Options Selects atNorth Data Center for Private AI Solution November 18, 2025 Options Technology (Options), the leading provider of capital markets infrastructure, today announced a partnership with atNorth, the leading Nordic high-density colocation and built-to-suit datacenter provider, to host its expanded private AI solution, at atNorth’s ICE02 data center in Iceland. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251118956675/en/ Options infrastructure expansion results from [...]
Brain drain latest: Brits quitting UK three times faster than thought November 18, 2025 Fears that the UK is in the grips of a ‘brain drain’ escalated on Tuesday after fresh data revealed that than three times as many British nationals left the UK last year than officials previously thought. According to revisions made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 257,000 Britons left the UK in 2024, over [...]
COP out: Big businesses swerve climate conference November 18, 2025 COP 26 in Glasgow represented a high-water mark for companies flouting their ambitious transition plans and lofty climate credentials. This year’s summit could not be more different, writes Ali Lyon. Reclining on stage at the 26th COP summit in his native Glasgow, Alan Jope was at home both literally and spiritually. The Unilever chief executive [...]
PE-backed Grant Thornton defies market trends with recruitment drive November 18, 2025 Private equity-backed accountancy giant Grant Thornton is bucking the trend in the professional service market with its plans to recruit 160 new partners over the next two years. Back in December, the firm’s partners unanimously voted in favour of an investment from private equity firm Cinven in a deal expected to value the firm at up to [...]
Why Attend ADFW 2025 November 18, 2025 ADFW 2025: Engineering the Capital Network Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) is the MENA region’s premier business and investment summit, bringing together global leaders, market experts, policymakers, and investors from over 100 countries to drive impactful dialogue and collaboration. Over four transformative days, ADFW 2025 promises yet another milestone gathering of global finance’s most influential voices across five [...]
ICG: FTSE 100 giant’s shares rocket as fee income soars November 18, 2025 Shares in global alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) soared on Tuesday morning after the firm recorded a dramatic jump in profit for the first half of the year. The FTSE 100 giant’s stock was up over eight per cent to 2,046.26p when markets opened, which came after the group revealed a 77 per [...]
European Commission Grants Approval of Remsima™ IV Liquid Formulation, World’s First Liquid Formulation of IV Infliximab November 18, 2025 Remsima™ IV (intravenous) liquid formulation, the world’s first liquid formulation of IV infliximab has been approved by the European Commission (EC) for all previously approved indications for Remsima™ IV powder formulation1 The approval is based on the comparability data between infliximab powder formulation and the liquid formulation2 The new liquid formulation of infliximab, available in 100 mg and a newly introduced 350 mg presentation, eliminates the need for reconstitution and cuts drug preparation time by 51%, lowering preparation costs by 20% 1,3 Projected annual cost savings across seven European countries could reach up to €2.6 million, alongside significant improvements to workflow efficiency 3
PE, mergers, and AI: Professional services faces its most pivotal moment for 20 years November 18, 2025 The professional services industry is arguably going through its most critical time in the last 20 years. As it sits on its train to the future, where it jumps off will seal its fate, as each move firms take will be critical to what the industry may look like in the next 10 years. While [...]
Budget could hand economy £60bn if small businesses supported November 18, 2025 Small businesses could provide a £60bn injection to the UK economy if the Autumn Budget meets firm’s needs, fresh research has indicated. Fresh research from Barclays Business Prosperity Index showed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were playing it cautious ahead of the Budget, even more so than their larger corporate counterparts. Firms hit pause on [...]
Prime Ministers deserve a nicer house and we deserve better government November 18, 2025 The nerve centre of the British state, 10 Downing Street, is fantastically ill-suited to the needs of a modern Prime Minister and to the interests of the country. An excellent piece by Politico last week lifted the lid on what it’s actually like to work in this rather dilapidated Georgian townhouse, with one former No [...]