Half time: London market lags as rivals across the Atlantic hit fresh highs Markets London’s main stock market index ended the first half of 2026 within touching distance of a record high set earlier in the year, but remained off the pace set by its rival in New York. The FTSE 100’s positive-but-relatively-limited run for the period summed up a feeling of measured optimism. While it made overall gains, [...]
The Nichols N1A proves there’s still a market for cars that make no sense at all Motoring Steve Nichols, the Formula One designer behind McLaren’s legendary MP4/4, has finally put his name on a road car. The result is a £540,000 British supercar that seems determined to ignore almost every automotive trend of the past decade. The modern supercar is becoming a strangely sensible thing. Even Ferrari is building an electric car, [...]
Treasury confirms scrapping of Lifetime ISA but industry questions remain Personal Finance The government has confirmed it is replacing the hotly debated Lifetime ISA with a new product aimed solely at first time buyers, but industry figures are questioning the new framework. In a consultation published on Tuesday, the government confirmed the new product, dubbed the ‘First Time Buyer ISA’, (FTB ISA) will only be available to [...]
Berkeley warns of London housing slowdown in call for ‘political leadership’ from Burnham June 24, 2026 Berkeley has called for “strong political leadership” on housebuilding from potential Prime Minister Andy Burnham as it warned that London is on course to miss its housing targets. The capital’s biggest housebuilder issued a swathe of demands to policymakers, warning that there is “no prospect of material improvement” on housebuilding “without more decisive intervention” from [...]
Contentful Introduces Palmata, Giving Brands Influence Over How AI Represents Their Business June 23, 2026 Launch partners The Atlantic, Box, Dataiku, Docusign, Marketbridge, and Telus Digital are using Palmata to turn AI discovery risk into a credible plan for growth Powered by Sounder Discovery Agent, Palmata uncovers what shapes AI-generated answers and translates those insights into actionable content decisions
Cloudflare Collaborates With Leading Browsers to Develop a Privacy-First Protocol For the Global Internet June 22, 2026 New Private Access Control Tokens (PACT) technology, developed alongside Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, and Shopify, pioneers a privacy architecture to secure interactions across the global Internet
Intertek to quit FTSE 100 after agreeing £11bn EQT takeover June 18, 2026 FTSE 100 giant Intertek has agreed to an £11bn takeover by Swedish buyout firm EQT, triggering the latest high-profile departure from the London Stock Exchange. The testing and assurance company said on Thursday that it has agreed to the £60 per share offer, valuing the deal at £9.5bn, or £10.9bn including debt. The agreement seals [...]
Conservatives will slash the regulations holding the City back June 18, 2026 The reforms Kemi Badenoch announces today will see the end of ringfencing and the end of an unfair international disadvantage imposed through capital requirements set by regulators. This is only the start. We will go further, says Andrew Griffith If, like me, you left university to work in the city in the 1990s, you will [...]
My ride in a helicopter over London as Leonardo expands its UK presence June 17, 2026 Helicopter travel is the preserve of London’s elite: Celebrities, billionaires and high flying – if you’ll pardon the pun – City chief executives. Leonardo attracted headlines earlier this year when it secured a £1bn contract to build helicopters for the Ministry of Defence. The company had warned it could shut its UK helicopter manufacturing facility [...]
Boots moves closer to London float but billionaire Westons circle June 16, 2026 With one potential suitor out of the running, high street titan Boots is moving closer to a London float, a move that would mark a return to the FTSE 100 for one of the UK’s biggest retailers and deliver a major boost to UK capital markets. The 177-year-old British pharmacy saw the withdrawal of Sigma [...]