Thames Water in the dark as Burnham mulls embattled utility’s future July 17, 2026 Thames Water and the group of creditors vying to buy it have had no engagement with Andy Burnham’s team as the incoming prime minister weighs whether to take full public control of the struggling utility, City AM understands. Burnham said earlier this year that Thames Water should be nationalised and has repeatedly called for greater [...]
Burberry revival gets a boost from China and US sales July 17, 2026 Burberry has recorded a lift in sales across all its fashion lines for the first time in three years as a resurgence in the US and China helped ease a slowdown in spending brought on by the Iran war. The London-listed fashion label posted a five per cent rise in overall revenue in the three [...]
Burnham set for crunch decision on JP Morgan’s £10bn tower July 16, 2026 Andy Burnham’s government will face a crunch decision on the future of JP Morgan’s flagship tower in Canary Wharf as it weighs whether to uphold a major tax break for the project despite opposition from industry groups. The next Chancellor will serve as the final arbiter on the framework of a business rates exemption for [...]
Toast the City Awards 2026 finalists announced – vote now! July 16, 2026 It’s here: the Toast the City Finalists have been announced, with bars, restaurants, coffee shops, green spaces and more from across the City being celebrated in the Square Mile’s biggest and best awards. Now is your chance to vote for your favourite city spots – just visit our Toast the City website and cast your [...]
Elliptic Launches Next-Generation Continuous Monitoring, Giving Crypto Compliance Teams a Live View of Customer Risk Without the Flood of Alerts July 16, 2026 The only monitoring solution on the market that detects the full range of risk-changing events, not just label changes, and lets teams configure alerts to only what matters, cutting manual rescreening and alert triage by up to 75%
What a room full of the Indian diaspora’s biggest names revealed about Britain’s AI opportunity July 16, 2026 This week an Indiaspora dinner chaired by Tony Matharu, founder and Chairman of Integrity International Group and Central London Alliance CIC at The Skyline London, located in Tower Suites, brought together forty of the most accomplished business leaders, entrepreneurs and policymakers of Indian origin working across Britain today. With the Indian diaspora creating a global [...]
CFIT CEO: There’s still not enough diversity in the City July 16, 2026 Anna Wallace, CEO of the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, gives us her views on the City in Square Mile and Me.
Options Technology Appoints Stephen Dorrian from Cboe Global Markets as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Data July 16, 2026 Options Technology, the leading provider of high-performance trading infrastructure and market data solutions, today announced the appointment of Stephen Dorrian as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Data. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260716325084/en/ Stephen joins Options from Cboe Global Markets, where he served as Head of Market Data and Access Services, [...]
Airlines clash over Heathrow regulation July 16, 2026 Airlines have found themselves at loggerheads over the future of Heathrow, after one American carrier warned against the break-up of the owner’s monopoly even as others double down on calls for a new third runway operator. According to a freshly published consultation document from the Civil Aviation Authority, Delta Air Lines told regulators that a [...]
Crest Nicholson shares slump as lender talks drag on July 16, 2026 Crest Nicholson shares dropped after the housebuilder posted a £35m loss and told investors it is still locked in talks with its lenders. The London-listed firm had delayed the publication of its results in the hopes of seeking emergency permission from its creditors to loosen the terms of its debt, but said on Thursday that [...]