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In a couple of great stories on the front page, a couple of exclusives, let's start with the idea of
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woke contracts at the Bank of England. Not our words, but the words of people who have
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criticised the Bank of England, putting out to tender the bank note printing contract worth nearly
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a billion quid to someone. But as part of that contract, they've imposed all sorts of ESG
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diversity, equality, sustainability requirements for people to fulfil and particular hoops for them
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to jump through. Some people say this is sensible, they're wielding their power for good. Other
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people say, completely ridiculous, waste of time and money, and will distort the entire competitive
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process. Next to that on the front page, lovely story, maybe a sign of the times. The London Stock
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Exchange Group, big city institution, has, we understand, cancelled hundreds of subscriptions
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to another city institution, the Financial Times, our good friends and colleagues in the business
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media. Apparently, people at the London Stock Exchange have just got a bit tired of the FT
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ignoring London businesses. And we've dug into the data and it does appear that that is a trend
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in the pink pages. Anyway, that's quite good fun and no shortage of London business stories here
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at City AM. Enjoy your weekend. We'll see you next week
