Experian and Vanquis Sign New Strategic Partnership to Improve Eligibility, Strengthen Fraud Prevention and Deliver Better Customer Outcomes November 5, 2026 Multi-year collaboration will see Vanquis utilise Experian’s data, eligibility, analytics, and fraud prevention capabilities across its lending portfolio
Are you the only one at work who’s not having an office romance? November 5, 2026 Sex in the workplace is far more common than we thought…or hoped. Everybody is at it and the upcoming Christmas party is when it’s most likely to happen, discovers a shocked James Ford I have been thinking a lot about Aerosmith lately. They are America’s bestselling hard rock band, apparently. Their canon of songs includes [...]
The West may soon need Ukraine’s weapons as much as Ukraine needs ours November 5, 2026 As Ukraine’s domestic defence-tech sector has rapidly scaled through wartime innovation and decentralized procurement, the military relationship between the West and Ukraine is evolving into a symbiotic exchange, says Tom Bailey When Russian tanks streamed over Ukraine’s border in 2022, Western military aid was vital for Ukraine’s heroic defence. But as the war has ground [...]
Lord Peter Cruddas: I tried to buy the internet in the 1990s November 5, 2026 Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, CMC Markets founder Peter Cruddas takes us through his career.
Britain is hooked on Halloween and Traitors – and that’s a recession indicator November 5, 2026 Halloween has become big business, and Celebrity Traitors proves it. But this cultural obsession reveals something very wrong with the British economy, writes Matt Kenyon Just after 8pm last Saturday, it struck me that every single person on the Northern line train to Tooting was not just in a Halloween costume, but in an elaborate [...]
Britain has AI talent, but what about the compute? November 5, 2026 Britain can lead on AI, but only if its firms can get the power to build it, write Grant Shapps and James Marks.
Will Andy Burnham’s stockpile missive start a tinned food revolution? November 5, 2026 If you are old enough to remember 70s London you will have heard of Big Biba, the fashion retailer that expanded into a huge, seven-storey department store on Kensington High Street in 1974. The opening of Big Biba mesmerised Londoners: the shopping experience was unlike anything else. The walls were adorned with groovy patterns while [...]
Mayors to get new powers over water companies in ‘public control’ push November 5, 2026 Mayors will get new powers over how water companies are run under new “regional water councils”, the government has announced. The government has said that mayors have been asked to “submit proposals” on how they want the new water councils to be run within the next two months, with plans then drawing out pressures on [...]
Every Critical System Should Have a Backup: Elliptic Opens Up Fast Track Monitoring to the Crypto Industry November 4, 2026 Fast Track Monitoring, powered by Elliptic Lens, gives compliance teams screening continuity when they need it most
Traffic-free Oxford Street delivers boost for retailers November 4, 2026 Retailers on London’s Oxford Street have seen their sales jump by nearly a fifth since the iconic shopping street was pedestrianised last month. The number of transactions at 40 Oxford Street stores jumped by 19 per cent in the first week of the scheme, compared both to the prior week and the same time last [...]