Drop the drip pricing: Consumer watchdog snarls at sneaky fees added late in online bookings April 16, 2026 Online consumers hit by ‘drip pricing’ – when last-second, unavoidable costs are added at the checkout – may be about to save some cash, as websites levying such ‘sneaky fees’ move to the forefront of a crackdown from regulators. The Competition and Markets Authority announced its latest action against this illegal-but-widespread practice yesterday. It slapped [...]
Exclusive: Treasury and regulator to hold crunch talks with UK fintech unicorns April 16, 2026 Top fintech bosses will lock horns with Treasury and watchdog officials next week as the industry lobbies for key regulatory reforms, City AM can reveal. Several of the nation’s fastest-growing companies are set to meet City Minister Lucy Rigby on Tuesday as part of a flurry of key summits in UK fintech week. The City [...]
European Enterprises Accelerate AI-Native Engineering April 15, 2026 Modular engineering models improve speed, audit readiness and measurable outcomes, ISG Provider Lens® report says
XCF Global, Southern Energy Renewables and DevvStream Sign Definitive Business Combination Agreement with Respect to Previously Announced Proposed Three-Party Merger to Create Next-Generation Energy Platform April 14, 2026 Creation of a next‑generation energy transition platform: The proposed transaction brings together SAF, green methanol, renewable products, environmental attribute monetization, and advanced energy infrastructure into a single, globally scalable platform. Integrated fuels, infrastructure, and environmental markets: The combined company is expected to link low‑carbon fuel production with carbon credits and related instruments, long‑term offtake commercialization, and infrastructure development. Supports customer decarbonization strategies: By combining scalable low‑carbon fuels with environmental attribute monetization, the platform helps airlines and corporate customers address regulatory and sustainability requirements with greater flexibility.
Fake reviews are tipping point for much bigger online trust scandal April 10, 2026 From fake reviews to ChatGPT, the decline of consumer trust is now a major online infrastructure problem, writes Paul Armstrong.
Familiarity of Masters and Augusta should be lesson to other golf majors April 9, 2026 Let me get the azaleas reference out of the way in this first sentence. After all, no Masters preview is seemingly complete without citing Augusta’s horticultural features. The flora are just one ingredient, though, in the secret sauce of golf’s first major of the season which starts today. Even if other sports could steal the [...]
Football clubs are starting to build out their legal benches April 9, 2026 As they say, if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. With the popularity of sports ever-growing, it is no surprise that lawyers are flooding into legal work involving sports. Even the driest M&A deal can be a little more exciting when it involves deals for your favourite [...]
Good news at last? Financial services sector rebounds at fastest rate this century April 7, 2026 Britain’s financial services sector rebounded in the first three months of this year powered by the fastest single-quarter recovery since 1996, a closely watched survey found. According to the CBI’s industry-wide survey, sentiment among financial firms improved for the first time in nearly two years, as an uptick in profitability was aided by the uncertainty [...]
Look East to understand how AI is shaping the future April 2, 2026 While the West is still debating an AI bubble, China and Singapore are developing strategies to adapt to the forthcoming civilisational change, says Lewis Liu Over the past few months, I’ve spoken with hundreds of asset managers, pension funds, central banks, and sovereign treasuries about AI, collectively managing over $100tn in assets. The same three [...]
‘Ridiculous’: Torsten Bell under fire over pension schemes bill April 2, 2026 London’s pension industry is in uproar over government proposals to keep what is known as ‘backstop power’ over the precise level of investment from funds in specific UK assets. Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, has become the focus of anger at Whitehall’s attempts to exert a degree of control over where some of the biggest [...]