Wayve lands AMD, Arm and Qualcomm cash as UK self-driving push gathers pace April 15, 2026 British autonomous driving firm Wayve has secured a further $60m (£44.2m) from chip giants AMD, Arm and Qualcomm Ventures, as it pushes to get its AI driving software into production vehicles. The fresh backing adds more heavyweight silicon names to Wayve’s investor roster and comes just weeks after the London-based company raised $1.2bn at a [...]
CoStar Data Shows London Office Construction at Record High as NYC Sees Sharp Decline April 15, 2026 The gap between office construction volumes in London and New York City reached a record high in the second half of 2025, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260415582253/en/ Over [...]
Celebrating Pan Am’s iconic legacy as airline plans return to the skies April 15, 2026 Pan Am was the airline that defined the jet-set timepiece. Sam Kessler asks what made Pan Am an icon and why it’s still catnip for watch collectors It’s hard to talk about air travel without talking about Pan Am. Pan America Airways wasn’t just a big name in cross-continental flight: it was essentially a monopoly. [...]
Britain’s energy future is bright – but we still need Ed Drilliband April 15, 2026 Amid soaring oil prices and growing fears of jet fuel shortages, it feels as though Britain is trapped in an energy permacrisis of its own making. So here’s a note of optimism to counter the doom and gloom: Britain has a bright energy future ahead of it. A few examples: Nuclear power output is going [...]
Housebuilding stocks recover as industry reaches ‘rock bottom’ April 15, 2026 The UK’s biggest housebuilder kept to the well-rehearsed tone of gloom which has loomed over the sector in recent months, when it became the latest to pull back on spending amid the market uncertainty caused by the Iran war. FTSE 100 firm Barratt Redrow said its financial targets hold firm, but warned that the blockage [...]
Pizza king points to youth joblessness as restaurant group eyes takeovers April 15, 2026 The boss of restaurant group Bow Street raised concerns over youth joblessness as the firm behind Dim T slipped into an annual loss, but outlined his dealmaking plans. David Page, now the chief executive of the Aim-listed firm, is a former boss of Pizza Express and played a key role in the expansion of Franco [...]
Grindr for Equality Launches Out in the Open, A New Series Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community to the Conversations that Matter April 15, 2026 Grindr for Equality Presents: Out in the Open with You Are Loved, the first installment focused on chemsex
Bank of England: Andrew Bailey warns AI models could ‘crack’ cyber systems April 15, 2026 Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned that a new AI model designed by a Silicon Valley company could “crack” cybersecurity systems, adding that the the technology poses a continuous challenge for key institutions. Speaking at an event in New York, Bailey suggested Mythos Claude, which was created by Anthropic, presented a threat to [...]
Why old ladies mean your house has tiny windows April 15, 2026 Guidance dictating that windows must be of a size that means ’95 per cent of the elderly female population’ could clean them without stretching is just one example of the millions of rules holding Britain back, says Tom Harwood Once you start to notice how pokey windows are on most new builds, you won’t be [...]
DHL chief on English rugby ‘concern’, Formula 1 and Manchester United April 15, 2026 “I’d say it’s a concern,” Elliott Santon, the head of global sponsorships at DHL Express, says on the state of rugby in England. The global logistic giant is the front-of-shirt sponsor of Prem Rugby club Harlequins and has its distinctive yellow and red logo plastered on the quartered strip of the London team. DHL is [...]