Zopa Bank’s profit booms despite ‘penalised’ motor finance hit March 19, 2026 Zopa Bank cruised to its third consecutive year of profitability in 2025 but has offered a stark warning it feels “penalised” by the UK’s financial watchdog after getting swept up in the motor finance scandal. The Canary Wharf fintech has set aside £7.9m in provisions for the car mis-selling saga, which centres around the use [...]
International investment into UK businesses dips March 19, 2026 High-growth British companies with international founders have seen significantly reduced cash injections from overseas over the last five years, raising concerns around inward investment into the UK. Sums raised by these companies have dropped 36 per cent since 2021, according to the latest analysis from Rathbones using data gathered from Companies House filings. The number [...]
Ex-Google executive puts AI hiring under scrutiny March 18, 2026 A former Google Cloud executive has put AI hiring and its consequences under renewed scrutiny in a US courtroom. The unnamed ex-Big Tech employee’s testimony revolved around how automated, agentic systems are increasingly shaping recruitment decisions, not at the final interview stage, but much earlier, where candidates are filtered, ranked and, in many cases, excluded. [...]
viagogo Launches AI-Powered Tool for Artists, Teams, Venues March 18, 2026 “viagogo Distribution Manager” is self-serve tool that gives rights holders a direct line to over 125 million fans
ActiveCampaign is First to Launch AI that Acts, Not Just Answers at Spring Innovation Keynote March 18, 2026 New proactive, agent-to-user AI and personalization bring enterprise-grade marketing intelligence to small and mid-size businesses
Bar of the week: Flipdog, the Shoreditch spot stoking its cocktails with a hot poker March 18, 2026 Hot pokers and experimental cocktails? Thanks very much, says Anna Moloney in her write up of new Shoreditch hotspot Flipdog.
Ramsdens shares rocket as pawnbroker cashes in on gold boom March 18, 2026 Shares in pawnbroker Ramsdens rocketed as it looked poised to take advantage of gold prices, inflated by the Iran war, by taking as much as £28m this year. The firm’s share price soared by more than ten per cent on Wednesday, to 404p, leaving it up more than four per cent in the year so [...]
City AM Awards 2026: Meet the Finalists March 18, 2026 And the nominees are…. Personality of the Year Greg Jackson CBE The entrepreneur and CEO of Octopus Energy has become one of the UK’s most prominent business leaders, known for his straight talking and punchy views across a range of topics including UK entrepreneurship, the business environment, capital markets and, of course, energy. In August [...]
Ex Titan Wealth chief executive is back to tackle the market once more March 18, 2026 The former chief executive of Titan Wealth has launched a new wealth management business in a bid to modernise the traditional market. Derek Miles, who is also the former chief executive of Aspira, launched Nine Edge Wealth on Wednesday with co-founder Kyle Augustin, who was previously chief executive at Fintel IQ. Jo Blake, also formerly [...]
Meet Gen Zalpha: The new generation up-starts reshaping consumer culture March 18, 2026 Forget Gen Z, it's Generation Zalpha whose commercial influence now matters in the advertising world, writes Ogilvy's Amelia Torode.