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.
Salesforce offers free AI tools to UK students as graduate job market lags October 15, 2026 As UK graduate vacancies hit their lowest level since 2020, Salesforce is offering free AI tools to six million students to help them meet employers’ growing demand for artificial intelligence skills. The US tech giant announced the scheme on Thursday, giving universities and colleges access to its workplace platform Slack and AI tools to help [...]
Employment Hero Partners with Leeds United Foundation for Supporting Our City Awards October 15, 2026 Awards mark the official UK launch of Employment Hero’s charity, Hero Foundation Hero Foundation, the charitable arm of Employment Hero, launches in the UK in partnership with Leeds United Foundation to help people facing barriers to employment find meaningful work Employment Hero and Leeds United Foundation honour Nathan Kilkenny for the inaugural Pathways to Employment Award The launch comes as Employment Hero data reveals employment at Leeds small businesses grew 12.1% in the three months to September, five times faster than Manchester (2.4%)
Healey told to cut employment taxes and energy bills to boost business October 15, 2026 Britain’s biggest business lobby group has urged John Healey to cut employment taxes and energy bills in his first Budget, warning that further tax rises risk choking off investment and jobs. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) called on the Chancellor to give firms “breathing space” at the Budget on 28 October, as businesses grapple [...]
Responsible AI for Children: IEEE Delivers a Trusted Safety Formula to Help Protect Kids Online October 14, 2026 With children’s AI exposure surging, IEEE Standards Association certification helps ensure AI products for kids are ethically designed, independently tested and continually accountable for safety and well-being First product certification issued to educational platform from Greek National Centre for Scientific Research
Alentis and PinotBio Announce Collaboration to Develop Next-Generation ADCs Targeting claudin-1 October 14, 2026 Alentis Therapeutics and PinotBio today announced they have entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement to discover and develop next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to expand the potential of claudin-1 as a therapeutic target in oncology. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013853948/en/ Claudin-1 is overexpressed in more than ten different [...]
B&Q and Screwfix CEO: Healey must cut business rates October 14, 2026 Of all the levers available, reforming business rates presents the single biggest opportunity for the Chancellor to help retailers keep investing, says Thierry Garnier If the Prime Minister wants to deliver growth in every postcode, he can look at the businesses that are already present in every community. Retailers employ 2.75m people across the country [...]
The urgent case for massive welfare reform is now impossible to ignore October 14, 2026 By accident or design, Britain is facing a moment of reckoning when it comes to welfare spending. The issue serves as a major fault line in Westminster, with the Tories pledging to slash the benefits bill while Andy Burnham vows there will be “no crude cuts” to the hundreds of billions of pounds spent across [...]
Sunday trading, VAT-free shopping? Healey has plenty of low-hanging fruit this Budget October 14, 2026 Sunday trading, tax exemptions for NEETs: there's an abundance of low-hanging fruit for Healey to back businesses this Budget.
These are the two things holding back housebuilding October 14, 2026 Falling consumer confidence and severe development unviability are hindering housebuilding. We need a comprehensive strategy including regulatory freezes, a shared equity scheme, and planning reforms to tackle the housing crisis, says Gavin Barwell Everybody knows there is a housing crisis – it has been building for the last 50 years. The victims are all around [...]