‘Bond market tantrum risks’: Gilt traders brace for Labour leftward pivot as Starmer future uncertain
Next boss Simon Wolfson takes record £7.4m pay packet Retail Next boss Simon Wolfson took home a bumper £7.4m pay packet last year, as his best-ever pay day could be beaten by next year’s £9.3m – if the firm meets growth targets. Wolfson’s total pay soared from £4.9m the year before, as he took £967k in basic pay and more than £6m in bonuses. The [...]
Aldi snaps up abandoned London psychiatric hospital to turn it into supermarket Retail Aldi has snapped up an abandoned London psychiatric hospital, City AM can reveal, in the latest sign discount supermarkets are getting increasingly creative in their search to acquire land to expand their UK footprint. The German grocer, which has over 1,000 stores in the UK but hopes to increase this by as many as 500, [...]
Nadine Buckland: I knew I’d make a better business owner than employee Opinion Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Nadine Buckland, CEO of Zenzic Capital, takes us through her business career.
OCTO and Volkswagen Group Info Services AG Form Partnership for Fleet Data Integration March 24, 2026 The partnership enables secure integration of vehicle data from six Volkswagen Group brands into OCTO’s platform, strengthening fleet data services across the European Union and supporting utilization, maintenance and geo-location use cases without additional hardware.
Granite Underwriting Launches 25+ Vehicle Taxi Fleet Product March 19, 2026 Specialist underwriter reinforces commitment to taxi fleets with dedicated in-house claims team
Why are investors rushing to get out of private credit? March 19, 2026 The private credit industry has been thrown into chaos over the last few months, as powerhouse firms continue to deal with a rise in investors seeking to withdraw their money. A number of debt funds managed by firms agreed to lift redemption requests after mounting pressure from customers, and the pressure is not expected to [...]
C-Further Unveils First Therapeutic Programmes Dedicated to Paediatric Oncology March 10, 2026 C-Further to advance its first two bespoke paediatric cancer therapeutics in collaboration with leading global academic and industry investigators Selected programmes to potentially address multiple children’s cancers including Ewing sarcoma, bone sarcoma, medulloblastoma and acute myeloid leukaemia Additional C-Further programmes to be announced in 2026
Double-digit profits at Admiral as dividends rise for shareholders March 5, 2026 FTSE 100 listed insurer Admiral reported double-digit profit growth over the last financial year, as the group pivots itself toward high-tech commercial insurance. The group profit before tax rose 16 per cent to £958m – up from £827m in 2024 – as its UK motor division surpassed the £1bn profit mark. Its other UK personal [...]
Let the market fix the oil crisis March 5, 2026 The conflict in Iran is unlikely to lead to 1970s-style oil rationing, but policymakers must use price mechanisms and encourage domestic energy investment to insure against unpredictable escalations, says Andy Mayer In 1979 the Iranian Revolution sparked the ‘second oil crisis’ as the price of crude oil more than doubled to $40 per barrel. Although [...]
BitGo Europe GmbH Launches Crypto-as-a-Service Across the EEA for EU Fintechs and Banks March 3, 2026 Modular APIs enable EEA-wide rollout of compliant crypto product-suite such as secure onboarding, custody, trading, and on/off-ramps under BitGo Europe GmbH’s MiCAR licensing framework.