New London rooftop bar will be biggest ever with 1,000 capacity May 7, 2026 Getting a reservation at London’s most famous rooftop bars can be difficult, especially with the better weather. New London rooftop bar Freight Brixton will attempt to remedy that issue with room for 1,000 at the open-air venue. The bar will offer drinking, dancing and dining, with DJs spinning funk, jazz and soul tunes throughout the [...]
Kohort Closes $7 Million Series A Led by The Raine Group, Launching Full Suite of UA Agents May 7, 2026 Kohort today announced the completion of its $7 million Series A fundraising round to build user acquisition (UA) agents for mobile game studios. The round is led by The Raine Group, who invested in Kohort’s seed round. UA Agents: Context engineering meets signal engineering Kohort’s thesis is that in a world where every AI company [...]
Tony Travers: London local election result could trigger housebuilding slump May 7, 2026 The result of the forthcoming local elections could trigger a further slump in housebuilding in the capital as a shake-up in council composition obstructs development plans. Voters head to the polls in every London borough today, with polling suggesting Labour is on course to shed dozens of seats and lose its grip on the capital, [...]
Climbing handed £1.4m boost to LA 2028 Olympic medal push May 7, 2026 Climbing has received the biggest boost after UK Sport increased Team GB funding by £4m for the LA 2028 Olympics and Paralympics. Canoeing, para canoeing and visually impaired judo programmes have also received significant uplifts in funding but by far the biggest increase – £1.43m – has gone to climbing. Teenager Toby Roberts won gold [...]
No, a pint does not cost £10 in London (see for yourself) May 7, 2026 Headlines appeared over the weekend that a London pint now costs £10. This leaves a bitter taste. Granted, look hard enough and you’ll find a private members’ club here, a chichi restaurant there, that has found customers with deep enough pockets to pay a fortune for supermarket lager. But this has always been true – [...]
Northern Trust Supports Launch of Europe’s First Autocallable ETF on Waystone’s ETF ICAV platform May 7, 2026 ETF Servicing Solutions Support Launch of Calamos Investments’ Strategy for European Investors
Jet fuel crisis worse than Covid for airlines, says AirAsia chief May 7, 2026 The global jet fuel shortage caused by the Iran war has caused a bigger crisis for airlines than the Covid-19 pandemic, the chief of AirAsia has warned. Tony Fernandes, chief executive of AirAsia, said: “I thought I’d seen it all with Covid […] but having seen jet fuel go up almost three times — this is much [...]
IHG: Holiday Inn owner braces for 50 per cent Middle East hit May 7, 2026 Holiday Inn owner IHG expects to see a 50 per cent hit to its operations in the Middle East, as the Iran war wreaks havoc on global travel. Intercontinental Hotels Group said revenue per available room in the Middle East slumped to a 26 per cent year-on-year fall in March, reversing the nine per cent [...]
Apis Partners Announces Final Close of $1.23 Billion Fund III, Double its Predecessor May 7, 2026 Fund III closes 23% above target, more than double Fund II Around 50% of capital raised from existing LPs increasing commitments Fund III to invest in tech-enabled financial infrastructure and services companies across Europe and growth markets
LIV Golf’s decline leaves sport with more questions than answers May 7, 2026 LIV Golf. What was that all about? Ok, the past tense might be a bit harsh. But could anyone have the appetite and depth of pockets to rescue a venture that has burned through $5bn from the ignominy of collapse? Where too does this embarrassing failure leave Saudi Arabia and its sporting ambitions? Time has [...]