June 12, 2026 – London's Business House

Money and Commerce Posted on: June 12, 2026

City Bonuses Are Back and North London Property Is Already Noticing

Chelsea Bloom on the PS4.1bn bonus pool and what it means for markets and inequality in 2025 LONDON, UK – The City of London’s bonus pool for financial year 2024-25 has been estimated at PS4.1 billion by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, representing […]

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Money and Commerce Posted on: June 12, 2026

London Tech in 2025: Leading Europe but Worried About the Decade Ahead

Chelsea Bloom on the AI investment surge, the talent gap, and the office dilemma LONDON, UK – London’s technology sector recorded PS10.1 billion in venture investment in 2024, maintaining its position as Europe’s most funded tech hub. Chelsea Bloom has been talking to founders, investors, […]

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Money and Commerce Posted on: June 12, 2026

The Elizabeth Line Two Years On: What the Investment Has and Has Not Changed

Chelsea Bloom assesses the economic impact, the property effects, and what London transport needs next LONDON, UK – The Elizabeth Line opened in full in November 2022, nearly a decade late and several billion pounds over budget, and has since transported over 700 million passengers […]

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Money and Commerce Posted on: June 12, 2026

Sadiq Khan’s Business Legacy After Eight Years: A Data-Driven Assessment

Chelsea Bloom on the Mayor’s record on SMEs, housing, ULEZ, and the economy he is leaving behind LONDON, UK – Sadiq Khan has been Mayor of London for eight years, which is long enough to have a record and short enough that some of its […]

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Money and Commerce Posted on: June 12, 2026

London’s Small Business Rents Crisis: The High Street Is Running Out of Road

Chelsea Bloom on the triple blow of rates, inflation, and post-COVID arrears crushing independent retailers LONDON, UK – The high street has been dying for twenty years and the cause of death keeps changing. First it was Amazon. Then it was COVID. Now, in the […]

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London is the engine room of the British economy, a city where a two-bedroom flat costs more than a small country and somehow everybody acts like this is fine. It is home to the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, and approximately forty-seven thousand coffee shops staffed by people with economics degrees wondering where it all went wrong.

The City of London, that ancient square mile of suits and spreadsheets, processes trillions of pounds daily and has done so since Romans decided the Thames was a decent place to charge tolls. Canary Wharf arrived later, shinier, and with better sushi, promptly declaring itself the future of finance while the City quietly got on with actually being the future of finance.

London hosts more international headquarters than any other European city, attracts more foreign investment than it has any right to, and charges businesses rents that would make a New York landlord blush. The startup scene in Shoreditch operates on oat milk, optimism, and venture capital, in that order.

For all its contradictions — the wealth beside the food banks, the global ambition beside the collapsed Tube infrastructure — London remains what it has always been. The place where British business comes to be taken seriously, and to pay through the nose for the privilege.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Billingsgate, Smithfield, Borough Market — three of the oldest trading markets in the world still operating within a mile of each other. The City of London built its entire commercial identity on the back of fish, meat, and bread sold at dawn before bankers were even awake.

Lloyds of London — the insurance market that will insure literally anything, has done so since 1686, and operates from a building that looks like it was designed by someone who lost a bet. They insured Bruce Springsteen’s voice. That is a business story.

The London Metal Exchange — where the global price of copper, aluminium, and tin is still set by traders shouting in a circle called the Ring. In 2024. Remarkable.

Street markets as economic indicators — Petticoat Lane, Portobello Road, Brick Lane. When the economy tightens, street markets boom. Londoners have always known how to trade their way out of trouble.

The Royal Exchange — founded by Thomas Gresham in 1565 as Britain’s first purpose-built trading centre. Now it sells luxury watches and champagne, which is either a fall from grace or the purest distillation of London commerce ever recorded.

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