Local elections 2026: City awaits ‘significant’ event for Labour leadership May 7, 2026 City giants have warned today’s local elections will be “significant” for market pricing, with traders keeping a close eye on possible leadership moves made by the likes of Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Several financial behemoths have lined up to warn investors that results across the country over the coming days could be unusually important [...]
5 amazing things to see at the Barbican’s 1996 exhibition May 6, 2026 Ahead of the Toast the City 2026 Awards, we spotlight the venues to put on your radar this spring. Here, we look at the Barbican’s arresting new 1996 exhibition It is heralded as the peak of the Britpop era: the Spice Girls and Oasis were holding the front pages, and the country was on the brink of [...]
Divorce costs hit finances beyond lawyer fees, says Octopus legal group May 6, 2026 Divorce costs are financially draining for separating couples in the UK beyond just legal fees, according to a new report from Octopus-owned legal service, Amicable. The report, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults who have either divorced, separated, or dissolved a civil partnership over the last 10 years, found that almost 40 per cent said their [...]
The Square Mile rooftop bar you’ve probably never tried May 6, 2026 Ahead of the Toast the City 2026 Awards, we meet the venues to put on your radar this spring Have you made time for Madison, sipped at Sabine and quaffed at Coq d’Argent? Then it’s time to try another of the Square Mile’s fabulous rooftop bars you probably haven’t heard of. Florattica is on the [...]
Options Technology Appoints Larry Leibowitz as Chairman of The Board May 6, 2026 Options Technology, the leading managed IT services and technology solutions provider, today announced Larry Leibowitz to Chairman of its Board. Leibowitz, who joined the Board in June 2023 as an independent director, assumes the Chairmanship as Options continues to accelerate its growth across key financial centres worldwide. This press release features multimedia. View the full [...]
Who Gives a Crap: The toilet roll tycoon making a splash May 6, 2026 Simon Griffiths founded Who Gives a Crap toilet paper with the philanthropic aim of ensuring everyone has access to a clean toilet. He has raised £11m so far, but Griffiths tells Felix Armstrong that’s not nearly enough “I was always an entrepreneurial kid at school,” Simon Griffiths says, as he explains the complex process of [...]
Is it time to make voting compulsory? May 6, 2026 Low turnout at elections allows anti-growth minorities to dictate policy. Diluting that by ensuring all eligible voices are heard equally would return the incentives to deliver for all in our economy, says Charles White In 2024, Labour told the public: “Sustained economic growth is the only route to improving the prosperity of our country and [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Tower Hamlets? May 6, 2026 CLICK HERE to view all the latest London election results Tower Hamlets has become something of a controversial area in London with its own council difficulties and division over the proliferation of LTNs. Will Aspire retain the council or could the Greens persuade voters to back its national electoral drive? Tower Hamlets is where fractured [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Sutton? May 6, 2026 Sutton Council has become a reliable winner for the Liberal Democrats. But with pothole problems, accusations of toxicity and manoeuvres from Reform, could this council bring a surprise result? Sutton has become something of the Liberal Democrats’ stomping ground, winning majorities over several decades. Labour has tailed off in third along with independents while the [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win Redbridge? May 6, 2026 A rise in support of Nigel Farage’s Reform will be tested in the north of a borough dominated elsewhere by Labour which faces its own fight from the left. Results will be closely watched by Wes Streeting, whose parliamentary constituency is on the patch. Redbridge is a complex constituency. Labour is battling the Greens to [...]