£300m tax relief for pubs ‘a sticking plaster’ January 27, 2026 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a £300m package to support to pubs in their battle against rocketing business rates after widespread backlash to Budget announcements, representing yet another government U-turn on tax plans. The Treasury has announced it will give pubs and music venues a 15 per cent discount on business rates bills from April [...]
Octus Identifies Leading Credit Trends That Defined 2025 and the Firms That Shaped the Market January 27, 2026 Private Credit Leads a Year of Steady Issuance, Tight Pricing and Structural Evolution
Nearly 600 jobs to go as Revolution Bars rescue deal shuts over 20 sites January 27, 2026 Nearly 600 jobs are set to be wiped out after a last-minute rescue deal to acquire the group behind Revolution Bars will see more than 20 sites closed with immediate effect. Administrators for Revel Collective, the AIM-listed hospitality group which also owns the Peach pubs chain, said two separate deals had been reached to sell [...]
Exclusive: George Osborne family business pays out nearly £1m despite losses January 27, 2026 George Osborne’s family has received nearly a million pounds in payments from a wallpaper company that has continued to file losses, official accounts show. The former UK Chancellor is slated to have made up to £877,000 alongside his parents and a finance officer working at Osborne & Little, the family-owned wallpaper business which has existed [...]
Labour ministers, please stop begging us to celebrate your tiny wins January 27, 2026 The housing secretary has decried newspapers for burying good news, but Labour's tiny upticks in tiny numbers are hardly worth celebration.
OpenAI’s real IP play: Why structural dependency, not your prompts, is the target January 27, 2026 OpenAI is shifting its focus from monetising everyday ChatGPT prompts to building structural dependency through enterprise partnerships and “value sharing” on major commercial breakthroughs , says Paul Armstrong UK businesses are asking the wrong questions about OpenAI and intellectual property directly because of what was said last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos. OpenAI’s [...]
Food prices to jump despite easing inflation predictions January 27, 2026 Food prices are projected to jump higher despite economists’ predictions of easing inflation, according to a fresh survey, which warned that soaring energy prices and taxes were exacerbating the cost of living for Britons. New data by the British Retail Consortium has suggested that food price inflation could rise at a faster pace, weighing heavily [...]
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to RRE 18 Loan Management DAC (Reset) January 26, 2026 KBRA UK (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to five classes of refinancing notes and two classes of loans issued by RRE 18 Loan Management DAC (Reset), a cash flow collateralised loan obligation (CLO) backed primarily by a diversified portfolio of Euro denominated corporate loans. RRE 18 Loan Management DAC is managed by Redding Ridge Asset Management [...]
The Apprentice 2026 star Tim Campbell reveals new task he’d add – and it involves AI January 26, 2026 As The Apprentice 2026 returns, Lord Sugar’s adviser Tim Campbell MBE speaks to City AM The Apprentice returns to the BBC this Thursday 29 January with many of the classic tasks pitting two groups of budding entrepreneurs against each other, as the teams compete to try to make a profit. Contestants have created books, newspapers, [...]
Flight prices to jump as regional airports hit by rocketing tax bills January 26, 2026 Air passengers are being warned to brace for ticket hikes as regional airports across the UK face “unprecedented” rises in property tax next year. Regional airports are among the sectors facing the steepest increases in business rates in the UK amid an overhaul of property valuations underpinning the tax. While London’s Heathrow and Gatwick are [...]