Frank McCourt-backed Premier Jumping League raises £37m from first team sale June 29, 2026 The Premier Jumping League has raised $50m (£38m) from the first sale of a team in the new showjumping competition backed by former LA Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. The team, which will be one of 16 in the PJL when it launches next year, has been bought by US investor and racing driver Jason McCarthy. [...]
InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund IV Holds a Final Close With Total Commitments of C$106M June 29, 2026 InvestEco Capital is pleased to announce the final close of the InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund IV. This fund will continue InvestEco’s work of investing in high-growth food companies that promote health and sustainability in the food sector. The Fund closed with total commitments of C$106M, the largest InvestEco fund to date. Investors include Farm Credit [...]
Geoswift and SKUx Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop a First-of-Its-Kind Programmable Stablecoin Commerce Network June 29, 2026 Bridging digital assets, traditional finance, enterprise treasury, and agentic commerce through global programmable money infrastructure
‘Biggest change in our lifetime’ – Burnham vows ‘greater public control’ over utilities June 29, 2026 Andy Burnham has vowed to empower local government to take “greater public control” over energy, housing, water and transport as councils are set to be handed greater powers as part of sweeping economic and political reform. In a speech on Monday setting out his 10-year vision to raise living standards, the likely next Prime Minister [...]
Kolibri Global Energy Inc. Provides Strategy Update and Higher 2026 Forecast June 29, 2026 All amounts are in US$
From Abu Dhabi to Imola: A2RL Expands Internationally with Historic Autonomous Racing Debut at Iconic Italian Track June 29, 2026 A2RL’s first international race marks a major step towards its ambition to become the world’s first international championship for fully autonomous racecars Up to 5 teams including TUM, PoliMOVE, Unimore, Kinetiz and Constructor selected from the 2025 season will compete in the world’s first autonomous multi-car race in Europe A2RL engaged Italy’s motorsport, engineering and student communities through Motor Valley Fest and a university roadshow ahead of the race Following European debut at Imola, the 2026 season will conclude at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi
Burnham’s choice of Chancellor will define his premiership June 29, 2026 Economic policy is so fraught that Burnham must choose from various paths. Retaining Reeves means warmed-over Starmerism; Miliband would be a sign that the Labour Party is tacking left; and choosing Streeting would be an advertisement that the Blairites were getting the band back together. What signal will the next Prime Minister seek to send? [...]
‘Sh*tloads to come’: London takeover spree set to accelerate June 29, 2026 At a gathering of some of London’s top bankers in the City of London last week, the mood was one of uncertainty. On the one hand, London’s dealmakers are not in want of work. In the past two weeks alone Easyjet has opened the door to an approach from American private equity firm Castlelake, Ramsdens [...]
‘Corbyn was spot on’: The radical MP shaping Burnham’s economic agenda June 29, 2026 Miatta Fahnbulleh is one of Andy Burnham’s key confidants, spearheading his agenda on energy, devolution and the cost of living. Policies the MP for Peckham has previously endorsed suggest the country is in for a sharp leftward lurch, writes Ali Lyon. The red wall had been demolished. Boris Johnson, imperious. And Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour movement [...]
As it happened: Supreme Court blocks Trump sacking; Andy Burnham vows ‘greater public control’; Comcast spin-off June 29, 2026 Good afternoon from the City AM liveblog team. News of a major spin-off deal in the media sector is providing the main talking point during the New York trading day, helping lift stocks up after the tech sector weighed on the market over the previous session. Sky owner Comcast’s announcement that it will set up [...]