JP Morgan boss issues bank tax warning to John Healey August 17, 2026 The boss of JP Morgan has issued a bank tax warning to John Healey as the Chancellor gears up to deliver his first Budget in October. Jamie Dimon, who has led Wall Street’s biggest bank since 2006, held a call with Healey on Thursday where the bank chief emphasised “getting public policy right” as crucial [...]
Ask the expert: Is this a hack for contributing £29,000 to an ISA? August 17, 2026 Fidelity personal financial specialist Marianna Hunt is back on hand to answer your burning questions, and today a reader wants to know if they’ve found a hack on UK ISA rules. Q. My grandson is turning 18 this year. I want to give him some money to invest in his ISA. Is it true that [...]
Trading Central Launches a UCITS ETF August 17, 2026 Trading Central SA (“Trading Central”) announces the launch of a UCITS European Quant ETF in partnership with HANetf Asset Management, one of Europe’s leading white-label UCITS ETF and ETC platforms. The following ETF is now trading on Euronext Paris (eligible to PEA), Milan, Dublin, and Börse Frankfurt, and is coming soon to more European stock [...]
New Premier League rules could see £11bn invested into new stadiums August 17, 2026 Alan Sendorek explains why we are seeing a third revolution of football stadium development on these shores. The third football stadium revolution in England is underway. At least two-thirds of Premier League clubs, and a substantial number lower down the pyramid, have either recently completed a major stadium upgrade or have one planned. Everton and [...]
Should Burnham dash for an early election? August 17, 2026 High on the Burnham bounce, an early election could be a tempting proposition for Labour. But the PM should heed caution, writes Eliot Wilson.
Jobs market ‘stops moving’ as employment costs weigh on hirers August 17, 2026 The UK’s jobs market has “largely stopped moving” as employment costs weigh on businesses and block jobseekers’ progression into the world of work. Private sector employment intentions are stuck at the lowest ever level outside of the covid-19 pandemic, at plus 11, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The organisation, which [...]
What Burnham’s Sporting Events Bill means for brands and media owners August 16, 2026 As Andy Burnham’s government presses on with the Sporting Events Bill, what does it mean for brands and media owners? The World Cup may have wrapped up, but the sporting calendar is relentless, and brands and media owners will already be preparing for the next big event. Indeed, the domestic football season has already kicked [...]
Inside the London workshop that made Hundred, FA Cup and World Cup trophies August 15, 2026 Ahead of the Hundred final Matt Hardy spoke to the makers of the trophy, Thomas Lyte, who now hold a royal warrant Sports may vary in rules, squad sizes, scoring systems and the rest of it but something remains a constant across each and every discipline thousands of us pay our hard-earned cash to watch: [...]
New Revuelto SV is the fastest and most intense Lamborghini ever August 14, 2026 With a name that means ‘super fast’ in Italian, the Revuelto Super Veloce is a supercar that pulls no punches Just unveiled at Monterey Car Week in California, it’s the most powerful production Lamborghini ever – a track-focused flagship reserved for 1,963 of the marque’s ‘most loyal customers’. How ‘super fast’ are we talking? Well, [...]
Is the Zeekr 9X Super Hybrid the new luxury SUV to beat? August 14, 2026 Zeekr’s enormous new 9X Super Hybrid is heading to Europe with 885bhp, more than 100 miles of electric range and a cabin packed with luxury tech. Here’s everything we know so far, and whether it could trouble the Range Rover. Zeekr is bringing its biggest and most powerful SUV to Europe, and it isn’t exactly [...]