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              City of London

              • Monday, 30 December, 2024
                Interview
                Visionary behind London’s Square Mile steps down after 44 years

                Michael Cassidy had a key role in transforming the UK’s tired financial district into a global behemoth

                Michael Cassidy
              • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                We should all sing the praises of City of London churches

                These historic buildings remain important places of sanctuary, heritage and inspiration for many

                Rector of St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street, London, Alison Joyce.
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Commercial property
                City of London gives permission for tallest tower

                1 Undershaft will be the same height as the Shard across the Thames

                A computer generated image of how the City of London is expected to look after tghe construction of 1 Undershaft
              • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
                Ashtead Group PLC
                Ashtead plans to move listing to New York in fresh blow to London

                Construction equipment group generates most of its profits in North America

                A Sunbelt digger
              • Saturday, 30 November, 2024
                Edwin Heathcote
                Sham urbanity dispatches Smithfield to the knacker’s yard

                The City of London’s closure of the old meat market displays an insulting disrespect for trade and civic pride

                Smithfield Meat Market, London
              • Friday, 29 November, 2024
                News in-depthCity of London Corp
                Smithfield: last orders for London’s historic meat market

                Butchers mourn closure of market at heart of the UK capital’s food trade for 900 years

                A worker pushes a trolley covered with a blue tarp beneath rows of hanging meat at Smithfield meat market in London.
              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
                City of London Corp
                City of London votes to close Smithfield meat market

                Plans to move trading halls to a new, modern facility in Dagenham were shelved earlier this month

                Carcasses hanging in Smithfield market, London, England, in the 1960s
              • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
                Michael O’Dwyer
                Power and antiquity collide in the City of London

                The financial district’s new lord mayor sees himself as ‘cheerleader-in-chief’ for the sector

                View from above looking down at all the dignitaries in their robes and spectators gathered in Guildhall during the ceremony
              • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
                Brexit
                Chancellor and BoE governor call for UK to rebuild ties with EU

                Reeves and Bailey highlight damage from Brexit amid concern about Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on trading partners

                Chancellor Rachel Reeves during her Mansion House speech
              • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
                UK financial regulation
                FCA backtracks on plan to ‘name and shame’ probed companies

                Regulator’s proposals provoked backlash from politicians and City of London

                The City of London skyline
              • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
                UK financial regulation
                Reeves seeks reform of UK consumer redress in financial services sector

                Chancellor considers overhaul as lenders face potential multibillion-pound bill for alleged mis-selling of car finance

                Chancellor Rachel Reeves
              • Monday, 7 October, 2024
                FT Globetrotter
                The unusual perks of London’s oldest members’ club

                The FT’s resident freeman takes part in the hallowed ritual of herding sheep across the Thames and into the Square Mile

                Sheep in front of a plaque that reads Southwark Bridge
              • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
                Stuart Lipton
                We need a plan to revive Canary Wharf

                Tenants are deserting the area and moving back to the City of London — it must transform to survive

                Illustration of an image of Canary Wharf’s skyline on a curtain being drawn by a woman and child, revealing a greener low-rise estate
              • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
                Commercial property
                ‘Can of Ham’ sale tests demand for City of London skyscrapers

                Owner of building at 70 St Mary Axe says ‘core capital’ is returning to office market

                Street view of Can of Ham building and other buildings
              • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
                Bank of London
                UK tax authorities filed winding-up petition against Bank of London over unpaid debts

                Clearing bank says it is up to date with all tax payments and blames administrative error

              • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
                UK economy
                UK needs capital market revamp to attract £1tn of investment, says Wilson report

                Country must foster a ‘home bias’ through tax and pension systems, analysis by City grandee concludes

                Sir Nigel Wilson
              • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
                World
                *SOLD OUT* The FT Alphaville pub quiz lands in London this September

                Hometown heroes, assemble!

              • Monday, 12 August, 2024
                News in-depthClimate change
                Flood plans and flowerbeds: City of London prepares for extreme weather

                Historic financial centre is investing £68mn in an ‘extreme weather’ plan — but is it enough?

                Mediterranean planting on Paul’s Walk
              • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
                UK equities
                Investors warm to UK equities in ‘turning of tide’ for unloved market

                Fund managers including BlackRock, Allianz and Ruffer are betting political stability will boost London market

                Skyscrapers in the City of London
              • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
                Workplace pensions
                City grandees urge Reeves to tackle ‘impending crisis’ for British retirees

                Financial services veterans call on chancellor to prioritise increasing minimum workplace pension contributions

                Rachel Reeves, UK chancellor
              • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
                Edwin Heathcote
                The City’s development needs to heed history

                Hypertrophying towers should not begin to kill the reason for their presence in the Square Mile in the first place

                Undershaft
              • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
                UK financial regulation
                The City of London’s wish list for the new Labour government

                Financial services bosses call for ‘bold’ action as they hope for a period of political stability

              • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
                Commercial property
                City of London delays decision on new tallest building

                Vote follows objection from Lloyd’s of London chair to 73-storey building near site of historic insurance market

                An artist’s image of the proposed skyscraper called 1 Undershaft
              • Monday, 24 June, 2024
                Rebooting Britain’s capital markets
                The club of City executives plotting a revival for the UK’s capital markets

                CMIT is pushing for reform in a bid to end malaise engulfing London market

                A combined image of Peter Harrison, Julia Hoggett and the London Stock Exchange logo
              • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
                Rebooting Britain’s capital markets21 min
                How to reboot Britain's capital markets | FT Film

                Start-ups look overseas as UK's capital markets struggle to stay relevant

                FT Film: Britain's market reboot
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