Tereina Brings Forward the Future of Financial Services, Starting with Embedded, Digital and Agentic Payments October 7, 2026 Tereina, an SAP-backed company, emerges from stealth as a financial services company that lets businesses execute payments autonomously and settle them in fiat or digital currency, embedded directly into the applications they already run.
Money market funds surge in popularity as investors grapple market volatility October 7, 2026 Money market funds roared back to popularity last month, as investors continued to shun equities amid ongoing market uncertainty. UK investors allocated capital to money market funds in favour of stocks in a bid to ride out the ongoing economic and geopolitical tensions rocking financial markets. The funds attracted £417m of inflows in September, marking [...]
Virgin Media O2 defends arena deal as £200m price tag disputed October 7, 2026 Virgin Media O2 has pushed back at claims it is paying around £200m to keep its name on the O2, as the heavily indebted telecoms group commits to another decade of one of Britain’s longest-running sponsorship deals. The company and venue owner AEG have not disclosed the value of the agreement, which will keep the [...]
Royal Mail to cut thousands of jobs in sweeping overhaul October 7, 2026 Royal Mail will cut as many as 2,500 jobs as part of a root-and-branch overhaul that the ailing postal service hopes will reduce its overheads at a time of dwindling usage and scrutiny over its delivery performance. The group, which was bought off the London Stock Exchange by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky in 2024, unveiled [...]
PwC expects junior hiring to ‘push back up’ across professional services despite AI fears October 7, 2026 The chief executive of PwC UK said he expects the hiring of young people across the professional services sector to “push back up”, challenging the notion that AI is replacing junior work and slowing entry-level recruitment. Marco Amitrano, the Big Four giant’s UK chief executive and senior partner of PwC UK and the firm’s Middle [...]
Shein UK revenue hits £2.5bn despite IPO woes October 7, 2026 Fast-fashion giant Shein took in more than £2.5bn in UK revenue last year as it tightens its hold on British shoppers despite its IPO woes. The e-commerce firm generated £2.58bn in revenue in 2025, newly published accounts show, as its pre-tax profit widened by 18 per cent to £45m. Proof of Shein’s growing presence in [...]
I helped found Shazam, now I write crime novels: Job hopping is a joy October 7, 2026 Long gone are the days of life-long jobs and thank goodness – job-hopping is a joy, writes Shazam-investor-turned-play-director Ajay Chowdhury.
Are rolling stocks about to go off the rails? October 7, 2026 Andy Burnham’s pricey plans for nationalisation and greater public control of services have thrust Thames Water, housebuilders and the care sector under the microscope. But while public attention has centred primarily on these British heavyweights, the process of bringing the UK’s passenger rail services back into state hands has chugged along quietly, leaving the question [...]
Arsenal can overtake Real Madrid and become biggest brand in world, say owners KSE October 7, 2026 Arsenal’s owners believe they can become “the biggest brand in the world” after being stunned by the global celebrations which greeted their long-awaited Premier League triumph this year. Footage of Gunners fans swarming the streets of East Africa and monuments from New York City to Guangzhou being lit up red flooded social media before 1m [...]
Lime pumps £1m into parking to tackle London e-bike clutter October 7, 2026 Green bike conglomerate Lime is pumping nearly £1m into hundreds of new e-bike parking bays as it looks to tackle the pavement clutter that has accompanied London’s rental bike boom. The capital’s biggest shared e-bike operator has awarded £886,857 to nine boroughs, including Greenwich, Lambeth and Hackney, to create or expand 586 parking bays this [...]