Tech firm behind in-store ads at Currys and Iceland goes bust May 13, 2026 The firm that provides high street giants Currys and Iceland with in-store digital advertising has declared insolvency, City AM can reveal. Software company Stratacache announced its winding-up of its UK operations and appointed liquidators on Wednesday, according to insolvency filings. This comes only months after the US digital screen specialist partnered with budget supermarket giant [...]
King’s Speech: Under Labour, Britain looks like a bad bet May 13, 2026 Today’s King’s Speech offered no solutions, just a failing government doubling down on its mistakes, says Mel Stride The King’s Speech will not restore confidence. It will not tame inflation. It will not bring borrowing down. And it certainly will not convince markets that under Keir Starmer’s Labour, Britain has a government with a grip [...]
Farage to face probe on £5m gift from Harborne May 13, 2026 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set to be investigated by the parliamentary standards committee after he received a £5m donation from Thai-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before being elected as an MP. Farage will be probed on whether he broke a code of conduct for MPs on failing to declare the large gift [...]
Pension fund snaps up cut-price government bonds amid Starmer sell-off May 13, 2026 One of the UK’s largest pension funds has jumped on the turmoil that speculation over Keir Starmer’s future has unleashed on the gilt market, scooping up government bonds at multi-decade low valuations. Standard Life has added to its holding of UK government debt, City AM understands, seizing on a sharp dip in the of the [...]
ICON expands US early phase research capabilities with new clinic and outpatient centres May 13, 2026 New, 69.5K square-foot, state-of-the-art clinic in Texas integrates clinical, laboratory, and pharmacy infrastructure all under one roof Two new satellite outpatient clinics in Texas and Kansas will further expand recruitment reach and reduce visit burden
Coty “Supercharge with AI” Enterprise Upskilling Program Wins Newsweek AI Impact Award May 13, 2026 Recognized in the "AI Workplace: Best Outcomes, Employee Engagement" category 3,500 employees trained in 100 days Doubled AI adoption across Coty
Compass Pathways Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Business Highlights May 13, 2026 FDA granted Compass NDA rolling submission and review request, based on strength of Phase 3 data CNPV awarded for COMP360 in TRD, further accelerating momentum 26-week (Part B) data from COMP006, expected in early Q3 2026 Final NDA submission on track for Q4, aligned with Company’s previously defined accelerated timing to be launch ready by end of year Successful financing and warrant exercises resulted in strong cash position of $466 million at end of first quarter, providing cash runway well beyond launch and into 2028
Options Announces Appointment of Patrick Collins to Vice President, Platform Security May 13, 2026 Options Technology, the leading provider of trading infrastructure and market data solutions, today announced the appointment of Patrick Collins to the position of Vice President, Platform Security. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260513034332/en/ Since joining Options as a graduate in 2017, Patrick quickly progressed to a cyber security engineer before [...]
London-listed defence contractors shed light on impact of wartime economy on City firms May 13, 2026 Two major London-listed defence companies shed fresh light on the sector’s performance during the current bout of geopolitical turmoil on Wednesday, offering insight into the reach of the war time economy into the City. FTSE 100 constituent Babcock International made it onto the top-tier share index’s leaderboard after it unveiled plans to return £200m to [...]
Costar Data Shows Big Six Q1 Office Investment Volumes at Their Highest Since 2018 May 13, 2026 The Big Six office investments reached an eight-year high in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260513435468/en/ Investors spent £485m across Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, [...]