Artificial is a terrifying look at AI – and the year’s most important film October 13, 2026 Artificial film review and star rating as OpenAI movie premieres at the London Film Festival: ★★★★★ It isn’t typically a film’s duty to push a political agenda, but with Artificial, the biopic of OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, there is a clear call to action. It is inevitable that people will ask: ‘What can this film [...]
Manchester – not London – is Europe’s top nightlife city October 13, 2026 Manchester enjoys more after-hours fun than any European city, according to an analysis of lift and escalator journeys around Europe. According to the elevator manufacturer Kone, Britain’s third-largest urban hub is referred to as the continent’s “after-hours City”, with more than four per cent of lift journeys taken between midnight and 4am – which is [...]
Artificial writer responds to OpenAI boss slamming film as ‘awful’ October 13, 2026 The Artificial film about OpenAI is premiering at the London Film Festival this week AI movie Artificial premiered at the London Film Festival this week, chronicling the origin story of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Last month Altman, the man behind ChatGPT and one of the world’s leading figures in AI, said it looked like “an [...]
Options Announces the Opening of a New London Office in the Heart of Covent Garden October 13, 2026 Options Technology, the leading provider of trading infrastructure to the global financial markets, today announced the opening of their new London office at 11 Strand. The new office, located in the heart of Covent Garden, is designed to complement their existing office at 100 Bishopsgate by offering proximity to both Buy and Sell side clients, [...]
Marstons shares soar as pub firm bets on sports bars October 13, 2026 Shares in Marstons soared on Tuesday after the hospitality firm said it would ramp up efforts to convert more than 100 of its pubs into sports bars. The London-listed pub company said its new “Grandstand” format, which offers big screens and match-based food and drink offers, has been its “standout” performer this year. The World [...]
Amsterdam & Partners LLP: A Commercial Dispute, Then a Prison Cell; Firm to Set Out the Real Cost of Doing Business With the Uzbek State at London Press Conference October 13, 2026 Amsterdam & Partners LLP will hold a press conference in central London tomorrow, on the morning of Wednesday 14 October 2026, on investor risk in Central Asia, with a particular focus on the case of Uktam Xasanov, CEO of fintech platform Solfy, who has been held in detention in Uzbekistan since March 2026 following a [...]
Plus500 turns to US for ‘super-app’ ambitions October 13, 2026 Plus500 has laid out plans for a “super-app” in the US after completing a takeover that will deepen its presence across the Atlantic. The FTSE 250 fintech said on Tuesday it had begun development of a super-app that will offer “sophisticated trading capabilities” and new features for US users. It came as the firm revealed [...]
Bellway warns revived Help to Buy scheme could slow housing market October 13, 2026 Bellway has warned the government’s revival of the Help to Buy scheme could further slow the housing market in the near term by encouraging housebuyers to delay decisions. The FTSE 250 housebuilder said Labour’s new equity loan scheme, Your First Home, is a “welcome development” but cautioned it will not immediately solve the UK’s housing [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 loses early gains as oil prices stay high October 13, 2026 Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. The UK’s blue-chip index made strong gains on Monday morning, jumping more than 0.9 per cent soon after the market open. This follows Tuesday’s strong showing, when the index gained nearly one per cent. In a busy morning the corporate results, Premier Inn owner Whitbread hit [...]
Burnham speaks with all the confidence of a mayor but without the gravitas of a Prime Minister October 13, 2026 Andy Burnham earned his spurs as a great communicator on the back of a few summer TikToks, but is the shine coming off just a couple of months into the new job? While some people still appreciate the supposedly down to earth ‘tell it like it is’ approach, there can be no denying that the [...]