Motorway eyes first profit as Premier League deal grows customer base September 16, 2026 Motorway is on the cusp of turning its first profit a decade after launch, as the used car marketplace looks to the Premier League to expand its customer base. The tech firm’s co-founder and chief executive, Tom Leathes, said he expects to hit profitability as soon as 2026 after years of consecutive eight-figure losses as [...]
European financial centres lose global standing amid ‘relentless pivot to Asia’ September 16, 2026 European financial centres suffered a decline in global rankings as the continent continued to lose ground to fast-growing Asian cities. Centres across Europe saw their prominence erode, with several key cities tumbling in the latest rankings from Z/Yen’s 40th Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 40). European cities fell out of top 20, after only four [...]
Ask the expert: I lost my job at 56. Can I retire? September 16, 2026 Lost your job in your 50s? Marianna Hunt is back to take a look into whether retiring early, cutting spending or returning to the workplace is the best option when thrust back into the job market later in life. I’m 56 and lost my job in January after a successful career in financial services. I’d [...]
AI firms double London office space as tech boom fuels property demand September 16, 2026 AI firms snapped up more than 700,000 sq ft of London office space in the first half of 2026, more than double the amount taken across the whole of last year as fast-growing tech companies expand their footprint in the capital. AI businesses accounted for as much as a third of central London office take-up [...]
Palantir’s NHS platform expands into GP patient data sharing September 15, 2026 Patient data from five GP surgeries in England is being fed into the NHS’s Palantir-built data platform, pushing the US firm’s reach beyond its initial remit of hospital operations into local surgeries. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, one of England’s largest Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), is overseeing the move onto Palantir’s Federated Data Platform (FDP). An [...]
Sullivan & Cromwell joins the stampede to Abu Dhabi September 15, 2026 US law firm Sullivan & Cromwell is set to expand its global footprint into the Middle East by opening an office in Abu Dhabi after several other law firms boosted their presence in the region over the last year. The Wall Street titan plans to advise clients across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, [...]
KPMG wields axe again with 200 tech and cyber roles on the block September 15, 2026 KPMG UK is set to lay off hundreds of staff in its data and tech division in the latest round of redundancies at the Big Four firm. The new round of cuts will affect 200 roles from its advisory business, according to the Financial Times, and amounts to about 4 per cent of the firm’s [...]
‘Underwhelmed’: Ofcom admits online safety impact falling short as full roll-out slips to 2027 September 15, 2026 Britain’s online safety watchdog has admitted its flagship rules have so far had an “underwhelming” impact on children’s safety, as it revealed the Online Safety Act will not be fully operational until the middle of 2027 and warned the government’s incoming social media ban could stretch its resources. Ofcom officials faced a grilling from peers [...]
Dazn getting ‘IPO ready’, says CEO Segev, after swing into black and key hires September 15, 2026 Dazn chief executive Shay Segev has confirmed the global sports streaming platform is preparing for an IPO after achieving EBITDA profitability in 2025. Segev said the company had not decided on a timeframe for a float, nor whether the London-headquartered company would be listed on the FTSE or overseas. But he confirmed that the advent [...]
City firm behind BHP litigation faces legal action over unpaid barrister fee claims September 15, 2026 A barrister for the law firm behind the record BHP litigation has alleged in a £2.6m lawsuit that the firm failed to pay him and now faces a counterclaim. Ibar McCarthy, a barrister at Normanton Chambers, alleged City law firm Pogust Goodhead did not pay him for his work on the £36bn litigation against mining giant [...]