Bregal Sphere and Imperative Partner With Ambition to Deploy up to $500 Million Into Global Nature Restoration Projects March 10, 2026 Bregal Sphere, part of Bregal Investments, today announced a strategic partnership with Imperative, providing financing to accelerate the development of its global pipeline of high-quality ecosystem restoration projects. As a leading institutional natural capital investor, Bregal Sphere partners with best-in-class developers to deliver large-scale carbon removal projects that generate meaningful impacts for nature, climate, and [...]
InXpress Completes 100,000 Specialist Deliveries as E-Commerce Reshapes Franchise Logistics March 10, 2026 Global franchise network unlocks specialist delivery capabilities through TEG platform integration
Capita shares tumble as boss warns of declining margins March 10, 2026 Shares in one of the UK’s biggest outsourcing firms have plummeted after its boss warned of declining margins in the year ahead. London-based Capita, which offers support services in areas such as education, health and defence, warned markets it expected a “small decrease” in its operating margin after it swung to a pre-tax loss of £171m [...]
VIPR Announces Strategic Engagement with Aon to Transform Delegated Authority Operations March 10, 2026 Multi-year engagement to deliver intelligent automation and operational clarity across global reinsurance platform
Social media giants must do more to stamp out scam ads March 10, 2026 Social media platforms must take greater responsibility for combating AI-fuelled Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, which is costing consumers and payment service providers millions, says Lord McNicol Online shopping is easy, convenient and sometimes dangerous. The arrival of AI has seen an explosion in fake advertising online and the UK has become a prime target [...]
Sound-proof booths are as important as AI for your office March 10, 2026 Your employees’ ability to concentrate is the biggest limiting factor on productivity, says Paul Armstrong Corporate leaders are pouring billions into artificial intelligence in pursuit of a long-promised productivity boom. Early evidence is suggesting the gains may stall for a surprisingly familiar reason: human attention. Research into what analysts now describe as ‘AI brain fry’ [...]
Oil shock will be felt well beyond energy markets March 10, 2026 Energy shocks rarely remain confined to energy markets. They propagate through bond markets, fiscal balances and inflation expectations, says Helen Thomas As Winston Churchill once warned: “The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given he is no longer the master of policy, but the slave of unforeseeable and [...]
Sportl: the pay-as-you-go gym app sprinting into the capital March 10, 2026 When they worked at the Bank of England, Matthew Austin and Ryan Lovelock understood the frustration of finding time for the gym. Sneaking out for a lunchtime sesh or scrambling to leave work on time for an evening class is a familiar challenge for fitness-focused city workers. Austin said: “We were kind of here, there [...]
UK growth downgraded as firms measure hit from Iran turmoil March 9, 2026 The UK economy will suffer from sluggish growth this year, a leading industry body has warned, with further tax rises on the horizon remaining as a “risk”. Business chiefs have warned that the services sector is set to keep the UK economy afloat this year, with contractions expected to come across construction and manufacturing. The [...]
Operio Group Named Distributor for Schaefer Technologies in the United Kingdom and European Union March 9, 2026 Operio Group has signed a distribution agreement with Schaefer Technologies, a manufacturer of semi-automatic encapsulation equipment. Operio Group, a holding company building a global group of brands serving the solid dose manufacturing industry, will be the official distributor of Schaefer Technologies’ products in the United Kingdom and the European Union. Schaefer Technologies develops semi-automatic capsule [...]