Metapack® Selected by Tails.com to Redefine Delivery for Pet Owners Across the UK November 4, 2025 Metapack, a leading delivery platform, will partner with Tails.com, one of the UK’s leading pet food subscription services, to transform their delivery operations. Founded in Richmond in 2014, Tails.com delivers 100% tailored nutrition to thousands of dogs every month. As an expanding organisation committed to data-driven service and customer service, Tails.com chose Metapack to keep [...]
London Finance Panel Calls for Targeted Reform to Safeguard the City’s Trillion Capital Market Asset November 3, 2025 The Central London Alliance’s (CLA) event, London: Opportunities and Obstacles for Growth, featured a high-level panel on the future of London’s financial services that looked closely at Capital Markets and Financial Planning for the city. Panellists Akash Kapoor, Charles Hall, Christian May and James Quarmby delivered a measured but firm message on the essential reforms [...]
Londoners race to invest as the rest of the country falls behind October 31, 2025 Londoners are gearing up to invest in the stock market in 2026 but the rest of the country is failing to shift away from cash savings. According to fresh research from wealth manager Stratiphy, nearly 70 per cent of Londoners are planning on investing in the next 12 months, in a bid to secure higher [...]
Cindrigo shares lift as energy firm debuts on London’s main market October 31, 2025 Energy developer Cindrigo today became the latest business to float on the London Stock Exchange, rounding off one of the busiest months for London listings in years after a prolonged drought. The Finnish business has joined the main market of the exchange after raising proceeds of £2.1m. The shares have been priced at 12p each, [...]
Innovative fashion flourishes at Studio Smithfield October 31, 2025 London has long stood among the world’s great fashion capitals, home to innovative designers who compete daily with creative powerhouses in Paris, New York, and Milan. Iconic British brands such as Paul Smith, Stella McCartney, Oswald Boateng and Alexander McQueen have all used London as a launchpad to grow their global influence and define contemporary [...]
Princes Group prices London IPO at bottom end of range October 31, 2025 Shares in Princes Group made their debut on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, rounding off a rare, busy month of listings for the British bourse after a prolonged drought. The Liverpool-based business, which makes Branston beans, Batchelors peas and Napolina olive oil, had set its offer price at 475p, the bottom end of the [...]
Motor finance, Madoff fraud, tax fears – bank shares defy the noise October 31, 2025 A motor finance battle, hefty impairment charges and the shadow of 2008 all cast over banks third-quarter results but beneath the fog investors are rewarding the FTSE 100’s top lenders for another bumper quarter. The FTSE 350 banks index has risen nearly four per cent this month and is up 17 per cent for the [...]
Shawbrook shares jump in biggest City IPO debut of the year October 30, 2025 Shares in specialist lender Shawbrook soared in early trading after the firm made its IPO debut in the City. The bank’s stock was up over six per cent in early trading to 393.43p. Shawbrook kicked off its London Stock Exchange float targeting a valuation just shy of £2bn with a listing price of 370p. “We [...]
Record number of UK businesses face financial woes ahead of Budget October 30, 2025 The number of UK businesses in ‘critical’ financial distress has surged as the economy cries out for certainty in Rachel Reeves’ November Budget. The number of businesses in ‘critical’ financial distress surged 78 per cent year-on-year, to 55,530 in the third quarter of 2025, up from 31,201 in the same quarter last year. The latest [...]
Why the ONS would survive my cull of X accounts October 29, 2025 If I had to cull the number of accounts I follow on X to just ten, @ONS would make the grade. As for the other 9, I’d be reluctant to say goodbye to @PaintingsLondon, @MattCartoonist, @createstreets or @DiaperDiplomacy but I reckon as long as I retained the Office for National Statistics I could continue to [...]