Greencore: Strawberry sandwich maker’s shares rise amid M&S cyber fallout October 8, 2025 Shares in Greencore, one of the UK’s major convenience food manufacturers, have risen six per cent following Wednesday’s trading update which highlighted another strong quarter and a robust full-year performance. The FTSE 250-listed group, which supplies sandwiches, rolls and wraps – and notably, the viral Japanese sando-inspired strawberry and cream sandwich – to Marks & [...]
Jaguar Land Rover to bailout suppliers after state ‘rescue’ stalls October 5, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover is finalising a deal to lend its suppliers millions of pounds as the tax-payer backed rescue of the carmaker hit a wall. Bosses are putting the final touches to a sweeping lifeline that would see up to £500m be injected into its supply chain, which is at a standstill. The privately funded [...]
Ex-GCHQ chief: No company should be offline for weeks after cyberattack October 3, 2025 No vigilant company should need to go offline for more than a few days after a cyberattack, the former director of GCHQ has said in comments that will pile fresh scrutiny on Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) preparedness before its hack left production at a standstill for over a month. Robert Hannigan, who ran the UK [...]
Digital ID cards are a sign of a Groundhog Day government that’s out of ideas October 2, 2025 Digital ID cards – or ‘Brit cards’ as Starmer calls them – are a Blair-era policy being recycled at the worst possible time, says James Ford It has been estimated that there are no fewer than 138 movie sequels currently in production. By any estimate, that is a lot of sequels. Even Homer Simpson is [...]
The growing cost of cyber attacks: Why cyber insurance matters September 26, 2025 This year, headlines have been dominated by cyber attacks against prominent business names, causing disruptions and financial losses. But many of these businesses lacked a major tool: cyber insurance coverage. Marks & Spencer dominated the news in April and May after it was hit by a cyber attack, which forced the retail giant to suspend [...]
JLR extends cyber attack shutdown to October September 23, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended its production shutdown until at least 1 October, after the cyber attack that crippled its IT systems left the UK’s biggest automaker unable to restart operations. The pause, which started on 31 August, has already cost the car behemoth hundreds of millions of pounds in lost output, and threatens [...]
Co-op expected to reveal financial hit from cyber attack September 21, 2025 The Co-operative Group is expected to shed light on the impact of a damaging cyber attack in its first financial update since being targeted by hackers. Shoppers were faced with empty shelves and issues with payments during the fallout from the cyber incident in April, as a raft of retailers were hit. On Thursday, the [...]
Eurosummer lives on as retail investors flock to the continent September 10, 2025 Turbulence created by US tariffs is continuing to be a boon for European investment, with retail investors flocking to the continent, writes Susannah Streeter.
How the City can help fight back against emerging threats September 8, 2025 Britain is embroiled in a shadow war, and as threats evolve so must the business models we use to fight back, says Mark Wheatley We may not be in the middle of a full-blown conflagration. But we are embroiled in something like a shadow war. The threats we in Britain face today – from cyberattack [...]
JLR staff told to stay at home amid massive cyber attack disruption September 5, 2025 Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) were told to ‘stay at home’, and customers are facing major delivery delays after a cyber attack forced the company to shut down production across its plants. The incident, which began on Sunday, halted the UK’s biggest carmaker’s operations at sites in Solihull, Halewood, Wolverhampton and Castle [...]