The Capitalist: RAC is not a roadside assistance firm March 26, 2026 Breakdown…in comms The Capitalist was shocked this week after being approached by a spokesperson for RAC, telling City AM off for referring to the company as a roadside assistance firm in a recent story. RAC is not, in fact, a roadside assistance firm, said the spokesperson, who was from PR company Brunswick. Which is funny, [...]
Why Westminster’s finest keep ending up on Big Tech’s payroll March 26, 2026 There is a sense of irony in that the employees Silicon Valley’s tech giants most want to hire, are actually the ones who spent years in the public sector trying to work out what to do about them. Nick Clegg, who served as deputy Prime Minister sat through more than one anxious Whitehall discussion about [...]
500 Global Taps Former IFC CIO As Firm Expands Global Investment Platform March 26, 2026 Atul Mehta brings three decades of global investment leadership to board as 500 Global scales platforms aligning venture capital with national innovation and economic growth agendas.
Smartstream Smart Agents Delivers 70% Reduction in Back-Office Investigation Time, Proving the Case for Autonomous Operations March 26, 2026 Smartstream, the trusted data solutions provider for leading global financial institutions and enterprises, today announces that Smart Agents – its agentic AI solution for bank back-office operations is delivering measurable, transformational impact, with pilot results showing a 70% reduction in investigation time per user, per break. As the industry accelerates toward a service as software [...]
UK economy set for second lowest growth in G7 – OECD March 26, 2026 The UK economy is set to suffer the second lowest growth and second highest level of inflation in the G7, the OECD has predicted, in a damning set of forecast revisions for the Labour government and the Bank of England. Growth in the UK will slow to around 0.7 per cent, according to the OECD, [...]
European defense sector faces a major digital execution gap as impact expectations surge, new BearingPoint study finds March 26, 2026 A new BearingPoint study highlights how digital technologies are reshaping Europe’s defense value chain and why accelerating digital transformation is essential to strengthen industrial resilience and operational readiness.
Next: Iran war costs retailer £15m and could push up prices March 26, 2026 High street giant Next has said it will take a £15m hit from the soaring air freight and fuel prices caused by the Iran war, as it races to make savings elsewhere to offset the costs. The FTSE 100 firm said it expects the conflict to constrain its growth in the Middle East, which accounts [...]
FTSE 100 Live: OECD slashes UK growth prospects as inflation set to jump March 26, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The White House’s Press Secretary has said the US is “very close” to meeting its objectives in the Iran war, though offered no specific timeline on when the conflict could come to a close. But Iran’s foreign minister has said the country has “no intention [...]
Arm is opening a chip shop. This could be transformative March 26, 2026 Fascinating news came on Tuesday night that semiconductor designer Arm confirmed rumours that it would be launching its own chip. For those not in the know, Cambridge-based Arm has so far only focused on semiconductor architecture – the blueprint that determines how chips work – and then licences that out to tech firms who choose [...]
MiQ Acquires Adsmovil, Creating Largest Independent Programmatic Offering In Latin America March 25, 2026 Acquisition combines Adsmovil’s market-leading retail media, mobile and DOOH capabilities with MiQ’s AI-powered operating system to serve global brands across the region