UK Pupils and Students Aren’t the Only Ones Feeling Exam Pressure – Universities Are Too, with £2Bn at Stake June 30, 2026 Universities Gearing Up for Clearing in August with More than 80,000 Pupils Expected to Blitz Phonelines in an Eight-Hour Window
European Insurers Rethink BPO for AI Era June 30, 2026 Life and retirement insurers seek resilient, AI-ready operations as compliance, service stability and modernization needs grow, ISG Provider Lens® report says
Passport evolves for the new era of market intelligence: Euromonitor International June 30, 2026 An all-new MCP integration allowing customers to connect Passport's global market data and insights straight into AI tools
Carbon Announces Signing of Significant Growth Equity Investment from FTV Capital June 30, 2026 The investment will accelerate Carbon's growth in delegated authority underwriting by helping to scale its market-leading data and analytics platform, Graphene, and supporting expansion into new markets, including across the US
Manago AI, Formerly SALESmanago, Unveils New Identity and Agentic AI Capabilities to Help Brands Move Faster and Make Powerful Marketing Feel Simple June 30, 2026 - Manago AI helps brands understand every customer and turn insights into personalised engagement in minutes, dramatically reducing marketing complexity
I’ve lived the American Dream but as the country turns 250 I’m watching it die June 30, 2026 The American Dream is being snatched away by regressive economic policies and predatory capitalist practices that prioritise the interests of the ultra-wealthy over the well-being of the median American, says Lewis Liu I am the quintessential product of the American Dream. My first memory is of meeting my father at three and a half. I [...]
Fractured politics has its upsides – trust me, I led Vote Leave June 30, 2026 For all the challenges of multi-party politics, the policy competition it encourages is already bearing fruit, writes former Vote Leave chief Matthew Elliott.
Exclusive: Santander’s Ebury eyes £100m Lumon takeover June 30, 2026 Ebury is weighing a takeover of foreign exchange firm Lumon as it looks to accelerate its expansion ahead of an initial public offering, City AM can reveal. London-based Ebury, which is majority-owned by Santander, is currently in talks with Pollen Street over a potential bid for Lumon that could value the company at north of [...]
Las Vegas’ bonkers wellness scene, with robot massages and towel dancing June 30, 2026 At Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the Qua Baths and Spa offers the Strip’s first AI-powered robotic massage. Wearing a skin-tight bodysuit, which prevents the robot’s hands getting caught on clothing, I enter a room dominated by two imposing robot arms. It’s not the C3PO robot of Star Wars fame that I was anticipating, more [...]
Starmer to unveil hotly debated Defence Investment Plan in final act June 29, 2026 Sir Keir Starmer will unveil the highly-anticipated Defence Investment Plan in one of his final acts as Prime Minister. Starmer will publish full funding plans for the Defence Investment Plan (Dip), the government’s 10-year blueprint for armed forces, on Tuesday. He will say that more than £5bn over four years will be invested into drones, [...]