Peak pizza? Domino’s profit dips amid weak sales March 10, 2026 Domino’s Pizza has suffered a 15 per cent profit slice as it contended with weak sales and a “challenging consumer backdrop”. While total turnover at the FTSE 250-listed pizza chain increased 1.5 per cent to £1.6bn, the like-for-like figure – excluding variables like VAT – inched up only by 0.2 per cent in the year [...]
Capita shares tumble as boss warns of declining margins March 10, 2026 Shares in one of the UK’s biggest outsourcing firms have plummeted after its boss warned of declining margins in the year ahead. London-based Capita, which offers support services in areas such as education, health and defence, warned markets it expected a “small decrease” in its operating margin after it swung to a pre-tax loss of £171m [...]
Nextdoor Launches AI-Powered Click Optimisation to Propel Hyperlocal Advertising March 10, 2026 New advanced tools boost ROI for advertisers, including Verisure, delivering four times more clicks for the same budget
Persimmon: Housebuilder posts profit as property market ‘recovers’ March 10, 2026 Housebuilder Persimmon toasted rising profit and house completions, buoyed by a property market which it says is recovering from last year’s Budget slowdown. Persimmon notched rising profit before tax in the year to December 2025, up 11 per cent to £397m, and built 11,905 homes, up 12 per cent from the year before. Investors rewarded [...]
Social media giants must do more to stamp out scam ads March 10, 2026 Social media platforms must take greater responsibility for combating AI-fuelled Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, which is costing consumers and payment service providers millions, says Lord McNicol Online shopping is easy, convenient and sometimes dangerous. The arrival of AI has seen an explosion in fake advertising online and the UK has become a prime target [...]
The Greens are no tree-hugging hippies, their policies would destroy Britain March 10, 2026 Zack Polanski’s Greens stand a realistic chance of winning dozens of seats, so it’s worth taking their policy platform seriously. From wealth taxes to yet more punitive building regulations to open borders, they would be a disaster for British prosperity, says Emma Revell For years now the Green Party has been a bit of a [...]
From start-up to scale-up: shifting the focus to support for female entrepreneurs March 10, 2026 As part of our partnership with Scale and the Women Who Scale initiative, City AM sat down with Sam Smith, the former chief executive of FinnCap, to discuss one of the key challenges holding back female start-up founders and what can be done to help female-led scaleups. While the spotlight often shines on the funding [...]
Prothena Announces Achievement of $50 Million Clinical Milestone Payment from Novo Nordisk Related to Ongoing Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Coramitug (Formerly PRX004) in ATTR Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy March 9, 2026 Coramitug is a potential first-in-class amyloid depleter antibody for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy1-3 Prothena has now earned $150 million to date of the $1.2 billion total eligible milestone payments from Novo Nordisk
Talk The Talk to walk the walk in the Supreme March 9, 2026 THERE is definitely no better sound in racing, and possibly no better sound in sport, than the Cheltenham roar. As the tapes are about to go up in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.20pm), all the Cheltenham hype and build-up has reached its zenith, and punters are ready to enjoy the four best days in the [...]
Back Mullins’ mare to make no Lossie in the Champion March 9, 2026 DAY ONE at Cheltenham is headlined by the Champion Hurdle (4.00pm) and by the time the opening four contests on the card have been run, the 50,000 plus punters at Prestbury Park will be at fever pitch. The crowd were silenced last year when favourite Constitution Hill fell at the fourth last, and unfortunately with [...]