Forget The Ritz: Inside the Paris hotel loved by Madonna and Charli October 20, 2026 Paris, 2am: the windmill outside the Moulin Rouge slows to a stop. Surely that is the signal the party’s over. However, a two-minute walk away, another neon sign lures Pigalle’s party set. The letters spelling out ‘Bus Palladium’ climb vertically up the side of a 12-storey building on Rue Pierre Fontaine. Paris, 2:30am: in the [...]
Sir James Dyson calls for more ‘technical universities’ to help Neets October 19, 2026 Sir James Dyson has called for “a new wave of technical universities” to be opened in the UK in order to boost young people’s skills. Dyson has endorsed a report by Policy Exchange demanding the opening of new engineering and construction qualifications in order to reduce the number of young people not in employment, education [...]
Bond sell-off rocks Europe after France imposes curfew to contain riots October 19, 2026 European bond and equity markets were hit by a fresh sell-off on Monday as the French government rolled out curfews to contain explosive riots that have spread across the country. The 10-year yield on French bonds – a direct reflection of the government’s cost to borrow – spiked around 13 basis points to 4.9 per [...]
‘Disaster’: Advisers raise the alarm on family business tax raid October 19, 2026 John Healey’s potential tax raid on family businesses could make handing down companies to the next generation a “disaster” and damage the economy, advisers have warned. The Chancellor is reportedly considering proposals to levy income tax when business owners hand down to their children, potentially almost doubling the bill. Under current rules, transfers can be [...]
Musk and Anthropic seek to temper AI backlash with billion-dollar giveaways October 19, 2026 Elon Musk and AI giant Anthropic have announced plans for multibillion-dollar public giveaways, as Silicon Valley faces mounting scrutiny over AI’s impact on jobs and safety. Musk pledged on Monday to give every American child a share in SpaceX, in a giveaway potentially worth $10.5bn (£7.9bn), hours after Anthropic announced plans to put at least [...]
BOSS PARFUMS and HYROX Announce Multi-Year International Partnership Across Europe to Celebrate Performance, Ambition and Personal Success October 19, 2026 BOSS PARFUMS, part of Coty’s prestige beauty portfolio, and HYROX, the world’s largest fitness racing series, have announced a multi-year international partnership across DACH, UK&I, Spain, the Nordics, Benelux, and Poland. The collaboration combines the global reach of HYROX, expected to attract more than 2 million participants during the 2026/27 season, with the ambition, confidence, [...]
Cloudflare’s AI Workspace Platform Partners with Leading Applications and Deployment Teams to Make AI Productive in the Enterprise October 19, 2026 New integrations and partnerships bring secure AI workflows to the tools companies already use every day
City of London urged against business rates hikes to cover £70m shortfall October 19, 2026 The City of London Corporation has been warned that hiking business rates to cover its £70m budget shortfall would undermine the Square Mile’s global “competitiveness”. The local authority is weighing up whether to increase the business rates multiplier it charges businesses in the Square Mile, but a member of its finance committee has warned that [...]
Mercedes pips Coutts, KPMG, Deloitte and Howden at Evelyn Partners Padel Cup October 19, 2026 Sports stars, professional padel players and some of the City’s keenest racket-swingers descended on Canary Wharf last week for the second Evelyn Partners Padel Cup. More than 150 people filled out high-end club Padium for an afternoon of friendly yet fierce competition between Square Mile firms followed by an evening programme featuring coaching clinics, an [...]
Bellingham leads $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed tech firm Rezzil October 19, 2026 Jobe Bellingham has led a $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed technology firm Rezzil. The 21-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder – whose brother Jude starred for England at the Fifa World Cup this summer – is part of the round alongside putting coach Phil Kenyon, who has worked with the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie [...]