Ruleguard Launches Continuous Assurance Platform to Help Financial Services Firms Move Beyond Periodic Compliance July 9, 2026 Ruleguard today announced the launch of its Continuous Assurance Platform, designed to help financial services firms transition from periodic compliance cycles to continuous, real-time regulatory oversight. Regulatory expectations have been shifting for years. Firms are increasingly required to demonstrate not only that controls are in place, but that oversight is embedded within day-to-day operations. Most [...]
Manchester United issue major stadium update for ‘New Trafford’ July 9, 2026 Manchester United has issued a stadium update after being forced into some changes surrounding their New Trafford site. The new Old Trafford will sit approximately 350 metres north-west of the existing 74,000-capacity stadium, it was confirmed on Thursday, after the club said that it had snapped up a new 25-acre plot of land for their [...]
Metapack® Chosen by Currys to Support Delivery Operations Across the UK&I July 9, 2026 Metapack's delivery technology to bring a more seamless shopping experience to Currys’ customers
Workspace urges investors to block ‘destructive’ Saba proposals July 9, 2026 Flexible office provider Workspace has called on investors to block “destructive” attempts by notorious activist investor Saba to force a sell-off of its properties. The FTSE 250 firm issued a plea to shareholders on Thursday urging them to vote against each of the proposals submitted by the New York-based hedge fund to its annual general [...]
Singapore on Thames or the Sick Man of Europe?: The Economics of Brexit Ten Years from the Referendum July 9, 2026 Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Robert Johnson of the Centre for Cities analyse the economic impact of Brexit and its promise of deregulation and growth Since the Brexit referendum of 2016, and since actually leaving the EU in January 2021, the UK’s economic performance has been feeble. On a [...]
Daniel Hulme: I asked Elon Musk on a yacht to help me solve AI consciousness July 9, 2026 Daniel Hulme is a global AI expert. He tells us about studying AI on a two-person course 27 years ago, and meeting Elon Musk on a yacht.
Has The Odyssey made the classics cool now? July 9, 2026 Are they elitist or universal? Either way, they’re Christopher Nolan’s new film The Odyssey shows they’re going viral, says Eliot Wilson Classics – the study of ancient Greece and Rome, their languages, literature, history and art – is perceived not only as elitist, but as irrelevant, abstruse, without concrete value and self-indulgent. That you could [...]
Investor visa proposed by Labour-aligned think tank July 9, 2026 Investor visas should be offered to 100 applicants each year, who would offer £3m in an upfront cash injection in return for residency rights in the UK, a think tank favoured by Labour has said. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), which has had a number of policy recommendations adopted by Labour, said the [...]
FCA charges City lawyer with insider dealing over maternity brand acquisition July 8, 2026 The financial watchdog has charged a City lawyer with five counts of alleged insider dealing for trading in the assets of maternity fashion brand Seraphine Group using confidential information he gained while working on the company’s acquisition. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Richard Bloomfield, 38, worked on an acquisition of the City-based maternity clothing company [...]
Exclusive: Government to reject Reform’s offer to cover Farage by-election cost July 8, 2026 The government is set to reject Reform UK’s offer to cover the cost of the upcoming Clacton by-election to be contested by Nigel Farage, City AM understands, in a move that could leave the taxpayer facing a bill of more than £200,000. After Nigel Farage announced he would stand again for election in Clacton to [...]