Polestar 5: The Electric GT for London’s Elite October 20, 2026 If you spend long enough in London, especially around Canary Wharf, you become accustomed to noticing some very nice cars driving amidst the shadows of glass towers, writes our motoring journalist, Tim Barnes-Clay Audi RS e-tron GTs, Porsche Taycans, and the occasional Aston Martin or Bentley are commonly seen. Now Polestar – the Swedish automotive [...]
Thames Water could tap Labour peer as chair if rescue deal goes ahead October 20, 2026 Thames Water will appoint a Labour peer to become its new chair if a rescue deal goes ahead, a group of its creditors has said, as the embattled utility fights to stave off nationalisation. London & Valley Water, a consortium of investors and creditors to Thames Water which has submitted turnaround plans to keep the [...]
Mike Ashley’s Frasers loosens grip on Burberry October 20, 2026 Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has loosened its grip on Burberry, despite ramping up its pursuit of high-fashion names. The retail giant, which owns Sports Direct and Flannels, had built up a position in Burberry over recent weeks but has now faltered in its pursuit of the group. Frasers Group had increased its position in Burberry [...]
Trilliant Selected by Dutch DSOs to Help Shape the Next-Generation of Smart Metering in the Netherlands October 20, 2026 Dutch utility innovation partnership advances a new model for AMI 2.0, bringing open technology, interoperability, and long-term choice to the forefront of grid modernization.
The Chancellor should be brave and reform the OBR October 20, 2026 Reforming the OBR will take courage, but it would well be worth it, writes Michael Martins in today's Notebook.
Andrew Griffith: a Conservative government would make taxes lower, simpler and fairer October 20, 2026 The Tax Foundation’s annual International Tax Competitiveness Index, published this week, shows just how far behind we have fallen. Out of 38 OECD countries, Britain ranks just 30th. That’s not good enough, says Andrew Griffith Two weeks ago, I told the Conservative Party Conference that lower, simpler, and fairer taxes would be my personal “North [...]
Meet the man behind London’s biggest new factory since the Second World War October 20, 2026 Isembard’s Alexander Fitzgerald is on a mission to revitalise Britain’s high-precision manufacturing industry. Ali Lyon visits the company’s new London site to talk policy, patriotism and intergalactic growth Amid the whirring sound of robotic machines, Alexander Fitzgerald is excitedly explaining why the only thing on the wall of his cavernous factory is a brightly illuminated, [...]
Meet the designers making London restaurants less loud and clattery October 20, 2026 Why do so many restaurants get their acoustics all messed up? Is sound the final frontier of luxury? Adam Bloodworth spoke to the experts attempting to quieten the cacophony A pal’s in town. You’ve booked a trendy new restaurant. It’s been a while and you’re looking forward to catching up. There’s one issue: the place [...]
Hologic Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Reveal Genomics October 19, 2026 Acquisition would expand Hologic’s oncology diagnostics portfolio to help inform treatment decisions for more women with breast cancer
‘Disaster’: Advisers raise the alarm on family business tax raid October 19, 2026 John Healey’s potential tax raid on family businesses could make handing down companies to the next generation a “disaster” and damage the economy, advisers have warned. The Chancellor is reportedly considering proposals to levy income tax when business owners hand down to their children, potentially almost doubling the bill. Under current rules, transfers can be [...]