Engineering group picked off London Stock Exchange in £4.1bn deal July 16, 2026 Rotork is set to become the latest company snapped off the London Stock Exchange by a foreign buyer after agreeing to a £4.1bn takeover by Swiss rival ABB. The engineering group agreed to pay 506p per share in cash for the FTSE 250 firm, comprising 503p in cash and a dividend of up to 3p. [...]
Aegon warns red tape is blocking pension investment spree July 16, 2026 Aegon has warned that regulation is holding back some of Britain’s top pension fund managers from pumping cash into the country’s start-ups and unlisted companies. The pension giant, which manages £160bn of assets in the UK alone, was one of 11 companies alongside Aviva and Legal & General to commit to investing five per cent [...]
Retailers urge Burnham to slash tax and back youth employment July 16, 2026 Retailers have called on Andy Burnham to slash their taxes and help them to employ young people in a raft of demands for the Prime Minister-to-be. The British Retail Consortium (BRC), a trade body representing the UK’s biggest retailers, has urged Burnham to “buy into retail” as part of his pledge to back local communities [...]
Best World Cup Betting Sites UK 2026 – Top Sportsbooks for the World Cup July 15, 2026 The 2026 FIFA World Cup is unlike any previous tournament. For the first time, 48 nations will compete across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Producing a record 104 matches over 39 days, from 11 June to 19 July 2026. For UK punters, that means more betting markets, more group-stage action, [...]
World Cup Free Bets 2026 – Best Betting Offers for the World Cup July 15, 2026 The World Cup is the biggest football event on the planet, and the 2026 tournament is shaping up to be the largest one yet. Hosted across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the expanded 48-team format means more matches, more markets, and more opportunities for bettors than ever before. With the tournament kicking off on [...]
Pension funds pledged a private investment splurge. Three years on, has anything changed? July 15, 2026 When 11 of the UK’s largest pension providers signed a deal to pump billions into unlisted companies in July 2023, the mood at Mansion House in the City was celebratory. Then Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hailed the signing a “great personal triumph” for then Lord Mayor, Sir Nicholas Lyons. If the remainder of the UK defined [...]
You don’t have to be psychopathic to work in the City… but it helps July 15, 2026 The perfect CV? 60 per cent genius and 40 per cent psychopath, says author and former 'Cityboy' Geraint Anderson in today's Notebook.
Tom Kerridge: No good restaurant has ever been run by accountants July 14, 2026 No good restaurant or pub has ever been run by accountants, celebrity chef Tom Kerridge told City AM as he pushes for a VAT cut for hospitality firms. The TV personality and restaurateur has spearheaded lobbying efforts for the government to slash VAT for hospitality companies, a move which he says would offer the struggling [...]
Messagepoint Recognized as a Leader for the Seventh Consecutive Year and Named Innovation Pioneer in the QKS SPARK Matrix™: Customer Communications Management 2026 July 14, 2026 Messagepoint, a leading provider of AI-powered customer communications management (CCM) software, today announced that it has been positioned as a leader in the QKS SPARK Matrix™: Customer Communications Management (CCM) 2026. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Messagepoint has been recognized as a CCM leader by QKS. In addition, Messagepoint was recognized as an [...]
Humble Grape is up for two Toast the City Awards: Here’s why July 14, 2026 We have launched the Toast the City awards 2026 and throughout the year we’ll be speaking to some of our amazing Finalists – today it’s Enya Buchenau, marketing manager at Humble Grape and Vivat Bacchus. To vote for your favourite Square Mile spots for the 2026 awards, from bars and restaurants to galleries and green [...]