Ofgem warns on grid squeeze after Heathrow data centre approved August 14, 2026 The energy watchdog Ofgem has warned that speculative data centre projects risk holding up viable investments on Britain’s electricity grid, after councillors approved another power-hungry facility near Heathrow Airport. Hounslow Council has backed plans for a data centre on a 12.2-acre brownfield site at the Haslemere Heathrow Estate, which would require an 80MVA high-capacity electricity [...]
Google backs publisher model as Apple considers price tag for news August 14, 2026 Google said it backs the established system for paying news publishers, even as Apple considers a radically different model that would tie payments to how often its AI assistant uses journalism. The search giant considers itself the only major tech platform with a structured approach to paying publishers at scale, City AM understands, with licensing [...]
Anthropic subscriptions overtake OpenAI in the UK, fresh data suggests August 14, 2026 Spending on Anthropic subscriptions has overtaken OpenAI in the UK for the first time, fresh data suggests, as the firm’s focus on enterprise customers helped boost its revenues. Anthropic accounted for as much as 54 per cent of all UK business spending on AI firms in the three months to July, compared to just 27 [...]
Aviva profits jump following Direct Line acquisition August 14, 2026 FTSE 100 insurance giant Aviva reported its operating profit for the first half of this year to be up 24 per cent, driven by the group’s “strong progress” following its acquisition of Direct Line in 2025. The London-listed insurer, which offers home, car, and life insurance in the UK and serves approximately 25 million customers, [...]
ReNew Reports 25.6% Reduction in Scope 1 & 2 Emissions and 24.7 Billion Units of Clean Power Generated in FY 2025-26 August 13, 2026 ReNew Energy Global Plc (“ReNew”) (NASDAQ: RNW), one of the world’s leading decarbonisation solutions companies, announced a 25.6% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions from its FY 2021‑22 baseline, surpassing its FY 2025‑26 target of 23.5%. The Company also generated 24.7 billion units of clean electricity, equivalent to powering ~21.2 million households and avoiding [...]
Revolut chatbot goes rogue by charging users to cancel subscription August 13, 2026 Revolut’s chatbot has threatened to charge customers who wanted to cancel their premium subscription because a key membership perk was reduced, City AM understands. The digital bank’s automated assistant – formerly known as Rita, or ‘Revolut’s Intelligence Troubleshooting Assistant’ – has ordered customers to pay a break fee when they requested to cancel their subscription. A [...]
Legora eyes $10bn funding valuation four months after last raise August 13, 2026 AI legal tech firm Legora is eyeing a new funding round as it aims for a $10bn valuation, nearly double the $5.6bn it raised in April. The Stockholm-based startup, which creates AI tools for law and professional services firms and corporate in-house legal teams to draft and review documents, is reportedly in the early stages of [...]
Resurgens Technology Partners Invests in Qarma to Advance the Future of Quality and Compliance August 13, 2026 Partnership brings together Resurgens' software investing expertise and Qarma’s leading quality and compliance platform to accelerate product innovation and expand its reach across North America, Europe, and Asia
WRITER Makes Agentic AI Economically Sustainable at Enterprise Scale With Palmyra X6 Release and Major Harness Upgrades August 13, 2026 New releases bring powerful agents to marketing and revenue workflows, with the cost-efficiency, reliability, and control enterprises need as adoption grows
Capgemini MD: London must keep reinventing itself August 13, 2026 Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Capgemini UK MD Rob Walker takes us through his career in tech.