ExpressVPN talk Spurs sponsor deal, Brooklyn Nets and esports May 12, 2026 Tottenham Hotspur are facing the loss of a key sponsor next season, with ExpressVPN possibly “taking a break from the Premier League” as their two-year deal with the relegation-threatened club comes to an end. The deal, signed in 2024, concludes this month with Spurs hovering just above the relegation zone. The north London club or [...]
Directors of collapsed Carillion banned by accounting watchdog May 12, 2026 A pair of Carillion finance directors in post shortly before its collapse have been fined and banned by the accounting industry watchdog, bringing the curtain down on eight years of regulatory probes into one of the most notorious corporate failures in British history. Richard Adam – who served as the now-extinct contracting company’s finance director [...]
Norwegian billionaire forced back to London in £285m Deutsche Bank dispute May 12, 2026 Norwegian billionaire Alexander Vik has been ordered to return to the City to be interrogated about his hidden assets during a 13-year-long legal dispute with Deutsche Bank. The bank first sued the business mogul’s company, Sebastian Holdings, in 2009 after the company suffered a series of losses on foreign exchange and equities trade deals during [...]
London Broncos get fresh investment and eye consortium expansion May 12, 2026 London Broncos have secured fresh investment into the rugby league side as their Australian owners plan further consortium members. Brisbane-based property mogul Andrew Gray has joined the club’s ownership as part of the 90 per cent held by a group of Australian investors fronted by former NRL legend Darren Lockyer. The fresh injection comes as [...]
Music and wine is the ultimate pairing- where to enjoy it this summer May 12, 2026 If music is the food of love, no wonder it pairs so well with wine. Many great wine houses have clocked this already, but none so perfectly as Krug Champagne who have worked with famous composers to create truly exceptional artistic experiences. In February I was invited to the Roundhouse in London’s Chalk Farm for [...]
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Bletchley Park Funding 2026-1 PLC May 12, 2026 KBRA UK (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of notes issued by Bletchley Park Funding 2026-1 PLC, a static UK RMBS securitisation backed by a portfolio of first-ranking buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage loans secured on residential properties in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The aggregate balance of the provisional portfolio is £286.0 million as of [...]
Life after Starmer: What could a new Labour prime minister mean for your money? May 12, 2026 It could soon be time to face the music for Keir Starmer after dozens of MPs called for the Prime Minister to throw in the towel, which could unleash months of speculation and uncertainty. Leading frontrunners for the top job include the Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, former deputy PM Angela Rayner and health secretary Wes [...]
‘Bond market meltdown’: UK borrowing costs highest since 1998 as Starmer fights for survival May 12, 2026 Warnings of a “bond market meltdown” flashed through the City on Tuesday after government borrowing costs soared as pressure mounted on Sir Keir Starmer’s future in Downing Street. For weeks, City investors have been on high alert as fears mounted that a mass rebellion would be triggered after devastating local election results. Traders fear the [...]
On the Beach shares slide as Brits delay booking holidays May 12, 2026 On the Beach has suffered one of its biggest-ever single-day stock selloffs amid investor fears over a slowdown in holiday bookings. Shares in the Manchester-based business plunged 17 per cent to 140p after the London-listed business said it saw a more than 12 per cent fall in sales to £52.2m for the six months to [...]
Star stockpicker Terry Smith dumps entire Unilever holding after McCormick mega-merger May 12, 2026 One of Britain’s best-known fund managers has dumped his holding in Unilever worth hundreds of millions of pounds, accusing the consumer goods giant of abandoning its traditional shareholders in favour of activist-driven deals like last month’s McCormick mega-deal. Terry Smith, the star stockpicker behind the £12.5bn Fundsmith Equity Fund, sold out of his position in [...]