‘Good growth in every postcode’ is a woeful catchphrase August 10, 2026 Burnham and co's bid to 'back British' and generate 'good growth' everywhere is a bid to fool voters with their own money, writes Eliot Wilson.
Government to inject millions into electric vehicle firms despite mandate backlash August 10, 2026 The government will invest £65m into firms producing zero-emission vehicles, despite backlash from the automotive industry over its controversial electric vehicle mandate. The funding includes £50m for car firms and research partners to help produce electric vehicles at a larger scale. The Department of Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said the funding would support 1,800 [...]
Silence Therapeutics to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Topline Results from Phase 2 SANRECO Trial of Divesiran in Polycythemia Vera August 9, 2026 Silence Therapeutics plc, (Nasdaq: SLN), a global clinical-stage company developing novel siRNA (short interfering RNA) therapies, today announced a conference call and webcast to discuss topline results from the Phase 2 SANRECO trial of divesiran in polycythemia vera (PV) scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, August 10, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. Investor Webcast & Conference Call [...]
Thames Water faces fresh threat to survival after pensions regulation breach August 8, 2026 Thames Water is facing a fresh threat to its survival after breaching pensions regulations, opening up the possibility of a costly probe. The Reading-based business, which could run out of cash as soon as December, missed a statutory deadline at the end of June to value its company pension scheme and is now facing a [...]
Back to basics: Sainsbury’s gradual retreat from the British high street August 8, 2026 Sainsbury’s deal to sell its catalogue retailer Argos marks the latest step in the grocer’s years-long retreat from a high street conglomerate back to its core food business. The FTSE 100 supermarket giant holds a 15 per cent market share of grocery stores, second only to Tesco. But the firm once had a sprawling business [...]
Moore can set Ozat on Road to victory at Shergar Cup August 7, 2026 SHERGAR Cup Day concludes with the Shergar Cup Mile (4.30pm), and the winning team and rider could all come down to this contest. Ryan Moore is booked to ride the Ian Williams-trained OZAT, who is an interesting contender. He caught the eye in Goodwood’s competitive Golden Mile last week, when travelling well inside the final [...]
Targa Newfoundland Unveils Full Sponsor Ecosystem, Announces Lives Showcase at IBC 2026 Amsterdam August 7, 2026 Dejero, ADLINK Technology, Eutelsat and Intel among the sponsors powering the first-ever livestream of North America's only tarmac rally, with a live demonstration at IBC and a video message from professional racing driver Randy Pobst.
The BBC shouldn’t push Londoners to accept antisocial phone behaviour August 7, 2026 Life is already hard enough. The public don’t need commentators telling them that playing music out loud on public transport is a kind of performance art, writes Matt Kenyon A few years back, I was sitting on a Chiltern Rail train opposite a woman who didn’t realise her headphones weren’t properly plugged in, as her [...]
Government urged to refuse £1bn British Steel repayment to Chinese former owner August 7, 2026 Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has been urged to refuse to pay back almost £1bn in loans to the Chinese former owners of British Steel after it was nationalised earlier this year. British Steel owed just under £1bn to companies connected to its owner Jingye Steel before it was taken into public ownership in an emergency [...]
Cats musical review, Regent’s Park: Purrrfectly exquisite nonsense August 7, 2026 Cats review and star rating: ★★★★ The unnervingly bad 2019 movie did nothing to dispel the creeping sense that perhaps Cats is a little too strange. We were willing to suspend our disbelief for all sorts of nonsense in the 1990s, including this, a musical with loose at best narrative direction that spends 80 per [...]