Why Richard Harpin sold half of homeServe for half a million pounds — and what he’d do differently June 4, 2026 At SCALE SUMMIT on 23 April, HomeServe founder Sir Richard Harpin joined SCALE Chairman Andrew B Morris for a Chairman’s Chat on the decisions, mistakes and principles behind one of Britain’s most remarkable entrepreneurial journeys. Richard Harpin built HomeServe from nothing into a £4.1 billion business sold to Brookfield in 2023. Over 30 years, he [...]
Cloudflare Acquires VoidZero to Build the Future of the AI-Native Web June 4, 2026 Acquisition brings Vite, the world’s leading JavaScript build tool, and its core open source team to Cloudflare Cloudflare commits $1 million to an independent Vite ecosystem fund to support open source maintainers and contributors
British pensions are about to bankroll the American tech revolution June 4, 2026 Pension managers owe their members returns, not national loyalty. Any pension manager who ignored potentially transformational businesses purely because they were American would rightly face scrutiny, but commercial logic isn’t the same thing as national advantage.
WPP Media CEO: Creative industries should bet big on London, the city of brilliant lunatics June 4, 2026 London has been named the best city in the world for culture - it should be creative industries' first choice, writes WPP Media's Kate Rowlinson.
Barbican: Collabs like SXSW are the future of creative industries June 4, 2026 This week SXSW returns to London for its second year. For decades, this festival has brought together music, tech, film and the arts, creating cultural moments and sparking new ideas. The Barbican is proud to be a part of it, hosting a number of world film premieres in the heart of the City. SXSW shares our belief that great things happen [...]
Mobix Labs to Acquire U.S.-Built Drone Manufacturer Vision Aerial, Expanding Into Global Drone and Aerial Intelligence Markets June 4, 2026 Mobix Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX) today announced that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent to acquire Vision Aerial, Inc., a Montana-based manufacturer of American-built drones trusted in national security, government, energy, public safety, and critical infrastructure operations. The acquisition expands Mobix Labs into a fast-growing global market and marks the latest step in [...]
Alkermes to Present New Data on Alixorexton and LUMRYZ® (sodium oxybate) at SLEEP 2026, Highlighting Breadth of Sleep Medicine Research June 4, 2026 — 26 Abstracts Accepted Demonstrate Alkermes’ Commitment to Advancing Understanding and Treatment of Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia — — Detailed Positive Results from Vibrance-2 Phase 2 Study of Alixorexton, an Orexin 2 Receptor Agonist, in Patients With Narcolepsy Type 2 to be Shared in Oral Presentation —
Corona Launches 2026 Beach 100 Guide, Invites The World To Explore The Outdoors This Summer June 4, 2026 Ahead of World Oceans Day, the global beach authority returns with a list of new locations, over 300,000 Tripadvisor experiences, and dedicated beach grants as part of its “This is Living” platform
Kirkland & Ellis partners with Palantir for AI-driven private equity work June 4, 2026 The world’s largest law firm by revenue, Kirkland & Ellis, has agreed to partner with tech giant Palantir to create an AI tool to use in advising private equity firms. The US-based firm, which has a large City office, said the multi-year partnership will deploy technology to share the expertise of its leading partners with [...]
Bunq: Revolut rival eyeing up UK banking licence bid June 4, 2026 Europe’s second largest digital bank is gearing up for a bid for a UK banking licence, City AM can reveal, as the firm puts its hat in the ring in the fight to claw market share from fintech leader Revolut. Bunq – which reached 20 million users in just a decade – is understood to [...]