Big Four giant KPMG downgrades equity partners April 24, 2026 Big Four giant KPMG has begun demoting UK senior equity partners – members who hold a stake in the firm and share its profits – and instead offering them lower status salaried partner roles. KPMG, which last year paid its equity partners on average £800,000 each a year, has reportedly been inviting the partners for [...]
Magic circle Freshfields to co-build legal AI with Anthropic April 24, 2026 Magic circle law firm Freshfields has signed a multi-year agreement with AI giant Anthropic, giving the firm easy access to Anthropic’s latest AI models and collaborating to help design Anthropic’s next-generation offerings. As part of the deal, Freshfields has rolled out Anthropic’s Claude models to its entire global workforce of 5,700 users across 33 offices, [...]
WTA tennis chief Portia Archer leaves after less than two years April 24, 2026 The chief of the WTA women’s pro tennis tour Portia Archer has left her position after less than two years in post. A memo sent by the organisation’s chair Valerie Camillo said Archer’s decision to step down as chief came ahead of a contract renewal. “Portia has made important contributions to our tournaments, our players, [...]
Meta to cut 8,000 jobs as AI spending soars April 24, 2026 Meta Platforms is set to cut around 8,000 jobs next month as it ramps up spending on AI, in what marks one of the company’s largest rounds of layoffs in recent years. The move, as first reported by Bloomberg, will see roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s workforce cut, alongside plans to leave thousands of [...]
KPMG: Over half of insurance CEOs anticipate major M&A disruption April 24, 2026 Partner content, in association with KPMG Insurance A new major report by Big Four giant KPMG has revealed that over 50 per cent of CEOs in the insurance sector expect high-impact M&A deals to affect their businesses, a figure higher than in any other sector in the survey. Huw Evans, Partner and head of insurance [...]
The WhatsApp group trying to collectively sink one million pints April 24, 2026 Meet the group sharing photos of their journey to sink a million pints Plato asked how we define justice. Aristotle wanted to know what makes a good life. Einstein questioned if God plays dice with the universe, and Darwin wondered why species change. These questions changed history and laid the foundations of humankind’s place in [...]
Crypto firms ‘obvious contender’ to replace betting brands in Premier League April 24, 2026 Crypto companies are “an obvious contender” to replace betting firms as main shirt sponsors when the Premier League ban on gambling brands kicks in next year. More than half of English top-flight teams need new main sponsors for the 2026-27 season and market intelligence platform Caytoo says that it is surprising that no crypto brand [...]
Dining out with Michelin’s most dedicated followers April 24, 2026 The all-powerful Michelin Guide has garnered a cult following of enthusiasts. Carys Sharkey goes star gazing Slap-bang in the middle of March, the impressively drawn-out awards season reached its zenith. First comes the trailers, then the films, then the media rounds, then the SAG Awards, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes and finally the Oscars. The [...]
JBL Celebrates 80 Years of Powering Voices April 23, 2026 JBL, the iconic audio brand from HARMAN, is celebrating its 80th anniversary, marking eight decades of delivering sound that moves generations. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423455760/en/ A legacy of leadership Since its founding by visionary engineer James B. Lansing in 1946, JBL has set the standard for audio innovation. [...]
Aera Technology to Present Agentic Decision Intelligence at Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 April 23, 2026 Sessions With The Estée Lauder Companies and Kerry Group Reveal How AI Decisions at Scale Cut Waste, Improve Resilience, and Transform Supply Chains