Meet the designers making London restaurants less loud and clattery October 20, 2026 Why do so many restaurants get their acoustics all messed up? Is sound the final frontier of luxury? Adam Bloodworth spoke to the experts attempting to quieten the cacophony A pal’s in town. You’ve booked a trendy new restaurant. It’s been a while and you’re looking forward to catching up. There’s one issue: the place [...]
Why Healey will miss a £25bn bonus from better productivity October 20, 2026 The UK economy’s productivity picture has radically changed in the last year. Maurício Alencar considers what this could mean for John Healey. For weeks leading up to last year’s Budget, reports dripping from so-called Treasury sources insisted it was not Rachel Reeves’ fault that tax hikes worth billions of pounds were on the horizon. The [...]
Unlocking Digital Gold’s US$700bn Opportunity October 19, 2026 The digital gold market, worth US$45–55bn today, could unlock up to US$700bn in latent demand, according to new research from World Gold Council and Boston Consulting Group. The report points to substantial untapped appetite among retail investors, with nearly nine in ten surveyed saying they would consider digital gold under the right conditions. The US$700bn [...]
BOSS PARFUMS and HYROX Announce Multi-Year International Partnership Across Europe to Celebrate Performance, Ambition and Personal Success October 19, 2026 BOSS PARFUMS, part of Coty’s prestige beauty portfolio, and HYROX, the world’s largest fitness racing series, have announced a multi-year international partnership across DACH, UK&I, Spain, the Nordics, Benelux, and Poland. The collaboration combines the global reach of HYROX, expected to attract more than 2 million participants during the 2026/27 season, with the ambition, confidence, [...]
Cloudflare’s AI Workspace Platform Partners with Leading Applications and Deployment Teams to Make AI Productive in the Enterprise October 19, 2026 New integrations and partnerships bring secure AI workflows to the tools companies already use every day
Goldman Sachs to host Badenoch for City charm offensive October 19, 2026 Kemi Badenoch will step up her business charm offensive after the Budget with a roundtable hosted by Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, City AM can reveal. The Tory leader will co-host a lunch for founders, investors and chief executives from across the UK alongside Goldman Sachs International’s chief executive, Anthony Gutman, City AM understands. The [...]
City of London urged against business rates hikes to cover £70m shortfall October 19, 2026 The City of London Corporation has been warned that hiking business rates to cover its £70m budget shortfall would undermine the Square Mile’s global “competitiveness”. The local authority is weighing up whether to increase the business rates multiplier it charges businesses in the Square Mile, but a member of its finance committee has warned that [...]
Mercedes pips Coutts, KPMG, Deloitte and Howden at Evelyn Partners Padel Cup October 19, 2026 Sports stars, professional padel players and some of the City’s keenest racket-swingers descended on Canary Wharf last week for the second Evelyn Partners Padel Cup. More than 150 people filled out high-end club Padium for an afternoon of friendly yet fierce competition between Square Mile firms followed by an evening programme featuring coaching clinics, an [...]
AI minister warned UK risks becoming ‘high-value AI customer’ October 19, 2026 Britain risks becoming a “high value AI customer” rather than developing its own tech unless ministers urgently invest in domestic firms, the government’s top science advisory body has warned. In a letter to AI minister Kanishka Narayan, the Council for Science and Technology (CST) called for a national AI sovereignty plan to reduce Britain’s reliance [...]
Silence Therapeutics Enters into Agreement to be Acquired by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany October 19, 2026 All-Cash Transaction Values Silence Therapeutics at Approximately $1.3 Billion Price of $20.00 Per ADS in Cash Represents 130% Premium to Silence’s Closing ADS Price on October 16, 2026 Transaction Delivers Significant, Immediate and Certain Cash Value to Silence Shareholders and ADS Holders