‘No comment’: City firms on Starmer China trip keep schtum January 29, 2026 When Sir Keir Starmer boarded a British Airways flight to Beijing earlier this week, he brought with him a coterie of leaders from British industry to help fly the flag. More than 50 delegates were invited on the PM’s trip, many from top City institutions such as law firm Clifford Chance and accounting giant PwC. [...]
Fulham FC Riverside Stand to offer hospitality at Boat Race January 29, 2026 A new premium hospitality has been added to the route of the iconic Boat Race, with the Fulham FC Riverside Stand hosting the new space. Fulham Pier will host hospitality for the Boat Race, which is sponsored by Chanel, in April. It’s the first time the space has been open to the public for the [...]
Alex Yee fears Enhanced Games will be ‘dangerous’ for former GB teammates January 29, 2026 Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee fears the Enhanced Games will be dangerous to athletes who accept big-money offers to take part in the pro-doping multi-sport competition. Two of Yee’s former Team GB colleagues, springer Reece Prescod and swimmer Ben Proud, are among those set to compete in the first edition of the Enhanced Games later [...]
Women’s Super League chief paid £531,000 as it made £2.4m loss January 29, 2026 The highest earner at the independent company set up to run the Women’s Super League, believed to be chief executive Nikki Doucet, was paid £531,000 as it made a £2.4m loss. Accounts published by Companies House reveal the finances in the first year of Women’s Super League Football Limited, which took over management of the [...]
Premier League clubs earn £250m in on-field Champions League prize money January 29, 2026 Premier League clubs in the Champions League have banked over £250m in on-field prize money after all six teams qualified for the knockouts. Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester City qualified straight for the round of 16 after successful campaigns in the 36-team, one-table group phase. Newcastle United qualified too, but will need to [...]
Starmer: Businesses ‘cry out’ for more trade with China January 29, 2026 Keir Starmer has said businesses are “crying out for ways” to export to Chinese markets as he struck a new deal for British travellers. After meeting President Xi Jinping in China, Starmer defended his government’s ambitions to boost relations with the world’s second largest economy despite questions over security threats posed by state-backed spies and [...]
Labour urged to rethink donor incentives for museums amid non-dom exodus January 29, 2026 The exodus of non-doms from the UK is having a knock-on effect on philanthropy, with museums now urging the government to bring back generous donors. Museums, such as the British Museum and Tate Modern, acquire expensive, world-class paintings primarily through a mix of public funding, major grants from organisations and private philanthropy. However, with the [...]
How seriously should we take Anthropic founder’s ‘civilisational threat’ essay? January 29, 2026 “Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it’s deeply unclear whether we can handle it” – that’s the warning from one of the most powerful men in artificial intelligence – so, is he right? If you don’t have plans for the weekend you could do worse than to sit down and read [...]
Mining M&A hits new highs after $93bn worth of deals in 2025 January 29, 2026 Global merger and acquisition activity in the mining sector hit a thirteen year high last year, as demand for critical minerals ramped up. The aggregate value of global mining M&A activity hit $93.7bn (£67.9bn), the highest annual total since 2012 when $129.3bn of transactions were recorded, according to the latest survey from law firm White [...]
Billion-dollar regulatory fines fail to dent Big Tech January 29, 2026 For the world’s biggest tech firms, regulatory penalties are no longer a consequential financial event. Alphabet, Apple, Meta and Amazon were fined a combined $7.8bn (£6.2bn) in 2025 for breaches of competition and privacy rules, according to a new Proton report. And while that sounds like a hefty number, in practice, it would have taken [...]