UK economy falters as deeper damage to growth to come June 12, 2026 The UK economy lost momentum in April, official data has revealed, as the energy price shock from the Iran war took its toll on businesses and consumers. The Office for National Statistics said GDP declined by 0.1 per cent in April. The services sector contracted by 0.2 per cent while manufacturing output did not post [...]
eClerx Included in ‘The Business Process Outsourcing Services Landscape, Q2 2026’ Report by Independent Research Firm June 11, 2026 eClerx Services Ltd (ECLERX.NS), a global leader in AI-powered analytics, digital operations, automation, and business process management, today announced that it has been included in Forrester’s report on ‘The Business Process Outsourcing Services Landscape, Q2 2026’. The report says, “Business and technology leaders should use this report to understand the value they can expect from [...]
Kraken Launches Autonomous Agents for Utility Customer Service Built in Partnership with Sierra June 11, 2026 Developed in partnership with Sierra, Autonomous Agents combines Kraken’s utility AI-enabled operating system, unified data model and workflow engine with Sierra’s AI customer experience platform Built on Kraken’s Utility-Grade AI® and AI access layer, Autonomous Agents help customer service teams design, test and deploy agents for energy and utility-specific service journeys Autonomous Agents are already proven in enterprise-scale deployment, going live in four weeks and scaling to cover 1.3 million customer accounts at a major energy utility
Reeves aims to lure US workers through tax reform June 11, 2026 Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a tax break for US workers by introducing fresh reform, reflecting her drive to lure more wealthy migrants despite a wider crackdown on immigration. The government has launched a consultation on the double taxation for investors who may be based in the UK but who work for US firms that [...]
KBRA Releases Global ABS 2026 Conference: Day 2 Recap June 11, 2026 KBRA releases Day 2 recap of the Global ABS 2026 conference held on June 9-11. The agenda for the second day of the Global ABS conference moved from the opening day’s focus on Europe’s securitisation scale-up challenge to how investors, lenders, and issuers are positioning for a more complex market backdrop. Geopolitics set the tone [...]
Anocca has Dosed First Patients with Precision TCR-T Cell Therapy Targeting Mutant KRAS in Pancreatic Cancer June 11, 2026 Anocca AB (‘Anocca’ or the ‘Company’), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing advanced T-cell immunotherapies, today announced the successful dosing of the first patients across multiple clinical sites with ANOC-001, a novel T cell receptor-modified T cell therapy (TCR-T)[1] targeting KRAS G12V mutations in an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. ANOC-001 is the first product to [...]
Rising salaries for junior lawyers put pressure on senior associates’ pay packages June 11, 2026 US law firms continue to drive a fierce salary war in London, leaving UK firms scrambling to keep up with soaring pay for junior lawyers, but as starting salaries rise, growing pay gaps threaten to unsettle senior associates, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. As of next month, London associates at Quinn Emanuel will see their salaries increase [...]
Never forget the undeniable moral case for capitalism June 11, 2026 Critics of capitalism describe it as immoral. In pointing to subjective (and sometimes objective) examples of unethical or harmful behaviour they conclude that capitalism is the enabling or even necessary force. Others, in so far as they stop to think about it, may conclude that the free-market system is amoral; that it is utterly indifferent [...]
Hospitality leaders ramp up pressure on Labour to slash VAT June 11, 2026 Leaders of top hospitality firms have ramped up pressure on Labour to slash VAT, which they warn is leading to hundreds of thousands of job losses. Pub chains JD Wetherspoon, Fuller’s and Greene King, as well as hotel giant Hilton and Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca, have thrown their weight behind a campaign to cut Value [...]
‘Pendulum swung too far’: AIM hit with 222 delistings ahead of nomad changes June 11, 2026 More than two hundred companies have been forced off London’s junior stock market over the last two decades after losing their corporate adviser in a move that has sparked a regulatory pullback by the London Stock Exchange. Some 222 firms on the alternative investment market (AIM) market have de-listed in the last 20 years after [...]