Lionesses legend Jill Scott says Manchester City can give Steph Houghton the perfect send-off by sealing the Women’s Super League title. Houghton announced she will retire at the end of the season, bringing an end to a glittering career in which she has been synonymous with the rapid growth of the women’s game. The 36-year-old won 121 caps for England, was the star player for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics and captained City to their first and only league title in 2016 alongside Scott. Read more Arsenal smash Women’s Super League attendance record in win over Chelsea City are within tou ..read more

Royal bank Coutts is facing criticism from City figures over plans to pull roughly £2bn of clients’ funds out of London’s stock market. On Thursday, the iconic 332-year-old private bank and wealth manager confirmed plans to cut its investment in UK equities from 33 per cent of assets to only three per cent as it moves the money into foreign company shares. Under the plans, Coutts would have 65 per cent of its assets in North American equities and 13 per cent in Europe. The business has around £10bn in funds under management. The news comes as the government races to inject life into Lond ..read more

The Co-op Live arena has suffered yet another week of chaos leading to even more concerts being cancelled or postponed, as the Manchester-based venue struggles with setbacks. Back in late April, the venue announced that both The Black Keys and Peter Kay shows were being postponed until 23 and 24 May 2024. The venue stated that it had to undertake “an extensive protocol of testing critical procedures to ensure all areas are ready for fans”. As both acts agreed to postpone, for those two events, all tickets remain valid and refunds would be available for those who could no longer attend. In lat ..read more

In this week’s episode of How It Works, City A.M.’s media, tech, and telecoms reporter Jess Jones sits down with Ricardo Mendes, the chief executive of the aerospace company Tekever. Mendes chats about how Tekever’s drones are being used in the war in Ukraine, to save lives out at sea and to protect the environment. How It Works is a video interview series, where Jess Jones sits down with business leaders for a discussion about how various technologies work ..read more

While Spain is used to the odd drought its golfers are not, yet their men at least are in the midst of a barren spell stretching back almost a year.  The country that gave the game Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal has not had a winner on any of the three main circuits since May last year, when Pablo Larrazabal claimed the KLM Open in the Netherlands by beating compatriot Adrian Otaegui in a play-off. In the interim Sergio Garcia has lost three play-offs across two seasons of the LIV Golf League, while Spanish golf’s current kingpin Jon Rahm is enduring the longest winless streak ..read more

Podcast business Viral Tribe Entertainment has struck a deal with a production studio that represents big names such as the BBC, Stephen Fry and Gillian Anderson. Viral Tribe, which says it “loves creating kick-ass shows”, is partnering with Soho Radio and its production arm SRP Studios to increase its output and accelerate its growth. Viral Tribe CEO and founder Jon O’Donnell said: “I’m incredibly excited by this partnership and can’t wait to start working with the team. We believe in the power of cultural moments and few brands have had a greater cultural impact in the capital than Soho Rad ..read more

The maker of Covent Garden Soup and Linda McCartney’s vegetarian food said customers switching from frozen to chilled food hit its sales and contributed to its widening losses during its latest financial year. Hain Daniels Group, which is the UK arm of US-based The Hain Celestial Group, has posted a turnover of £43.7m for the year to June 30, 2023, down from £47.2m. Recently filed accounts with Companies House also show that the Leeds-based firm’s pre-tax losses also went from £1.7m to £3.7m. Hain Frozen Foods last made a pre-tax profit when it reported a total of £7.7m in the year to the end ..read more

A Boeing whistleblower who raised concerns over safety issues with the 737 Max has died suddenly, it has been confirmed. Joshua Dean, a 45-year-old former quality auditor for supplier SpiritAerosystems, said he was sacked for questioning production standards at a plant in Kansas, where the company is based. Spirit supplied the door panel for the Alaska Airlines plane that blew out in January, sparking one of the biggest crises at Boeing in years. Dean’s family have confirmed he died on Tuesday after a fast spreading infection. Dean is the second Boeing whistleblower to be found dead this year ..read more

Goldman Sachs is removing the cap on bonuses paid out to London-based staff in a move that could see the bank’s highest earners receive millions in extra pay. The move, which will bring the bank’s remuneration policy in line with its operations elsewhere in the world, was first reported by Sky News. “We are a global firm and to the extent possible, we adopt a consistent global approach across everything we do,” Richard Gnodde, chief executive of Goldman Sachs Internationals said in a video message to staff, cited by Sky. Read more Goldman Sachs flies top London banker to Paris in latest post ..read more

Two-handers rarely make it to West End stages, and when they do, they often rely on A-Listers who use the buzz of star casting to fill the chasmic space, bereft of bodies. So how does this twee-sounding piece fill the void? With bucket loads of charm, and a straightforward idea that shows hard-hitting can be done simply. Sam Tutty, who led Dear Evan Hansen in the West End, plays Dougal, an excitable British guy on a pilgrimage to New York to go to his father’s wedding – and meet him for the first time. En route he meets Robin, played by Dujonna Gift, a sister of the bride, and they get to tal ..read more