Bregal Milestone Announces Majority Growth Investment in CoreGo, a Leading European Open-Loop Payment and Event Technology Company April 29, 2026 Investment follows over 98% annual growth and supports CoreGo’s continued market expansion
Geopolitical risks upend gold’s glittering demand dynamics April 29, 2026 Gold’s glittering run has upended demand dynamics, as rising prices amid the Iran war led investors to plough into a diversified range of assets. Total gold demand in the first financial quarter hit 1,231 tonnes, a modest two per cent year on year increase from 2025. But the humble increase coupled with gold’s staggering price [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks drop as oil holds firm over $110; UK growth slashed April 29, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil prices are holding firm tipping over the $110 mark, bringing the cost of a barrel closer to the highs of $118 it peaked at earlier in the Iran war. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil – advanced another one per cent on [...]
Quinbrook Advances UK’s Largest Synchronous Condenser Portfolio with £156M Financing and Final Scottish Project Launch April 29, 2026 Closes landmark £156 million debt financing for its Severn portfolio Achieves commercial operations for fourth and final synchronous condenser in its Scottish portfolio
The Debate: Should companies use secret hiring tests like Duolingo? April 29, 2026 Should companies judge candidates on secret hiring tests like Duolingo, or is it an invasion of privacy? We hear both side's of the debate
West Brom shock at 24-hour verdict while Manchester City case drags on April 29, 2026 West Bromwich Albion have been left shocked at how swiftly the judgement was reached in the EFL Profit and Sustainability case that cost them a points deduction. Last week it was announced that the Championship club would be docked two points for a breach of spending rules. The two-day hearing concluded on Thursday evening, and [...]
‘Slightly unnerving’: Greene King enlists AI to answer pub phones April 29, 2026 Greene King has turned to AI-generated assistants to staff its bars as hospitality firms battle to absorb rising costs, City AM can reveal. The Chinese-owned pub chain, one of the UK’s largest, is using a “virtual assistant” named “Charlie” to answer the phone at a number of sites, including in London. The shift to digital [...]
AI could trigger a PPI level scandal in ‘two weeks’ April 29, 2026 A multi-billion pound scandal like PPI could happen within just “two weeks” as UK finance firms plough ahead with deploying AI despite uncertainty around governance standards, a fresh report has claimed. The UK’s financial services sector faces a “capability gap” when deploying AI, according to a report from regulatory compliance firm Zango. The research pulled [...]
OpenAI-linked shares plummet after it fails to hit growth targets April 28, 2026 Companies with financial ties to the fate of OpenAI sold off sharply on Tuesday after it emerged the ChatGPT maker had fallen short of internal targets for revenue and user growth. Shares in Japanese investment giant Softbank and data centre hyperscalers Coreweave and Oracle plunged by between four and eight per cent reigniting nerves over [...]
Everforth Launches New Era as Rebrand Elevates Technology and Digital Engineering Capabilities at Scale April 28, 2026 Now trading under NYSE ticker EFOR