‘No more Mr Nice Guy’: Oil prices spike as Trump renews Iran power plant threats April 20, 2026 The price of oil has been driven higher by the latest round of escalations in the Middle East renewing fears of a drastic global energy shock. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – jumped over six per cent on Monday morning to over $96. It follows a weekend of tensions where shipping [...]
St John Ambulance receives Health Lottery Foundation grant to extend Young Responders programme April 20, 2026 First aid and healthcare charity to deliver essential first aid initiative targeted at young people across the East Midlands for the first time. Thanks to players of The Health Lottery, St John Ambulance has received a grant of nearly a quarter of a million pounds from the Health Lottery Foundation to expand its Young Responders programme [...]
Echodyne Named as Radar System for Trust Automation’s $490M Air Force Counter-UAS Engineering Contract April 20, 2026 EchoShield® radar integrated into Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) to deliver on $490M Air Force IDIQ
Petronor and H2SITE Partner to Pioneer High-Purity Hydrogen Production in Refining Through Advanced Membrane Technology April 20, 2026 H2SITE, a technology company specialised in advanced hydrogen production and separation solutions, has signed a strategic agreement with Petronor, a leading refinery and key industrial player in the energy sector with a clear commitment to achieving net-zero emissions, to deploy its high-efficiency hydrogen separation technology at Petronor’s refinery. This press release features multimedia. View the [...]
UK bets on East London hub to anchor next phase of innovation April 19, 2026 The UK’s push to build a more joined-up innovation economy is increasingly being anchored in east London, where Here East has turned into one of the country’s largest multi-sector tech campuses. Set within the former Olympic press and broadcast centre in Stratford, the 1.2m sq ft site aims to bring various universities, startups, corporates and [...]
Women’s health strategy won’t end medical misogyny – but the markets could April 18, 2026 The government's new women’s health strategy is good policy, but it will not close the health gap. That's where the City comes in.
The watch podcast disrupting the ‘pale, male and stale’ image April 17, 2026 Rashawn Smith and Perri Dash are hoping to change your mind about the watch industry, one podcast at a time, says Laura McCreddie-DoakUnless you’re investigating a cold case, finding a following in the world of podcasting can be difficult. But the Wrist Check Pod seemed to enter the world fully formed when it launched in [...]
Easyjet tops FTSE 100 risers as airline, travel shares rocket after Hormuz reopening April 17, 2026 Airline and travel shares listed on the London Stock Exchange have rocketed after Iran said it has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, potentially signalling an end to weeks of chaos to the tourism industry. London-listed Wizz Air and Easyjet surged nine and eight per cent on the news, after the blockage to the crucial shipping [...]
‘Relentless pressures’: More hospitality firms forced to shut even before Iran war April 17, 2026 The rate of corporate collapse in hospitality surged in February in signs the sector was struggling to stay afloat even before the Iran war brought further cost pressures. The number of accommodation and food service firms declaring insolvency jumped by 22 per cent to 270 in February, according to government data. This acceleration of the crisis [...]
In the watch world, exposed movements usurp the vintage revival April 17, 2026 A celebration of the watch brands ditching the vintage revival schtick and going mad with movements instead, by Laura McCreddie-Doak BREGUET EXPÉRIMENTALE Describing this incredibly complex watch in a mere 150 words is almost impossible, so, we’ll just stick to its foremost innovation: the magnetic escapement. In a regular mechanical watch, the mainspring provides the [...]