Celebrating the Square Mile: Full list of winners at City A.M. Awards 2023 THE DESERVING WINNERS The great and the good of the Square Mile gathered for the annual City A.M. awards in the Guildhall on Thursday evening. The winners – drawn from right across the City – were rightly feted, having gone through a rigorous shortlisting and judging process to stand on the stage with host Julia Streets and City [...]
The City A.M. Awards: A glittering night in the Square Mile A FABULOUS EVENING The great and the good of the Square Mile gathered at the Guildhall on Thursday night for the annual City A.M. awards – with Aviva boss Amanda Blanc walking away with the coveted ‘personality of the year’ award. Blanc’s award came at the end of an evening of celebrations and speeches – with the afterparty [...]
WATCH: Highlights of City A.M. Awards 2022 video City A.M. was delighted to be celebrate the City! After a two year break the paper brought back the City A.M. Awards 2022 to London’s iconic Guildhall in the heart of the City in partnership with British Airways London City. The evening hosted by industry powerhouse Julia Streets had keynotes from Sir Martyn Lewis and [...]
The City A.M. awards: A spectacular night in the Square Mile April 29, 2022 Almost two and a half years since the last City A.M. gala dinner, the brightest lights in the London business community gathered in person once again to toast the Square Mile’s success in what was an extraordinary year. Held for the first time in the Guildhall, the awards recognise those who made the City great [...]
The City A.M. Awards: What a delight to see the City alive once more April 28, 2022 What a joy it was last night to see the City’s leading lights once again gathered in one room again at the City A.M. awards, held in the ancient surroundings of The Guildhall. For all the ingenuity and innovation that came out of the pandemic, with video calls and screen sharing replacing working lunches and [...]
Personal assistants can become the office game-changer November 4, 2019 In today’s business world, you very rarely luck into things. The rise of the gig economy and multiple careers means that personal assistants (PAs) need to leverage emotional intelligence, actively seek out opportunities for personal growth, and think big in terms of next career steps. When you make a conscious decision to become that game-changer [...]
Editor’s Notes: Nobody has a clue what’s going to happen November 16, 2018 Westminster has entered a period of chaos, marked by the usual signs of political turmoil: marquees outside parliament for camera crews, protesters desperately trying to get in shot and MPs from all sides of the debate milling around trying to get on the air. In the City, frantic movements in sterling and a sizeable hit [...]
Jobs will stay in City after Brexit, says top asset manager November 8, 2018 Jobs will not leave the City of London in huge numbers after Brexit, the head of one of the country’s biggest asset managers has said. Martin Gilbert, the co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen, said he is “positive” about the City’s future, and believes Dublin will be the big winner as jobs are created there [...]
Editor’s Notes: The joy of Scan-dining, coming down to earth and never mind the Banksys October 12, 2018 The City’s restaurant scene has changed enormously even in the last few years. There’s more life in the Square Mile at weekends and more choice for City lunches than ever before. These are exciting times. A good way to get a sense of this is to embark, as I did yesterday, on a lunch safari. [...]
2014 City A.M. awards: It’s always good to toast the best of the City – Editor’s Letter November 13, 2014 In a matter of weeks, during the first few days of January, I will be calling people to invite them to next year’s City A.M. awards. The event, the latest of which was held last night, has become a fixture in the City calendar and has grown in stature since its inception. Last night, [...]