Investors swerve bitcoin as they look to ride out market volatility March 25, 2026 Retail investors are turning away from bitcoin in favour of mainstream assets in a bid to avoid the effects of wider market volatility. Investors’ optimism of the digital asset is cooling, with only 54 per cent expecting bitcoin’s price to rise over the next 12 months, down from 65 per cent last quarter, according to [...]
Where is London’s cheapest pint? March 25, 2026 Drawn out of the office and into the City’s pubs by the springtime sun, Square Mile workers will face a bitter taste when they pay for their pints. The City of London is one of the 28 London boroughs where the cost of a pint has surged over the past two years, with the price [...]
UK payments system is deceptively complex March 25, 2026 Beneath every tap of your card is a complex web of payment systems you don't even notice – and we mustn't fall behind, writes Keith Douglas.
Claire Williams on missing out on $2bn, state of F1 and MP ambitions March 25, 2026 Six years ago, in August of 2020, Claire Williams sold her eponymous Formula 1 racing team – founded by her father in 1977 – for around $150m to US investment group Dorilton Capital. The deal cleared the team’s debts amid financial difficulties and the Covid-19 pandemic, and ensured the team would race on – keeping [...]
Rocco Forte: Inheritance tax grab has endangered my family firm March 25, 2026 With luxury outposts across Europe, and plans to expand to the Gulf, Rocco Forte Hotels has become one of Britain’s most successful hospitality exports. But after being hit by a wave of damaging policies – including a potentially existential inheritance tax crackdown – he tells Ali Lyon, he is more disillusioned with Britain now, than [...]
Arm Expands Compute Platform to Silicon Products in Historic Company First March 24, 2026 News Highlights Arm extends its platform breadth to include production silicon products for the first time, offering the broadest choice of compute across IP, Arm Compute Subsystems (CSS) and silicon Introducing the first Arm-designed data center CPU, the Arm AGI CPU, for agentic AI infrastructure, delivering more than 2x performance per rack compared with x86 platforms* Developed with lead partner Meta, with other customers and leading ODMs committed for production, the Arm AGI CPU is backed by strong support from the global ecosystem
Blockworks Launches Investor Relations Platform for Onchain Businesses March 24, 2026 The platform combines curated analytics, a branded investor portal, and white-glove advisory services, all designed to make investor communications less of a burden and more of a trust-building opportunity
Spirits can Further Newnham’s hot streak March 24, 2026 HAPPY Valley’s five-furlong Rotary Centenary Challenge Cup Handicap (12.40pm) is the feature race on another exciting nine-race card in Hong Kong today. There is no doubt there would have been a celebration party at the stable of trainer Mark Newnham on Sunday evening. The former assistant to Australian training greats Bart Cummings and Gai Waterhouse [...]
EC urged to stop Fifa’s ‘aggressive and exploitative’ World Cup ticket prices March 24, 2026 The European Commission has been urged to intervene over Fifa’s “aggressive and exploitative” ticket sale policies for this summer’s World Cup. Prices at the tournament provoked widespread outcry when they were revealed last year, with the cheapest tickets for the final initially costing £3,000 and now listed for much more. Consumer rights group Euroconsumers and [...]
Snooker World Championship to stay at The Crucible until at least 2045 March 24, 2026 The Crucible will remain home to snooker’s World Championship until at least 2045 after an agreement was struck to expand the venue’s capacity. The championships will celebrate 50 years at The Crucible in 2027 but faced the threat of being moved to a larger venue overseas by the sport’s promoters Matchroom. Work will begin on [...]