Andy Burnham makes £1bn challenge to Starmer and Reeves before the Budget November 20, 2025 Andy Burnham has revealed a £1bn growth plan for Manchester in a move which could be seen as a direct challenge to both Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves less than a week before the Budget. The Mayor of Greater Manchester has touted the proposals as a way to “pioneer a new [...]
AEG Presents UK Unveils British Airways ARC at Olympia, London November 20, 2025 Booking diary open now for 2026 launch
Verne and Nscale Announce 15MW AI Infrastructure Deployment to Accelerate Sustainable AI Infrastructure Growth in the Nordics November 20, 2025 Nscale selects Verne for major liquid-cooled GPU deployment to expand Europe’s AI capacity
British Airways to sponsor AEG’s major new Olympia events venue November 20, 2025 British Airways has been named as the headline sponsor of Olympia’s new event venue, as the west London exhibition centre nears the completion of its £1.3bn regeneration. The partnership will give the UK’s flagship carrier naming rights to the megaproject’s concert venue arena and theatre, and see the venues integrated into a destination as part [...]
The Capitalist: The politicians who almost made it onto I’m a Celebrity November 20, 2025 Angela Rayner? Ed Balls? Michael Gove? We spill the beans on who almost made it into the I'm a Celebrity jungle in this week's The Capitalist.
Only a new leader can save Labour now November 20, 2025 Starmer and Reeves have a majority but not a mandate and are too weak to deliver anything. Only a new leader can give the markets and the OBR confidence that they have an actual plan, says Helen Thomas As Budget preparation ploughs into the final furlong, the next field is already lining up on the [...]
Banking chief warns Reeves against ‘quick fixes’ in Budget November 20, 2025 The boss of Britain’s trade association for financial services has warned Rachel Reeves against hiking taxes on banks at next week’s Budget. David Postings, chief executive of UK Finance, said London’s banking sector risked becoming less competitive with European peers if it were to face additional taxes. Speaking at a dinner for City execs at [...]
Is Budget speculation a bad thing? November 20, 2025 Testing measures before the big day can be helpful, but the upcoming Budget has been a feeding frenzy, making it impossible to distinguish fan fiction from genuine policy, says Tim Sarson The Autumn Budget speculation season has become rather a circus. I thought last year was unusually long and noisy but 2025 takes things to [...]
Mark Kleinman: Can Osborne usher in a golden era for HSBC? November 20, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Can Osborne usher in a golden era for HSBC? George Osborne’s words to his Chinese audience were clear: “Through the ups and downs, let’s stick together. Let’s stick together to grow our economies. Let’s stick together to make [...]
AWS and HUMAIN Expand Partnership with NVIDIA AI Infrastructure and AWS AI Chip Deal to Drive Global AI Innovation November 19, 2025 Expanded partnership includes deployment of up to 150,000 AI accelerators including the latest NVIDIA GB300s AI infrastructure and AWS’s Trainium chips. Amazon Bedrock will provide customers access to best-in-class foundation models optimized across diverse, high performance AI chip infrastructures. AWS becomes HUMAIN’s preferred AI partner with AWS and HUMAIN collaborating to bring AI compute and services to customers worldwide.