Burnham has inherited Labour’s EU delusion September 7, 2026 Burnham must accept what Starmer wouldn't: our EU neighbours are just not that into us, writes Eliot Wilson.
Just Eat slashes sponsorship team as it axes £40m Champions League deal a year early September 4, 2026 Just Eat’s premature exit from its £40m-a-year Champions League partnership has coincided with the takeaway platform gutting its sponsorship department, City AM has learned. European football chiefs have been forced to bring forward the start of a partnership with Hyundai in place of Just Eat after it opted to terminate its Champions League deal a [...]
Formula 1 chiefs cool speculation of 12th team on grid September 3, 2026 Formula 1 chiefs have cooled speculation that a 12th team could join the grid before the end of the decade. The global motor sport series saw the number of teams rise from 10 to 11 earlier this season when Cadillac joined the grid, and FIA chief Mohammed Ben Sulayem has previously said he is open [...]
Angel’s Profits Grew Robustly in the First Half of 2026 with Europe and North America Turning Profitable Ahead of Schedule August 31, 2026 Angelalign Technology Inc. (“Angel” or the “Company”) (6699.HK) (angelaligner.com), the second largest clear aligner supplier by revenue, announced today that its revenue grew 42.9% to US$230.7 million and net profit grew 79.6% to $25.5 million for the six months ending June 30, 2026. Angel’s business in Europe and North America crossed into profitability ahead of [...]
Shein shapes up for cut-price IPO as dominance slows August 31, 2026 Shein will list in Hong Kong this week in a cut-price initial public offering following two previous failed attempts in London and New York. The Chinese retailer will begin trading in Hong Kong on Tuesday in a debut set to value the firm at around $27bn (£19.8bn), about a quarter of its highest private-market valuation. [...]
The Danish retailer plotting to outsmart ‘unsentimental’ Modella Capital August 25, 2026 On the modern-day British high street, a Scandinavian shop featuring maze-like aisles, quirky homeware and bags of licorice near the till is not quite a reinvention of the wheel. But Mikkel Grene, chief executive of Danish homeware retailer Søstrene Grene, believes his business can go toe-to-toe with Ikea and Flying Tiger for pride of place [...]
I drove 3,000 miles and saw the America AI is leaving behind August 19, 2026 Lewis Liu drove for nine days to get to his new home in Silicon Valley. On the journey he saw the America that risks being left behind.
From China with Love: Xpeng’s Luxury Ambition August 17, 2026 China is changing the car industry at extraordinary speed. For affluent professionals used to proven premium brands, the next chapter of that transformation is becoming ever more challenging to turn a blind eye to, writes our motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. I had seen more Chinese cars than you can shake a stick at before, but [...]
Is the Zeekr 9X Super Hybrid the new luxury SUV to beat? August 14, 2026 Zeekr’s enormous new 9X Super Hybrid is heading to Europe with 885bhp, more than 100 miles of electric range and a cabin packed with luxury tech. Here’s everything we know so far, and whether it could trouble the Range Rover. Zeekr is bringing its biggest and most powerful SUV to Europe, and it isn’t exactly [...]
Align Technology Prevails in China Patent Infringement Action Against Angelalign August 12, 2026 Align Technology, Inc. (“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign® System of clear aligners, today announced that the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in China issued a judgment in favor of Align in a patent infringement action against Angelalign Technology’s operating subsidiaries in China (“Angel”) (Hong Kong [...]