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City A.M.

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Covid-19: No Plan C Omicron restrictions before Christmas, says health minister

Families and businesses concerned about another set of tighter Covid-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas Day have no reason to worry according to a UK There won't be any new Covid-19 rules, dubbed Plan C, ombat Omicron before Christmas → Read More

Box office bombshell: Cineworld shares plummet after it's ordered to pay £750m for bailing out of Canadian theatre deal

FTSE-listed cinema chain Cineworld has been ordered by a Canadian court to pay out more that C$1.28bn (£750m) in damages and costs after it was sued for → Read More

British Airways owner IAG moves to terminate takeover agreement with Air Europa

IAG, the aviation giant that owns British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, has moved to back-track on its takeover of Spanish airline Air Europa. The BA → Read More

French tycoon Patrick Drahi’s Altice takes an 18 per cent stake in BT

Patrick Drahi's Altice UK has this morning increased its stake in telcoms giant BT from 12.1 per cent to 18 per cent. This morning BT responded: "the → Read More

Labour market squeeze: UK unemployment rate falls to 4.2 per cent as vacancies soar to 1.2m

The UK unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points on the quarter to 4.2 per cent for the three months to the end of October. A rise in more → Read More

Virgin Atlantic boosted by £400m in funding from Branson's Virgin Group and Delta Air Lines

British Airways rival Virgin Atlantic is hoping to leave the turbulence behind after sealing a funding deal with Virgin Group and Delta Airline to inject → Read More

Downing St parties probe 'extended to include PM Boris Johnson's quiz night'

The cabinet secretary will extend his investigation into Downing St parties during last year's Covid lockdown to include whether the Prime Minster → Read More

Hotel Review: Windjammer Landing, St Lucia

If you’re ready to escape the bleak British winter for some Caribbean sun, we have just the thing… The stay We’re ditching the grey skies if London for → Read More

CBI pushes Tories on levelling up and says regions need cash and clusters

Business group the CBI today said delivering economic growth across the country will be the determining factor in whether the Government’s levelling up → Read More

LV to launch fresh charm offensive to get £530m Bain takeover approved

Insurance mutual LV is this week expected to stage a fresh charm offensive for member-owners to talk up the benefits of a £530m bid from US private equity → Read More

Hot property: Covid 'race for space' has homemover numbers at a record high

Removal vans did a roaring trade as the number of homemovers soared to levels not seen since 2007 as there was a race for space in property. → Read More

BA and rivals cheer return of the $1bn transatlantic route

The first British tourists and business travellers since the March 2020 Trump White House ban are set to touch down in the US today → Read More

Global IPO bonanza: Market listings raise record $346bn in 2021 so far

IPO bonanza for investors: The amount raised for companies via stock market listings has surged to a news record in 2021, with $346bn raised → Read More

Yorkshire cricket chairman resigns over handling of Rafiq racism report

Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton has resigned over the club’s handling of the Azeem Rafiq case, calling on the executive board → Read More

Markets: BT helps FTSE power ahead as pound sterling slips

London's premier index the FTSE was boosted by BT, Lloyds Bank and Hargreaves Lansdown this morning, while pound sterling (GBP) slipped → Read More

Bank of England boss Bailey rebuffs claims he 'bottled it' on interest rate call

The Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has pushed back on criticism that he talked up a interest → Read More

British Airways owner IAG sees losses shrink to €2.6bn as Covid travel restrictions ease

The owner of British Airways and Iberia, IAG, reported a shrinking €2.6bn (£2.3bn) for the first nine months of 2021, → Read More

Metro Bank shares surge on Carlyle Group takeover approach

High Street lender Metro Bank shares jumped more than a third today after it confirmed suitors from the Carlyle Group were circling with a bid → Read More

LandSec buys up stake in home of BBC Breakfast for £425m

LandSec has snapped up a 75 per cent stake in the MediaCity hub in Salford, where BBC Breakfast is filmed, for £425m → Read More

The next memestock? Avis shares rocket 218 per cent in a single day

Shares in car rental giant Avis are surging this afternoon after positive earnings data, leading some to compare the jump → Read More