Healey’s £1bn London office raid would be ‘attack on growth’ Property John Healey’s potential £1bn raid on London offices would be an “attack on growth” and deal a huge blow to the City, property firms have warned. The Chancellor is weighing up an increase to business rates for expensive office blocks and skyscrapers which would raise £1bn for the Treasury but disproportionately hit the capital’s business [...]
AnyCard, Lifestyle, and Savvy Come Together as Norell, a New Global Group in the US$1.5 Trillion Gift Card, Reward and Incentive Market Business Wire New group established to bring greater scale, expertise and investment to each business Each business continues serving customers and partners through the brands and people they know, now with broader international reach and capabilities Generating a combined revenue of more than £100m, the Group is backed by Codex Capital and existing investors of each business
OpenAI-backed fintech raises $1.6m to tackle regulation Tech A London fintech backed by employees of OpenAI and some of the world’s biggest banks has raised $1.6m (£1.2m) to help financial firms navigate mounting regulatory requirements using artificial intelligence. Relace, founded by a former lawyer and an AI engineer, has secured the pre-seed funding in a round led by Boost Capital, with backing from [...]
Get involved with the UAE if you want to grow your business October 15, 2026 My message to ambitious British businesses looking for growth is simple: get involved with the UAE, writes Lord Mervyn Davies.
Retailers back on alert after new wave of cyber attacks October 15, 2026 When Asos customers were sent a cryptically-worded push notification on Tuesday last week, some shoppers thought they were being hawked the fast fashion retailer’s new Christmas collection. One thought the alert was “some crappy marketing scheme to get me to check the app and to view their snowflake collection,” they wrote on X. The notification [...]
Movere Launches to Help Businesses Accept Payments, Enter New Markets and Scale Globally October 14, 2026 Movere’s platform connects businesses to 500+ payment methods in 100+ countries through a single integration
Tottenham Hotspur owed money after Big Zuu water brand Drip is liquidated with £9m debts October 14, 2026 They say it never rains but it pours: struggling Tottenham Hotspur’s latest problem is Drip, the canned-water company owned by celebrity chef Big Zuu, whose liquidation has left the club high and dry. Spurs signed a deal in 2024 making Drip the official front-of-training-wear partner of the women’s team, with much fanfare around the shared [...]
Sunday trading, VAT-free shopping? Healey has plenty of low-hanging fruit this Budget October 14, 2026 Sunday trading, tax exemptions for NEETs: there's an abundance of low-hanging fruit for Healey to back businesses this Budget.
Plus500’s super-app ambitions risk re-telling a familiar London story October 14, 2026 Plus500 laid out plans for a super-app across the Atlantic, in this week’s column Samuel Norman looks at how it could frame their future. Also on the agenda, Healey continues pre-Budget summits and does anyone still care about the digital pound? Is a London-listed fintech turning to the US for its monumental ‘super-app’ a point [...]
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 [...]