TA to Invest in MedEnvision in Partnership With Its Founders, Management and Smile Invest October 22, 2026 MedEnvision (www.medenvision.com), a Belgian medtech company that helps orthopaedic surgical teams work more efficiently in the operating theatre, announces, together with its founders, management and current financial partner Smile Invest, a new strategic partnership with TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global private equity firm. TA’s investment will support MedEnvision’s long-term growth strategy, centred on continued [...]
See you in court (eventually): Labour’s dumping problems on broken Tribunals October 22, 2026 Since coming to power, Labour has passed some hefty laws, including its landmark renters’ rights reform and employment overhaul, but they aren’t giving voters more power; they’re passing them onto the already backlogged Tribunal system, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. One of the main reforms in focus is the Renters’ Rights Act, which came into force in [...]
What does the public really think about rejoining the EU? October 22, 2026 It’s pure delusion to conclude that rejoining the European Union would cure our financial woes and the public knows it, says Dr Michael Turner Andy Burnham wants to reopen Pandora’s box. After solemnly promising before the Makerfield by-election that Brexit was settled, the Prime Minister now concludes that all options are on the table as [...]
Our national debt is a crisis but at least we got a good dance track out of it October 22, 2026 Monday 24 November 2008, and MPs are gripped by one of the most consequential parliamentary debates of the past 30 years. As Chancellor, the late Alistair Darling had just told the House that his pre-Budget statement was being “made against a background of economic uncertainty not seen for generations” and that they had gathered in [...]
With Jackdaw approved, what’s next for the North Sea? October 22, 2026 A lot has happened since 1 June 2022, the date when ministers first granted permission to tap the Jackdaw gas field. The Conservatives were halfway through their ill-fated final term of three. Kwasi Kwarteng was the business secretary, with equally ill-fated aspirations for higher office. And the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – [...]
Budget 2026: Consumer confidence tumbles as Healey urged to slow ‘tsunami of costs’ October 22, 2026 John Healey has been urged to tackle the “tsunami of costs” facing firms as consumer confidence tumbled ahead of the crucial Budget next week. Brits’ confidence in the state of the economy worsened from -32 to -40 in October, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)’s index, marking the third consecutive month of deteriorating sentiment. [...]
Paper Tiger review: Adam Driver and Miles Teller star in gritty gangster thriller October 21, 2026 Adam Driver and Miles Teller elevate James Gray’s gritty 1980s New York crime thriller, even as Paper Tiger falters at the finish.
Ex-cost of living adviser Richard Walker demands ‘aggressive’ tax reform October 21, 2026 Lord Richard Walker, the Iceland boss who advised the Sir Keir Starmer government on the cost of living, has called on Andy Burnham and John Healey to unleash “aggressive” tax reform to encourage firms to invest and hire more young people. In a paper for the Blairite think tank Progress, Walker made a series of [...]
Old Doctor Butler’s Head review: Square Mile’s best boozer? October 21, 2026 All of these new luxury hotels opening up are making us believe that “discretion” is the key to luxury, and if that is the case, surely The Old Doctor Butler’s Head is the most opulent venue in London. Tucked down a pedestrian alley in the heart of the Square Mile, you only know it when [...]
Inside the hotel in a former brewery next to the Barbican October 21, 2026 One of the Square Mile sights you might have missed over the years is the former brewery a stone’s throw from the Barbican. The grand old building is now owned by the Montcalm Collection, the London hotel firm that specialises in period conversions. Their Mayfair property repurposes a row of Georgian townhouses, and their Finsbury [...]