Retail sales jump as third-warmest May on record sends Brits to the high street June 19, 2026 UK retail sales climbed in May, as consumers flocked back to the high street amid the heatwave and showed sustained demand for new electronic products. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have increased by 1.2 per cent in May, following a 1 per cent fall in April as fears over the Iran war caused Brits [...]
UK government borrowing overshoots expectations on day Burnham elected June 19, 2026 UK government borrowing jumped higher than expected than expected in May, official data has shown, with Andy Burnham’s win in Makerfield now setting up a potential shift in public finance forecasts. The Office for National Statistics said the government’s net borrowing was £23.2bn in May, above economists’ £19bn prediction. Further government borrowing came as debt [...]
Lone Star Funds Completes Sale of Xella to Holcim June 19, 2026 Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) today announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund X, L.P. has completed the sale of Xella Group (“Xella”), a leading provider of walling solutions, to Holcim, the leading partner for sustainable construction. Xella is a provider of efficient and sustainable walling solutions for the entire house shell. Through its [...]
First Trust Global Portfolios Management Limited Announces Distributions for certain sub-funds of First Trust Global Funds ICAV June 18, 2026 First Trust Global Portfolios Management Limited (“FTGPM”) announces the declaration of the distributions for the following sub-funds of First Trust Global Funds ICAV, ISIN Fund Name Frequency Dividend per Share IE00BWTNMB87 First Trust US Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® UCITS ETF Class B Quarterly $0.1637 (USD) IE00BWTNM966 First Trust Germany AlphaDEX® UCITS ETF Class A Quarterly [...]
Janus Henderson Announces Receipt of Required Regulatory Approvals and Client Consents Following Resounding Shareholder Approval of the Trian and General Catalyst Take-Private Transaction June 18, 2026 Anticipates June 30, 2026 Closing Date
Real Chemistry Unifies Omnichannel Offering as Real Chemistry Media, a Technology-led, Healthcare-focused Practice of the Future June 18, 2026 Completed integration of recent acquisitions of Greater Than One and Spring & Bond strengthens Real Chemistry’s media and omnichannel offering Company advances its first-in-class, AI-powered omnichannel orchestration engine through a collaboration with AWS
Linvo Sets Sights on AI-Led Wealth Management, Opens AI Advisor Roles for 2026 June 18, 2026 Linvo AG, a Zurich-based multi-family office and wealth management firm, today set out its vision for the year ahead, naming applied artificial intelligence as the centre of its strategy for 2026 and opening a new set of AI advisor roles to deliver it. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260618933521/en/ The [...]
City trader: ‘My coke dealer came to the Canary Wharf office every day at 9am’ June 18, 2026 A former star City trader has opened up about a devastating cocaine addiction that devoured hundreds of thousands of pounds – and nearly killed him. Kent Bray talks to City AM Editor Christian May about his high-flying career at Citibank and his rock-bottom drug addiction. In a remarkably candid interview Bray, who mentored YouTube activist [...]
D-Wave Announces World’s First Gate-Model Quantum Computing Simulator for Error-Aware Programming June 18, 2026 New offering to help developers prototype applications, model quantum processor behavior and explore advanced workflows as they prepare for access to forthcoming D-Wave™ gate-model systems
Job vacancies fall again in unemployment risk June 18, 2026 Job vacancies available across the UK dropped again, official data revealed, posing a further risk for Britons out of work. The Office for National Statistics said the number of job vacancies fell by 19,000 between March and May. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 per cent per cent compared to five per cent in data [...]