Is the Audi Q9 the poshest Audi yet? August 11, 2026 Audi’s new range-topping Q9 is the biggest, plushest thing the four rings have built yet, a seven-seat, tech-crammed luxury SUV squaring up to the Range Rover. Here’s what we know before it lands on UK roads. Audi has never been shy about going big, but the new Q9 takes things to another level. Audi says [...]
‘Cost of business crisis’ as government drives up overheads by 70 per cent in a decade August 11, 2026 British companies are facing a “cost of business crisis” as a string of controversial government policies have pushed up an average firm’s expenses by 70 per cent in a decade, one of the country’s largest industry bodies has found. A typical-mid-sized firm is now paying roughly £827,000 more a year than they were in 2016 [...]
On this day: ‘We begin bombing in five minutes’ – Reagan’s accidental broadcast August 11, 2026 On this day, 11 August 1984, a risqué joke from Ronald Reagan accidentally made his weekly radio broadcast, writes Eliot Wilson.
Silence Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering of $150 Million of American Depositary Shares August 10, 2026 Silence Therapeutics plc (“Silence” or the “Company”), a global clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel short interfering RNA (“siRNA”) therapies, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of approximately $150 million of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing three ordinary shares of £0.05 each in the capital of the Company, in the [...]
Point2 Completes $136M Series B Funding with Arm, LB Investment, and Maverick Silicon August 10, 2026 New Funding Further Solidifies Point2’s e‑Tube Technology Platform as the Foundation for Next-Generation AI Data-Center Interconnect
Rosslyn Coffee boss James Hennebry tells us the secret to great coffee August 10, 2026 We’re into the final round of voting for the 2026 Toast the City Awards. We’ve been catching up with some of our finalists; today we spoke to Rosslyn Coffee co-founder James Hennebry, who has two of his City locations, Ludgate Circus and London Wall, nominated in the Best Coffee category. To vote for your favourite [...]
We can’t all create jobs. But we can all create opportunities. August 10, 2026 Headlines about the challenges facing young people trying to secure their first meaningful job have become hard to ignore. And with exam results for our next generation of workers landing soon, Emily Shenton, co-founder of Arrival, an organisational performance consultancy whose social impact practice partners with corporates to help ambitious young people build careers and [...]
Burnham bounce: PM gets popularity boost – at Farage’s expense August 10, 2026 Andy Burnham scored a sharp boost in popularity ratings in July just as Nigel Farage’s ratings cratered, new polling has found. The latest City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll of UK voters has shown that Burnham’s approval ratings jumped by 12 points in July from a net score of zero, making him the most positively received figure [...]
Lepas L8: China’s New SUV Means Business August 10, 2026 Is the UK’s SUV market ready for another Chinese challenger? Motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay takes a closer look at the new Lepas. Lepas, another new marque from automotive giant Chery – the company behind Omoda and Jaecoo – is positioning the L8 plug-in hybrid (PHEV) as a premium SUV that combines handsome styling, generous technology [...]
Anthony Hamilton’s cars – including a special jaguar – just sold for £2.9m, here’s why August 10, 2026 Anthony Hamilton’s classic car collection sold for almost £2.9 million at Silverstone, led by a record-breaking Jaguar XJ220. Here’s what the results tell us about today’s classic car market. Lewis Hamilton’s father has waved goodbye to a sizeable slice of his private garage, and I have to say, I wasn’t expecting it to make quite [...]