War and tax: How the UK economy could get knocked off course August 13, 2026 Labour ministers may have some reason to be cheerful about the UK economy’s performance. Torsten Bell, the pensions minister who has long desired top jobs in the Treasury, lambasted “gloomsters” shortly after official data revealed growth in the second quarter of the year was 0.4 per cent. Even Rachel Reeves, who has remained largely silent [...]
Kolibri Global Energy Inc. Announces Another Record for Its Highest Quarterly Revenue of $22.5 Million With a 46% Production Increase and a 197% Net Income Increase for the Second Quarter of 2026 August 13, 2026 All amounts are in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise indicated: SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Revenue, net of royalties was $22.5 million in the second quarter of 2026 compared to $10.8 million for the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 109% due to a 46% increase in production and a 41% increase in average prices Average production [...]
Stamp duty on shares is ‘biggest handbrake’ says UK bank chief August 13, 2026 The boss of a London-listed bank and former Labour party donor has called for stamp duty on shares to be ditched in the Autumn Budget to boost trading from retail investors. Ian Corfield, the boss of Secure Trust Bank, told City AM one of the firm’s “biggest challenges is trying to generate liquidity into the [...]
Vibes matter with tax, so here’s how Healey can deliver a feel-good Budget August 13, 2026 We may think it is easy to try to predict how a major tax announcement may impact sentiment based on whether it’s a give or a take. but the evidence shows, there’s no clear correlation between tax cuts and positive reaction, or tax rises and negativity, says Tim Sarson I’ve just come back from a [...]
London IPO candidate Utmost sees inflows slide August 12, 2026 A wealth soultions firm expected to IPO in London later this year has posted a fall in inflows as a boost generated by last year’s UK government tax shake up tailed off. Utmost, owned by private equity firms Oaktree Capital and Brookfield, recorded £4.4bn of inflows in the first half of the year, down from [...]
Can John Healey deliver Burnham’s make-or-break devolution agenda? August 11, 2026 Devolution is Andy Burnham’s preferred growth lever. Maurício Alencar explores how devolution under Chancellor John Healey could save Britain – or destroy it. In 1998, two of the closest aides of then-chancellor Gordon Brown produced a report into the regional economic divide in Britain. The report, called ‘Towards a new regional policy: Delivering growth and [...]
Organigram Reports Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results August 11, 2026 Record Quarterly Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA(1) Driven by Acquisition of Sanity Group
Burnham should go on a ‘cost of doing business’ tour August 11, 2026 An alarming note from one of the City’s top economists warns that October’s Budget could see taxes rise by almost the same amount as they did last year when Rachel Reeves cooked up £26bn worth of fresh hikes. Ruth Gregory, Deputy Chief UK Economist at Capital Economics, suggests that higher taxes “perhaps worth up to [...]
Top economists shun Burnham over wealth taxes August 10, 2026 Economic heavyweights who were reported to be advising Andy Burnham have opted not to join his government due to disagreements over potential wealth taxes, it has been reported. Lord Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs executive, is in ongoing talks with Burnham over a potential role, City AM reported last week. Fresh reports have suggested [...]
Silence Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Business Results August 10, 2026 Silence Therapeutics plc, (Nasdaq: SLN), a global clinical-stage company developing novel siRNA (short interfering RNA) therapies, today reported its financial and business results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. Business Highlights Divesiran: First-in-class siRNA silencing TMPRSS6 for polycythemia vera (PV) and other blood disorders Presented follow-up data from the Phase 1 SANRECO trial [...]