Revolution Beauty shares glitter after it emerges from FCA probe June 5, 2026 London-listed cosmetics firm Revolution Beauty told investors this morning that it is no longer under investigation by the City’s main market watchdog. The Financial Conduct Authority has notified the firm that it will “take no further action”, meaning the probe was over, Revolution said in an announcement to the stock exchange. The FCA’s scrutiny of the Camden-based [...]
William Hill owner Evoke shares rocket as it braces for £243m takeover from Bally’s Intralot June 5, 2026 Betting group Evoke shares rocketed in early morning trading, after gambling firm Bally’s Intralot on the terms and conditions for a takeover, as UK businesses brace for an online gambling tax hike. Shares soared 16.2 per cent to 46.4 pence per share, with shares up 24.2 per cent since January. The Greek company’s board has [...]
Billionaire John Caudwell: Britain needs to stop criticising the wealthy and start celebrating success June 5, 2026 Phones4U founder John Caudwell’s new Riviera development features a £250k statue of himself. Billionares should be proud of their success, he tells Felix Armstrong “If I was trying to purely make money, I would have built student accommodation in Manchester and put another 5,000 Chinese people in there,” billionaire and philanthropist John Caudwell says as [...]
The UK chemicals sector is in trouble June 5, 2026 From ammonia to plastics, there can be no modern economy without a functioning chemicals industry, and Britain's is in peril.
Argan, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results June 4, 2026 Record Revenue of $291.0 Million; Backlog of $2.8 Billion
Sweet on Sugar to cause huge upset in the Oaks June 4, 2026 AIDAN O’Brien is the modern dominant force in the Oaks with 11 victories to his name since 1998. The master of Ballydoyle relies on three fillies in this year’s renewal, with AMELIA EARHART his leading hope if jockey bookings and the betting is to be believed. She arrives to Epsom off the back of a [...]
Messagepoint Announces MARCIEAssist™, the First Agentic AI Capability to Automate the Work of Customer Communications Management June 4, 2026 Messagepoint, a leading customer communications management (CCM) solutions provider, today announced the launch of MARCIEAssist™, the first agentic AI capability that automates the work of customer communications management. With MARCIEAssist, Messagepoint is introducing a fundamentally new model for customer communications management (CCM)—one where users no longer need to manually execute complex tasks. Instead, users simply [...]
Why Richard Harpin sold half of homeServe for half a million pounds — and what he’d do differently June 4, 2026 At SCALE SUMMIT on 23 April, HomeServe founder Sir Richard Harpin joined SCALE Chairman Andrew B Morris for a Chairman’s Chat on the decisions, mistakes and principles behind one of Britain’s most remarkable entrepreneurial journeys. Richard Harpin built HomeServe from nothing into a £4.1 billion business sold to Brookfield in 2023. Over 30 years, he [...]
Midnight Labs Announces Investment from Sony Innovation Fund to Lead AI-Powered IP Enforcement and Content Protection June 4, 2026 Dubbed “The Internet’s Delete Button,” Midnight Labs is the first enforcement platform to deliver court-admissible evidence at scale, with 2.8 billion takedowns and counting
National Lottery operator sees ‘inflection point’ despite drop in revenue June 4, 2026 The operator of the National Lottery has revealed lower UK sales and earnings for the start of the year but said it saw an “inflection point” on the horizon its British arm. Allwyn, the European gaming operator who took over the UK National lottery in 2024, booked revenue growth of around a fifth in the [...]