StretchSense Raises $2.3M to Drive Global Expansion of XR Training Gloves December 19, 2025 Wearables technology firm StretchSense, which specialises in high-tech data capture gloves, has secured its latest external investment, a $2.3 million (£1.75m) round led by PXN Ventures and supported by Scottish Enterprise, as the company aims to drive the global expansion of its extended reality (XR) training glove that enables organisations to immerse staff in simulated [...]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child suffers £10m hit December 19, 2025 Sales for theatre show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child slumped by more than £10m during its latest financial year, new accounts have revealed. Turnover at HPCC Group, which manages the rights for the show, fell from £41.3m to £30.3m in the 12 months to 31 March, 2025. The accounts, filed with Companies House, also [...]
Joshua vs Paul: A defining moment in evolution of sport entertainment December 19, 2025 Tom Wild discusses how Joshua vs Paul shows sport can no longer be separated from the cultural forces that surround it. In a world where attention is fractured and loyalty is fluid, one of the most powerful tools available to help marketers cut through isn’t new at all – it’s culture. More specifically, it’s the [...]
Justice must work for victims not investors December 19, 2025 Third-party litigation funding is increasingly looking less like justice in action and more like a volume-driven acquisition model, writes Oliver Ryan MP.
Heathrow ‘under pressure’ amid rising costs December 19, 2025 Heathrow Airport has warned that rising employment costs and the government’s controversial business rates overhaul will wipe out the additional revenues generated from a record number of passengers passing through the west London hub. In an update to bondholders, the UK’s largest airport revealed its profit had plummeted by 38 per cent in the nine [...]
FCA probe and bonus clawbacks: WH Smith acts against former directors as North America profit plunges December 19, 2025 WH Smith’s board will trigger clawback provisions for senior executives following accounting errors woes that had resulted in a probe by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). WH Smith chief executive Carl Cowling stepped down with immediate effect last month after the report, produced by Big Four audit firm Deloitte, identified weaknesses in the operations of [...]
Eating Dave’s Hot Chicken Reaper Tenders – the best of 2025 December 19, 2025 As Dave’s Hot Chicken opens its second branch in Croydon, we revisit this feature in which magazine editor Steve Dinneen attempts to break a UK record for eating the world’s hottest chicken tenders… It did not end well. I feel lightheaded, short of breath and the room has started to spin. Intense waves of heat radiate [...]
Chinese hustlers are taking advantage of the Cayman legal system – and British investors are paying for it December 19, 2025 Cayman Island rules are allowing Chinese swindlers to take advantage of Western stock markets, enriching themselves and leaving the losses with UK shareholders.
Exclusive: Google makes fresh $1bn cash injection into UK data centre subsidiary December 18, 2025 Google has poured $1bn into its UK data centre subsidiary, City AM can reveal, in the clearest sign yet that the tech giant is eyeing major expansion of its compute power in Britain. The £775m cash injection was this week filed to Companies House for the same company which controls Google’s Waltham Cross data centre, [...]
From African safaris to Patagonia skies: how stargazing helped me process grief December 18, 2025 Humans have taken solace in the stars for tens of thousands of years. After his mother was diagnosed with cancer Luke Abrahams took a trip to South Africa and amid the grief, found himself comforted by the universe Last April, I found myself alone in the African bush. It was just after 11am and I [...]