Housebuilder shares rocket after Burnham revives Help to Buy September 28, 2026 Housebuilder shares have soared after the Prime Minister announced a new Help to Buy scheme, which it is hoped will boost the UK’s construction sector. FTSE 100 housebuilders Persimmon and Barratt Redrow jumped 15 and 13 per cent in early trading, lifting the blue-chip index to early gains. FTSE 250-listed Vistry took the biggest jump [...]
Tiktok to pay £12.7m UK child privacy fine despite disputing watchdog findings September 24, 2026 Tiktok will pay a £12.7m UK fine over its handling of children’s data after abandoning a three-year legal challenge, despite maintaining that it disagrees with the privacy watchdog’s findings. The social media giant has withdrawn its appeal against a penalty imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in 2023, making the fine final. A Tiktok [...]
Top marks to Athlos for reimagining athletics and creating that elusive vibe September 24, 2026 Generating atmosphere at live sport is no easy feat – and it might not be the one that everyone wants – but Athlos succeeded, writes Ed Warner. Perri Shakes-Drayton was there for it. Luke Littler might stay away because of it. Millwall and West Ham fans create it organically. The average county cricket fan at [...]
Closing the AI skills gap is an £80 billion opportunity September 24, 2026 Smart use of AI could add £80bn in productivity gains to the British economy by 2035, but too few businesses have the workforce to deploy it effectively, says Steve Rigby The daily AI discourse moves between a few regular topics: eye-watering investment in frontier models, soaring compute costs, crippling cyberattacks and the unknowable impact of [...]
Business versus the Budget: How a ‘dismal’ fiscal picture could disrupt Labour’s Party conference September 24, 2026 As business chiefs look forward to the Labour Party conference and the ensuing Budget, Maurício Alencar explores how a difficult fiscal backdrop could disrupt meetings and undermine high expectations. In the months leading up to the Budget, hundreds of notes fly through the Treasury’s letterbox. Emails ping on officials’ phones. Lobbyists for academics, retailers, councillors, [...]
Association for Project Management Urges Government and Industry to Use Major National Projects to Create New Opportunities for NEETs and Early-Career Talent September 23, 2026 Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, is calling on Government and industry to take urgent action to help young people enter project careers, warning that the UK risks missing out on a generation of talent at a time when AI, infrastructure renewal, clean energy, defence, housing and digital [...]
Tottenham Hotspur lose another senior off-field figure September 23, 2026 Tottenham Hotspur have lost another senior off-field figure after the club’s chief revenue officer jumped ship to MotoGP. Ryan Norys joined the Premier League club after stints with Serie A side Roma and Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers but is leaving to become chief commercial officer at the motorbike series after four years. It’s [...]
Financial literacy teaches young people to have aspiration, says Barings boss September 23, 2026 Financial literacy is crucial to teach young people to have aspiration about their future prospects, a senior leader at one of the world’s biggest investment firms has told City AM. Martin Horne, Co-Head of Global Investments at alternative asset manager Barings, said young people are able to have a much better understanding of how to [...]
On this day: Bruce Springsteen is born September 23, 2026 On 23 September 1949, Bruce Springsteen aka ‘The Boss’ was born in New Jersey. His life and music would go on to define post-war America, writes Eliot Wilson The way in which modern rock music developed means that the late 1940s are stuffed full of famous births. Take 1949 alone, and you will find enduring [...]
How AI is forcing the Big Four to rethink graduate training September 23, 2026 The Big Four giants – KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and PwC – have for decades played an important role in shaping the next generation of City workers. As one of the largest graduate trainers in the UK, their approach to restructuring graduate programmes in the age of AI will be crucial to the future of financial [...]