Carmakers swallow $65bn EV hit as UK bucks slowdown February 15, 2026 A $65bn (£51bn) rethink of electric vehicle strategies by global carmakers is colliding with a very different picture in the UK, where EV uptake continues to climb despite new taxes and policy scrutiny. Manufacturers across the US, Europe and Japan have booked tens of billions in writedowns over the past year as demand undershot expectations [...]
Warwick Capital Partners and GRP Energy Capital Announce Successful Close of Acquisition of $670 Million in Assets From Viper Energy February 11, 2026 Assets acquired from Viper Energy, subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, with an effective date of September 1, 2025 Transaction is one of the largest recent deals in oil and gas minerals and royalties Close represents milestone in Warwick Capital Partners and GRP Energy Capital’s 10-year partnership; total acquisitions in excess of $1.5 billion
Will Alphabet’s century bond start a new trend? A brief history February 11, 2026 This week Google owner Alphabet raised £1bn in a highly unusual century bond, in a sign of the extreme lengths tech firms are willing to go to to meet the ballooning capital costs of investment in AI. The 100 year sterling note formed part of a $32bn debt raise for Alphabet, following similar moves from [...]
On this day in 1996: the IRA bombs the Docklands February 9, 2026 30 years ago today, two men were killed in a massive explosion at Canary Wharf – and the IRA proved that you can bomb your way to the negotiating table, writes Eliot Wilson At around 5.00 pm, 30 years ago today, a blue Ford Iveco Cargo truck was parked 80 yards from South Quay DLR [...]
Women-only Tube carriages are a terrible, unworkable idea February 5, 2026 Sex offences on public transport in London are soaring, but the solution is better policing and security across the network not voluntary gender segregation, argues James Ford Harold Macmillan, in a speech in 1961, said that the Liberals (as they were still then called) “offer a mixture of sound and original ideas…unfortunately none of the [...]
Donkervoort P24 RS is an unhinged Dutch supercar with 600hp February 4, 2026 Dutch sports car manufacturer Donkervoort has revealed its most powerful vehicle to date. Combining a lightweight carbon fibre body with a twin-turbocharged V6 engine gives the new P24 RS truly explosive performance. Donkervoort has used Audi engines in its sports cars for more than two decades. However, the end of production for Audi’s sonorous 2.5-litre [...]
KBRA Releases UK RMBS Indices: Q4 2025 February 2, 2026 KBRA releases its inaugural quarterly UK residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) indices, comprising UK RMBS prime, buy-to-let (BTL), and nonconforming (NC) segments. KBRA’s UK RMBS indices complement our collection of monthly credit indices, which track credit performance in the auto, marketplace consumer, solar, residential mortgage, and equipment loan and lease sectors across Europe and the US. [...]
Trainline calls for better delay repay after passengers lose out on £80m January 30, 2026 London listed ticketing app Trainline has launched a new campaign urging the government to improve delay repay compensation after consumers lost out on millions. Rail passengers are missing out on an estimated £80m in compensation for journeys each year, with the “bureaucratic and inconsistent claims” process being too frustrating for passengers to navigate while preventing [...]
As Starmer heads to China, Brits rush to buy Chinese EVs January 29, 2026 A couple of years ago, I was invited to the launch of a new Chinese EV brand called Omoda. Myself and a handful of journalists showed up to an inauspicious press event in the basement of a Covent Garden hotel. In the room was parked (I’m still not sure how they got it down there) [...]
Booking a ski holiday? This is the unmissable grande dame this season January 22, 2026 Refurbished Suvretta House is the ultimate base for a 2026 ski holiday, writes Adam Hay-Nicholls Had it been director Wes Anderson who’d adapted The Shining for the silver screen – rather than Stanley Kubrick – the fateful Overlook Hotel might have looked something like St Moritz’s Suvretta House. Imagine that Walt Disney and Baron Münchausen [...]