Fourth Launches Fourth iQ 3.0, Giving Senior Restaurant Leaders Control and Visibility Over Store Performance February 26, 2026 Fourth, the leading provider of workforce and inventory management solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced the launch of Fourth iQ 3.0, introducing a significant new layer of above-store AI capabilities built for executives and operations teams responsible for multi-location performance. The release complements Fourth iQ’s in-store AI capabilities, including Forecasting and Next Best Actions, [...]
Fluidra Delivers Strong 2025 Results, Advancing Its Strategic Priorities February 26, 2026 Sales up 7% on constant currency to €2,184 million with volume growth across all regions and positive price contribution Net income of €176 million, up 28% Successful completion of the €100 million savings set under its Simplification Plan Proposes 2025 dividend distribution of 65 euro cents per share, up 8%
Rolls-Royce shares rally after unveiling bumper buyback plan February 26, 2026 Rolls-Royce has laid out plans to return billions to investors over the next two years after the blue-chip giant’s profit rocketed, leading to an upgrade of targets. The aerospace titan revealed plans for a £7bn to £9bn multi-year share buyback from 2026 to 2028, which comes as the firm wraps up a £1bn buyback from [...]
Olympics should lead way in AI and lighten impossible load on its judges February 26, 2026 If any sporting body has the means to fund investment in AI judging it’s the International Olympic Committee, writes Ed Warner. I’ve no idea whether Zoe Atkin’s “amplitude” deserved to bag silver rather than bronze in the freeski halfpipe on Sunday. All I know is she didn’t wipe out on all three of her three [...]
On this day: The collapse of Barings Bank February 26, 2026 On 26 February 1995, 31 years ago today, Baring Bank, one of the City’s most venerable institutions, was declared insolvent after a massive fraud by one of its employees, Nick Leeson, recalls Eliot Wilson In the 1990s, following the wake of Big Bang and the influx of brash but wealthy, “Greed is good, greed is [...]
Made to be broken? Reeves urged to keep fiscal rules February 26, 2026 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to keep her fiscal rules amid growing calls for tweaks to be made to factor in long-term investments and demands for higher defence spending. Richard Hughes, the most recent chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), called on Reeves to see out her fiscal rules through parliament. Appearing [...]
Employment law changes could mean huge payouts for under-performing private equity execs February 26, 2026 Private equity often hires on a “perform, or else” basis, with senior executives are left exposed to deliver positive results (and fast). But changes to employment will make it harder – and more expensive – to sack anyone with more than six months’ service, writes Jade Gooding The challenges facing the UK economy continue to [...]
Service sector profits continue long decline February 26, 2026 Profitability in the UK’s service sector declined for the seventeenth consecutive rolling quarter, according to new data, with businesses reporting few signs of improvement on the horizon. The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) latest survey on the service sector showed that rising costs put businesses’ bottom line under pressure. A weighted balance of -28 per [...]
Amadeus Acquires SkyLink to Accelerate the Deployment of AI in Travel February 25, 2026 As the industry moves from AI proof of concepts to adoption, Amadeus takes the next step in delivering meaningful AI use cases at scale with the acquisition of SkyLink Amadeus to enable smarter, more automated and faster travel bookings by adding SkyLink’s AI-driven conversational technology to its product portfolio to assist travelers and employees on the road
Orbia Announces CFO Transition and Appointment of Successor February 25, 2026 Orbia Advance Corporation, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ORBIA*) (“Orbia” or “the Company”) announced today that James P. “Jim” Kelly will retire as Chief Financial Officer after four years of service. The Company also announced that Cristian “Cape” Capellino will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer effective March 15, 2026. Kelly joined Orbia in 2021 [...]