Eckuity Capital Launches Fund II and Backs Automata Technologies June 25, 2026 Fund II reaches first close and is already deploying capital Fund II leads Automata Technologies’ Series C, alongside global science and technology leader Danaher Fund II builds on a first fund fully deployed across 14 high growth life sciences companies
Overture Life Launches Global ICSI.A Center of Excellence Program, Bringing the World’s First Automated ICSI into Clinical Use Across Five Leading Global Fertility Centers June 25, 2026 CERAS (Peru), Memorial Hospital (Turkey), CENALFES (Bolivia), Seoul IVF (South Korea), and Procrearte (Argentina) are among the first clinics in the world to replace manual intracytoplasmic sperm injection with Overture Life's automated, standardized ICSI.A platform, setting a new benchmark for reproducible IVF outcomes.
Halfords shares rev up as garage growth drives return to profit June 25, 2026 Halfords shares have boomed after it smashed analyst expectations to turn a £44m profit, in a sign that the motoring and cycling retailer’s turnaround is beginning to gain pace. The company notched a £43.6m pre-tax profit in the year to April, returning to the black after last year’s £30m loss, as revenue grew five per [...]
London Indian Film Festival Returns with Star-Studded 2026 Programme Led by Aamir Khan June 25, 2026 London, United Kingdom – July 2026 – The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF), Europe’s largest South Asian film festival, returns for its 17th edition this July with an expanded UK-wide programme led by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan and a special Goodness Gracious Me reunion, alongside UK premieres and industry events across five cities. The London [...]
US glue maker swoops on AIM-listed manufacturer in £659m deal June 25, 2026 A US glue maker is set to hand London’s junior stock market another blow after snapping up medtech firm Advanced Medical Solutions. HB Fuller said on Thursday it would acquire the AIM-listed company in a deal that values it at £659m. The US manufacturer – which specialises in industrial adhesives and chemical products – offered [...]
Is football eating itself? Not before it eats other sports first June 25, 2026 The World Cup has become so big that it now puts all other sports in the shade, laments Ed Warner. I remember the summer of 1976 as a swathe of bleached playing fields, jumpers for goalposts and pick-up games of cricket. There happened to be an international football tournament that June, but I defy anyone [...]
Lloyd’s deputy chair: The City is a club in the best sense June 25, 2026 Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Vicky Carter tells us about Lloyd's first female deputy chair.
‘Streets ahead’ – London aims to wear the legal AI crown June 25, 2026 New York may have the money, but London is trying to claim the ‘global capital of legal AI’ crown, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. In the midst of a brutal transatlantic talent war, where US firms are driving salaries through the roof and aggressively poaching top talent across the City, London has quietly secured a major strategic [...]
Is ‘Stop Reform’ now the most powerful force in UK politics? June 25, 2026 They may be dominating all the opinion polls, but have Reform hit a wall? James Ford considers if the party has peaked. Something is going very badly wrong for Reform UK. They are supposed to be the next big thing. The coming men. The heirs apparent. The real opposition. Yet, while they still top every [...]
Consulting giants face up to AI-reckoning June 25, 2026 Shares in major consultancy firms have dropped sharply as investors fret over the impact of AI on the industry. Maria Ward-Brennan and Rosie Harris-Davison look at whether the threat is real. A bloodbath is unfolding across the professional services sector as artificial intelligence (AI) hammers the shares of global consulting giants like Accenture, IBM and [...]