IT consultant ordered to pay £50,000 after being accused of stealing Soho House members’ personal details
‘Obscene’ – HS2 on track to cost at least £102bn as minister slams ‘gold-plated folly’ May 19, 2026 HS2 is now poised to cost the taxpayer as much as £102bn and will not run from Euston until at least 2040, according to the transport secretary who blasted the project as a “massively over-specced folly”. Heidi Alexander said the cost of the ill-fated train line was now on course to nearly double from the [...]
Black Sheep Coffee founder: ‘The Square Mile is a magical place’ May 19, 2026 Black Sheep Coffee was founded in the Square Mile but has now expanded across the world. Its co-founder tells Felix Armstrong about his roots in the City Gabriel Shohet is a company man. The Black Sheep Coffee founder enters the meeting room at the coffee chain’s Southwark offices clad in a branded hoodie, with a [...]
Milliman Financial Strategies Limited launches MGTS Milliman SmartShield Fund in UK May 19, 2026 Funds provide investors with disciplined approach to downside protection, previously only available to insurers and institutional investors
LivaNova to Present at Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference in June May 19, 2026 LivaNova PLC (Nasdaq: LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced it will present at the Goldman Sachs 47th Annual Global Healthcare Conference in Miami Beach, Fla. Vladimir Makatsaria, Chief Executive Officer of LivaNova; Alex Shvartsburg, Chief Financial Officer; and Phil Kowalczyk, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, will participate in a fireside chat on [...]
Gustave Roussy and One Biosciences Partner to Bring Single Cell to Clinical Practice for Precision Oncology May 19, 2026 Gustave Roussy partners with One Biosciences, a techbio company that harnesses single cell technology and AI to develop advanced precision diagnostics. The collaboration aims to further demonstrate the feasibility and impact of integrating single nuclei transcriptomic analysis into the patient care pathway. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260519540709/en/ Gustave Roussy, [...]
Quantexa boss: ‘Britain can build global AI winners’ May 19, 2026 Vishal Marria is not short of reasons to be cheerful about Britain. At a time when the UK’s tech sector is once again debating listings, capital flight and whether founders inevitably end up scaling overseas, the Quantexa boss remains notably bullish about building and scaling in London. “Yes, we’re HQ’d in London, in the UK, [...]
Options Technology Named Digital Realty’s EMEA Partner of the Year for 2025 May 19, 2026 Options Technology, the leading managed IT services and technology solutions provider, today announced it has been named Digital Realty’s Partner of the Year for EMEA for 2025. The award, presented as part of Digital Realty’s annual Partner Awards program, recognizes channel and alliance partners who drive the most meaningful impact for Digital Realty and its [...]
‘Downright offensive’: Southwark council slammed for blocking 900 homes May 19, 2026 Southwark council has been blasted for celebrating the blocking of an 867-home development on the site of a Peckham shopping centre. The local authority hailed a “great day for Peckham” after housebuilder Berkeley failed to overturn a ruling against the development, which would have delivered retail, leisure and commercial space alongside the hundreds of homes. [...]
Standard Chartered bets on AI as it cuts ‘lower value human capital’ May 19, 2026 Standard Chartered has announced plans to slash almost 8,000 back-office roles, stoking fears about the wide scale threat artificial intelligence poses to the global job market. The London-headquartered lender said it would reduce over 15 per cent of its support functions by 2030, equivalent to around 7,800 jobs, as boss Bill Winters pushed through a [...]
Zopa first UK bank to be green lit to roll out targeted support May 19, 2026 Zopa Bank has received regulatory approval to roll out targeted support for its investment customers, marking it as the first UK bank to get the green light. The bank joins a range of financial firms, including Royal London, Quilter and Vanguard, which has secured targeted support permissions since the scheme went live on 6 April. [...]