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Labour’s Mansion House will be lift-off or letdown for banks July 9, 2025 Britain’s banking sector will be keeping a close eye on Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech on July 15 in which the Chancellor will lay out Labour’s roadmap for financial services. Banks are set to take centre stage in the Treasury’s Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy as Reeves looks to harness the sector to power [...]
Post Office and Fujitsu chiefs ‘maintained fiction’ on faulty Horizon system July 8, 2025 Post Office and Fujitsu managers were aware the Horizon IT system was flawed and “maintained a fiction” that the accounting data it produced was accurate. In his report on the first part of an inquiry into the Post Office scandal, chair Sir Wyn Williams said dozens of postmaster victims of “wholly unacceptable behaviour” by business [...]
Abu Dhabi sovereign investor eyes $100m slice of Revolut July 8, 2025 An investor in the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund is eying a $100m (£73m) stake in digital banking giant Revolut. State-owned global investment firm Mubadala is reportedly in advanced discussions to purchase shares in Revolut from existing investors. The deal, if completed, would add to a smaller stake the fund purchased last year as part of [...]
Why Gen Z loves ‘Tenniscore’, the preppy Wimbledon dress code July 8, 2025 Zendaya and the ‘Tenniscore’ trend took hold last year following the release of the film Challengers, but fashion types assumed the look would be game, set and match by autumn. Little did they know: Brat summer is back, and so is Tenniscore, only this time the Gen Z style trend has gone beyond the court. [...]
Oasis fans urged to keep reunion tickets as vintage prices surge July 8, 2025 Oasis fans lucky enough to snag a paper ticket for this summer’s reunion tour might be sitting on a future goldmine, with collectors paying hundreds for vintage stubs. Fans are being urged to hold onto their physical tickets, as demand for Oasis memorabilia jumps and vintage concert stubs reach eye-watering sums on eBay. A stub from [...]
M&S chair: UK needs to muscle up to tackle cyber threats July 8, 2025 M&S chair Archie Norman has said the UK is probably underresourced to tackle cyber threats and needs to boost its security level to encourage investment. Speaking to lawmakers on Tuesday, Norman said that the UK is “just not resourced up to operate at [the US] level.” “It’s very advantageous if we in this country have [...]
Revolut: UK fintech launches stocks and shares ISA July 8, 2025 Digital banking juggernaut Revolut has expanded its investment offering into stocks and shares ISAs for UK customers. The Canary Wharf-based firm will offer its new ISAs, along with over 100 UK-listed exchange-traded funds, through its investing arm Revolut Trading. Revolut will offer fund managing titans such as Blackrock, Amundi and Vanguard for the ETF platform, [...]
I’m one of Britain’s highest taxpayers – a wealth tax would be the last straw July 8, 2025 Many patriotic high taxpayers like Steve Rigby accept that they work 50 per cent of their time for the government. A punitive wealth tax raiding assets that have already been taxed multiple times risks upending the social contract and driving businesses and jobs away The drumbeat for a wealth tax grows louder by the day, [...]
James Olivas, Evita London’s leading man, on Jamie Lloyd’s radical new production July 8, 2025 Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Evita is commanding headlines for Rachel Zegler’s nightly balcony sing-a-longs, but the show’s portrayal of her husband is arguably deserved of the same level of attention. The show is inspired by the real life marriage between Zegler’s heroine, Eva Perón, and the Argentinian leader Juan Perón. In actual fact, Juan [...]
Nothing Headphones (1): Look like the coolest Cyberman around July 8, 2025 The new Nothing Headphones (1) grab you before you’ve even taken them out of the box. They are transparent like a Game Boy from the 1990s, exposing the tech that lies within. It gives them a retro, science-fictiony look, with the boxy profile of a Cyberman. They are not for everyone but I’m obsessed. Because [...]