Lidl eyes Poundland bargain as sale of discount retailer ramps up October 15, 2026 Discount supermarket Lidl has tabled a bid for a single Poundland shop in the hope of scooping up more stores if the retailer is broken up, City AM has learned. The German grocery chain has put in an offer to Gordon Brothers, which owns the retailer, in which it would initially buy one store if [...]
Tipalti’s 2026 Global Finance Outlook Index Reveals AI Adoption Has Tripled, Yet Finance Teams Remain Unprepared for Global Complexity October 15, 2026 Despite rapid advances in automation, 86% of finance professionals face increasing workloads, while trust, security, and readiness remain critical challenges
Coty Launches Global Fragrance Club, a New Community for the Voices Shaping the Future of Fragrance October 15, 2026 New initiative brings fragrance experts, educators, creators and community leaders together with Coty’s fragrance teams
Labour will ‘live to regret’ scrapping triple lock, shadow pension minister warns October 15, 2026 The shadow pensions minister has warned Andy Burnham that he will “live to regret” scrapping the triple lock on the state pension to pay for his new National Care Service. Speaking at the annual Pensions UK conference on Wednesday, Helen Whately argued Burnham has created a new financial challenge through his commitment to drop the [...]
Big Four scoop £1.5bn in government contracts despite Labour’s pledge to cut spend October 15, 2026 The Big Four have collectively secured over £1.5bn in public contracts so far this year despite the UK government’s pledge to cut spending on external consultants to save taxpayers’ money. An investigation by market intelligence platform Tussell found the government has awarded KPMG, Deloitte, EY and PwC over £1.5bn in contracts so far in 2026, [...]
Smarsh Taps Former ACI Worldwide Executive Alessandro Silva as Chief Growth Officer to Drive Next Phase of Global Expansion October 15, 2026 In a newly created role, Silva will lead Smarsh’s commercial strategy as the company scales across international markets
ClearBank CEO: If there’s a fire, run towards it October 15, 2026 Mark Fairless, CEO at ClearBank Group, takes us through his career, from Tesco to fintech, in today's Square Mile and Me.
Healey promises Budget will ‘meet the moment’ October 15, 2026 Chancellor John Healey has promised that the Budget will “meet the moment” as rising costs are set to hamper households and businesses over the next few months. In interviews in Bangkok for the International Monetary Fund’s meetings, Healey said he had acted from “week one” to relieve pressures facing businesses and households with a blitz [...]
Kolibri Global Energy Inc. Announces Operations Update October 15, 2026 Kolibri Global Energy Inc. (the “Company” or “Kolibri”) (TSX: KEI, NASDAQ: KGEI) is pleased to provide an operations update on its latest wells in its Tishomingo field in Oklahoma. CLIFTON MACK WELLS The three Clifton Mack wells (97.45%-99.03% WI) have been flowing back fracture stimulation fluid for about three weeks and have continued to show [...]
Don’t congratulate Sadiq Khan for delivering the transport London needed 10 years ago October 15, 2026 So far, Sadiq Khan's only transport achievements have been to cut the ribbon on new projects that his predecessors started, writes James Ford.