons. Wild first joined the bank [...]
Crystal Palace: Steve Parish casts doubt on long-term future and eyes return to Adland November 13, 2025 Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has cast doubt on his long-term future in football, revealing that he is tempted by a return to the advertising industry. Parish, 60, made his fortune with marketing production company Tag Worldwide before leading a consortium of wealthy Palace fans who rescued the club from administration in 2010. Subsequent stake [...]
Crispin Odey places gold investment firm into liquidation November 13, 2025 Disgraced financier Crispin Odey has placed a gold investment firm he controlled into liquidation, City PM can reveal. Tri-Star Resources, which owned a stake in an antimony and gold production facility in Oman known as SPMP, is to be wound up amid “serious concerns” over the viability of the project. Odey was the sole director [...]
Penderyn: The spirit of Welsh whisky November 13, 2025 Whisky Business: City PM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. Since the early 2000s, around 100 new whisky distilleries have opened in the UK (exact numbers are difficult to confirm). The boom has been particularly notable outside Scotland, where producers, unencumbered by the rules governing Scotch whisky, have been able to set up experiments with [...]
MEET THE FINALISTS November 13, 2025 Meet the 2025 Santander X Awards finalists. These nine businesses will pitch live at the National Final at Unity Place, Santander UK’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, on 13 November. This year’s panel of judges includes Mike Regnier, Santander UK Chief Executive, Claire Williams, former Williams F1 boss, and Deborah Meaden, Businesswoman and Entrepreneur. PulpaTronics PulpaTronics [...]
Salary sacrifice cuts could damage retirement savings November 13, 2025 Brits will save less into their pensions if rumoured changes to salary sacrifice schemes are confirmed in the Budget, putting individual retirements and economic growth at risk. According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI), nearly 40 per cent of people will put less into their pension if Chancellor Rachel Reeves decided to cap salary [...]
Will the Budget push the economy off the cliff? November 13, 2025 Downing Street is in chaos and the economy has flatlined. Now, with just a couple of weeks to go until we find out what’s really in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, Britain’s bosses are getting restless. It used to be the case that Chancellor’s went quiet in the run-up to a Budget, keeping their powder dry and [...]
The Hunger Games on Stage review – Damp squib production fails to emit a single spark November 13, 2025 Watching The Hunger Games on Stage makes it immediately obvious why The Hunger Games should not, in fact, be on stage.
Rightmove faces £1bn legal action over ‘unfair’ fees to estate agents November 13, 2025 A legal claim estimated at £1bn is in the works against property portal Rightmove, accusing the company of charging thousands of UK estate agents excessive and unfair prices to list properties. The legal action, led by former Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) panel member Jeremy Newman, along with a team of lawyers at Scott+Scott UK [...]
