The Notebook is a new addition to City A.M.’s daily offering, giving the City of London’s movers and shakers the chance to let a few things off their chest. In this first edition – it’s our editor, Andy Silvester, penning his thoughts.
ONE of the things that fascinated me as a child were ant farms – the way these tiny, unassuming creatures could create extraordinary social systems in great intricate detail, encompassing all the roles from mayor to architect to the hardy labourer.
What really amazed me though was how reliant the system was on each individual ant – without every single one pulling its weight, the whole ecosystem fell apart.
Fast forward a few decades and I find myself at the heart of another ecosystem – the City of London. And that’s what this new daily feature, the notebook, is about. What we all at City A.M. learnt during the pandemic was that the City’s fascinating dynamic needs each and every one of its bits to work – from the big banks to the sandwich shops, from the insurers to the pubs, from the CEO to the ‘elf and safety staff (yes, really).
In this space we’ll give the people who shape the City and today’s business world the chance to riff on whatever it is that’s interested them that week – whether it’s reflecting on a mega-deal that just got over the line or a landlord wondering whether it’s worth staying open on a Friday…
