Vistry angers market with £30m loss as new boss faces turbulent start July 8, 2026 Vistry has attracted the ire of shareholders and analysts after it revealed a £30m first-half loss, as the firm stutters under its new chief executive. The FTSE 250 housebuilder delivered an unscheduled update to shareholders this morning, revealing that chief financial officer Tim Lawlor will quit in October after being headhunted by a “large privately-owned [...]
IMF offers UK modest growth upgrade despite fresh Iran war tension July 8, 2026 The UK economy is set to grow just one per cent this year, according to the The International Monetary Fund (IMF), following a modest revision from its previous gloomy prediction. The IMF said the consequences Iran war, which has led to continued disruptions across the economically-critical Strait of Hormuz, would soften momentum across the UK [...]
Leo Cancer Care Raises $65M Series D to Scale Its Integrated Upright Cancer Care Platform July 8, 2026 Oversubscribed round follows the world-first compact upright proton treatment at Stanford Medicine — funding a single upright platform that will span imaging and treatment across multiple radiation modalities.
Cloudflare Announces Research Pilot with OpenAI July 8, 2026 Research pilot combines Cloudflare’s global network signals with OpenAI’s frontier search capabilities
Brentford FC stadium to host rugby union franchise sevens finals July 8, 2026 Brentford will host another sporting event this year with the finals of the inaugural Ultimate Sevens rugby union competition set for a west London debut this September. The sevens tournament will conclude a four-leg series on Thursday 24 September at the Premier League club’s Gtech Community Stadium after events in three successive weeks in Madrid, [...]
Options Technology Named 2025 Equinix EMEA Partner Award Winner July 8, 2026 Options Technology, the leading provider of trading infrastructure and market data solutions, today announced it has been named 2025 Equinix EMEA Partner of the Year. This award, part of the Equinix Partner Awards program, celebrates Equinix’s partners for commitment, customer focus, and execution with shared go-to-market priorities. The EMEA Partner of the Year award recognizes [...]
TetraMem and SK hynix Showcase Successful Technology Collaboration Advancing Memory-Centric AI Computing July 8, 2026 Joint achievement highlights how Analog In-Memory Computing can address the growing energy and thermal challenges of AI while laying the foundation for deeper collaboration on next-generation memory and computing architectures.
First look: The Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake ‘Hommage’ July 8, 2026 Niels van Roij Design has revealed its latest bespoke creation: a stunning tribute to the one-off 1972 Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake. The Dutch coachbuilder has earned a reputation for building some of the world’s most desirable wagons, having previously applied its talents to the Rolls-Royce Corniche and Silver Spectre. The V12-powered Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage [...]
Jet2 handed £400m boost from Iran war jet fuel spike July 8, 2026 Jet2 recorded a £400m boost from the rising price of jet fuel which caused widespread fear that summer holidays could be cancelled and airlines could go bust. The package holiday provider revealed that it defied the travel chaos caused by the Middle East conflict to instead take a £388m balance sheet boost from rising jet [...]
Virgin Media slapped with £28m fine for stopping customers cancelling deals July 8, 2026 Virgin Media has been slapped with the media watchdog’s largest ever fine for direct harm to consumers after it was found to have mishandled millions of calls with users looking to switch away to a better deal The telecoms giant has been hit with a £28m fine after it was found to have put customers [...]