FTSE 100 Live: Stocks drop as oil returns to near $100 after tankers attacked March 12, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The price of oil shot back above triple digits this morning, rising as much as nine per cent in Asian trading following the news two tankers were struck in the Gulf. An Iraqi news agency broke the news that 38 crew members have been rescued [...]
Closed shop? Not for long: How new laws are opening doors for trade unions March 12, 2026 The first wave of the Employment Rights Act hit the statute books last month, signalling a potential end to the decades-long decline of UK trade unions, but businesses are already feeling the turbulence, triggering a surge of work for City employment lawyers. The Employment Rights Act has caused turmoil in businesses, not just because of [...]
Is the City still sexy? March 12, 2026 The era of the long boozy lunch and male dominated pints down the pub may be over, but relationships matter more than ever in the Square Mile, says Eva sayers Over glasses of red and lunch at The Quality Chop House (not recommended for vegetarians, like myself), a broker who’s been working in the City [...]
Samsung bets on AI tools to win over stressed City workers March 12, 2026 Samsung is pitching its new Galaxy S26 range as a productivity tool for professionals who increasingly rely on one device to manage work, travel and everyday admin. The company has unveiled the S26 series, with UK vice president of product and marketing Annika Bizon describing the launch as a major step forward on hardware and [...]
Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) Selects Options’ AtlasInsight for Next Generation Packet Capture and Real Time Analytics March 11, 2026 Options Technology (Options), the leading provider of financial services infrastructure, today announced that its AtlasInsight platform has been selected by the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) to deliver high-fidelity packet capture and real-time analytics across TXSE’s proprietary, world-class trading infrastructure. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260311267175/en/ As TXSE prepares to launch [...]
Xsolla Releases New Industry Report Identifying the Biggest Opportunities for the Future of Video Games for Developers March 11, 2026 The Xsolla Report Reveals How Studios Are Unlocking New Revenue, Reaching Global Audiences, and Building Durable Competitive Advantages
Cognitive Credit AI Sets New Standard for Tech-Enabled Credit Analysis March 11, 2026 Cognitive Credit, the leading provider of specialist data and analytics for corporate credit markets, today announces the launch of Cognitive Credit AI, a new intelligence capability integrated into its existing offering. The new service enables credit investors to generate detailed, context-aware analysis from a library of more than 200,000 official documents and structured financial data [...]
New digital V levels aim to bridge Britain’s AI skills gap March 11, 2026 The government’s new digital V-level is meant to solve two problems at once: the confusion of England’s post-16 qualifications system, and the growing mismatch between what young people learn and what employers now need. From 2027, ‘digital’ will be one of the first three V-level subjects offered alongside education and early years, alongside finance and [...]
Reeves’ £1.2bn consultancy savings plan in doubt, watchdog warns March 11, 2026 Despite Rachel Reeves’ focus on cutting government spending on external consultancy services, a damning report stated that the government is unable to set meaningful targets to reduce its reliance on external firms. The UK government has said it wants to put an immediate stop to all non-essential consultancy spending and halve consultancy spending in future [...]
JP Morgan marks down private credit loans amid AI jitters March 11, 2026 JP Morgan has marked down the value of specific loans held by private-credit groups, tightening its grip on the sector as boss Jamie Dimon warns of a looming AI reckoning. The bank’s move specifically targets software companies, which it now views as highly vulnerable to being replaced by artificial intelligence. By devaluing these assets, JP [...]