Bellingham leads $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed tech firm Rezzil October 19, 2026 Jobe Bellingham has led a $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed technology firm Rezzil. The 21-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder – whose brother Jude starred for England at the Fifa World Cup this summer – is part of the round alongside putting coach Phil Kenyon, who has worked with the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie [...]
FCA sounds the alarm on rise of unregulated AI financial advice October 19, 2026 The City watchdog is calling on AI providers to go further in protecting consumers as more people turn to the technology to make financial decisions. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging AI firms to do more to help consumers who are increasingly relying on generic platforms and chatbots, such as Gemini and Chat GPT, [...]
Does the Range Rover Sport Electric have the harder job? October 19, 2026 The full-size Range Rover Electric has the ultra-luxury EV market largely to itself. The cheaper, sportier Range Rover Sport Electric faces a far bigger fight, and JLR needs it to win. It has been quite a week for JLR. Jaguar finally revealed its £130,000 Type 01 in New York on Tuesday, but the car that [...]
IMU and UK Biobank to generate the world’s most detailed, large-scale picture of the human immune system for advancing research into health and disease October 19, 2026 IMU is collaborating with UK Biobank, Waters Corporation and Ultima Genomics to profile blood samples from an initial cohort of 80,000 UK Biobank blood samples IMU will generate more than 100 million immune data points from each sample to create the largest, most detailed immune dataset assembled to date The study will add a high-resolution immune profiling layer to UK Biobank’s existing de-identified genomic, imaging, clinical and lifestyle data to enable a better understanding of how immune variation relates to disease risk, progression, treatment response and long-term health outcomes
Burnham cracks down on headphone dodgers with £100 fines October 19, 2026 Brits playing music out loud on a bus could be slapped with a £100 fine as part of Andy Burnham’s new crackdown on antisocial behaviour. Bus and train passengers will be asked to “share the carriage, not the noise” as part of new powers being handed to local authorities to clamp down on “the actions [...]
Accenture eyes sale of Chinese operations for up to $1.5bn October 19, 2026 Consultancy giant Accenture is eyeing a potential sale of its Chinese business operations for up to $1.5bn. The world’s largest publicly traded IT consultancy has hired JPMorgan to work on a strategic review of its Chinese business after receiving unsolicited interest in it over the past year, the Financial Times reported. Accenture’s Greater China unit [...]
It’s too late for Farage to clean up Reform UK’s act October 19, 2026 Facing allegations of racism, bigotry and sexism, can Nigel Farage clean up Reform UK’s act? It's not even clear that he wants to, writes Eliot Wilson.
AV Laboratories Joins Regenivus (Mitrone Healthcare Ltd.) at Dublin’s Aesthetic & Regenerative Medicine Conference October 18, 2026 AV Laboratories, a clinical skin longevity brand bridging advanced formulation science and skincare innovation, is pleased to announce its participation in The Aesthetic & Regenerative Medicine Conference, taking place on 18–19 October 2026 at Croke Park, Dublin. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015031942/en/ The brand will join Regenivus, the aesthetics [...]
Post Office weighs bid for ATM operator in cashpoint expansion October 16, 2026 The Post Office is weighing a bid for one of the UK’s largest independent ATM operators in a move that would expand its cashpoint empire, City AM can reveal. The group, which facilitates the largest branch-based access-to-cash network in the United Kingdom, is exploring a deal for Notemachine after it was put up for sale [...]
What could a bank tax raid mean for JP Morgan’s Canary Wharf mega-tower? October 16, 2026 When Jamie Dimon and John Healey first exchanged remarks, the world’s most influential banker told the Chancellor how important it was to get public policy right. The Wall Street chief is understood to have said the right public policy was the key to solving the issues facing global economies, according to those close to the [...]