Brightfin Appoints Preeti Shukla as Chief Product and AI Officer August 10, 2026 Enterprise AI SaaS leader to accelerate Brightfin's AI-Native platform for IT financial management
The World’s Largest AI Companies Built Deployment Arms This Year. Harbor Built One for Law August 10, 2026 Harbor Deploy is the first AI deployment offering built exclusively for law firms and corporate legal departments, bringing the embedded-engineering model now reshaping enterprise AI to the industry where confidentiality, professional judgment, and duty to the client are non-negotiable.
Harvey Nichols will collapse without rescue deal, directors warn August 10, 2026 Harvey Nichols will collapse into administration if a rescue buyer is not found, directors of the luxury department store chain have warned. The retail empire will “cease trading” if it fails to agree a sale and no additional funding is found, the group’s directors cautioned in its latest accounts. Harvey Nichols could find a buyer [...]
Revolut lands fresh banking licence after wrestling with Europe friction August 10, 2026 Revolut has been granted a new full-fat banking licence with approval from the European Central Bank following previous friction with the prudential regulator. The $75bn fintech giant – which is currently undergoing a secondary share sale expected to value it at $115bn – revealed on Monday its European arm will accelerate its continental push under [...]
Government to inject millions into electric vehicle firms despite mandate backlash August 10, 2026 The government will invest £65m into firms producing zero-emission vehicles, despite backlash from the automotive industry over its controversial electric vehicle mandate. The funding includes £50m for car firms and research partners to help produce electric vehicles at a larger scale. The Department of Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said the funding would support 1,800 [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown orders staff back to office August 9, 2026 The UK’s largest DIY investment site is ordering employees back to the office from the start of next year. Hargreaves Lansdown will order its staff into the workplace for three days a week, shortly after the firm moves into its new Bristol office. The wealth manager, which was acquired by buyout firms including CVC Capital [...]
Why the Loire Valley is about so much more than fairytale castles August 8, 2026 Beyond the Loire Valley’s fairy-tale châteaux, a gentler side of this celebrated destination awaits. Lucy Daltroff dives in It takes just over an hour to fly from Stansted to Tours in the Loire Valley and soon I am eating a spectacular lunch and drinking local wine at the rooftop La Belle Vue Restaurant. Before me [...]
El Nino heatwaves to ‘fuel inflation next year’ August 7, 2026 The ‘Super El Nino’ triggering record temperatures across Europe could add a full percentage point to inflation next year, hampering central bank efforts to slow down price rises, a top investment bank has warned. According to an analysis by Jefferies, harsh weather unleashed by the meteorological phenomenon will pose “an inflationary threat” next year and [...]
Norwegian FA chief Klaveness cools Fifa election talk and takes swipe at Blatter August 7, 2026 Norwegian football chief Lise Klaveness has played down her Fifa presidency ambitions and taken a swipe at Sepp Blatter, the former boss of the embattled governing body. Klaveness, a former international player, is a long-standing and outspoken critic of Fifa and has been touted as a potential challenger to current kingpin Gianni Infantino. Infantino is [...]
Sia Accelerates Its Expansion in Australia with the Acquisition of Seven Consulting August 7, 2026 Sia continues its international expansion with the acquisition of Seven Consulting, an Australian management consulting firm known for its expertise in Business Transformation, serving many of the country’s largest Banking, Government, Transportation & Postal, Retail & Consumer Goods, and Energy & Utilities organisations. Founded in 2002, Seven Consulting brings together a team of over 100 [...]