Courtrooms in the cloud: How Opus 2 quietly changed the game February 26, 2026 AI is making its mark on the legal profession, an industry renowned for its cautious approach to change. Yet, behind the scenes, innovative technologies have been quietly transforming courtrooms for years. If you ever sat behind the row of barristers and the lawyers that instructed them in a courtroom at the High Court, you may [...]
On this day: The collapse of Barings Bank February 26, 2026 On 26 February 1995, 31 years ago today, Baring Bank, one of the City’s most venerable institutions, was declared insolvent after a massive fraud by one of its employees, Nick Leeson, recalls Eliot Wilson In the 1990s, following the wake of Big Bang and the influx of brash but wealthy, “Greed is good, greed is [...]
The £1bn company with no staff? Why AI is a gift to Britain’s small businesses February 26, 2026 With branding built on Canva, market research synthesised in seconds or client decks as slick as McKinsey’s, could we say now that for the first time, a five-person firm can present like a 50-person one, and potentially undercut and outmanoeuvre larger rivals? Asks Eliza Filby In Silicon Valley, investors are salivating at the thought of [...]
Made to be broken? Reeves urged to keep fiscal rules February 26, 2026 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to keep her fiscal rules amid growing calls for tweaks to be made to factor in long-term investments and demands for higher defence spending. Richard Hughes, the most recent chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), called on Reeves to see out her fiscal rules through parliament. Appearing [...]
Why Rachel Reeves’ low-key Spring Statement still matters February 26, 2026 This is the Spring Statement that Chancellor Rachel Reeves has long been waiting for in opposition: a moment of sheer insignificance. In May 2023, six months after the mini-budget debacle, Reeves offered a speech in opposition to Washington DC’s top independent think tank, the Peterson Institute, exalting her core economics philosophy of ‘securonomics’. She summarised [...]
Service sector profits continue long decline February 26, 2026 Profitability in the UK’s service sector declined for the seventeenth consecutive rolling quarter, according to new data, with businesses reporting few signs of improvement on the horizon. The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) latest survey on the service sector showed that rising costs put businesses’ bottom line under pressure. A weighted balance of -28 per [...]
ViiV Healthcare presents pipeline data for two investigational HIV treatment therapies with potential for twice-yearly dosing February 25, 2026 VH184, the first, third‑generation integrase inhibitor in development shows potential for up to twice-yearly dosing intervals Additional in-vitro data on VH184 demonstrate improved potency and an enhanced resistance profile versus bictegravir VH499 demonstrates good tolerability, supporting twice-yearly dosing intervals
ViiV Healthcare reports positive 12-month data showing investigational bNAb lotivibart (N6LS) maintains high levels of viral suppression in long-acting HIV treatment regimen February 25, 2026 94% of adults on stable therapy maintained viral suppression with intravenous lotivibart dosed every four months in combination with long-acting cabotegravir These phase IIb results reinforce lotivibart’s ultra long-acting potential, with the trial progressing to evaluate a twice-yearly intravenous dosing interval
London is the best food city in the world – here are 3 reasons why February 25, 2026 A month of Michelin madness in the UK draws to a close. Among the many accolades gifted, my personal highlights were seeing Row on 5’s executive chef Spencer Metzger receive a second star and Gordon Ramsay High joining Craig Johnson’s Angler to be the second restaurant with a star in the Square Mile. The Evolv [...]
Orbia Announces CFO Transition and Appointment of Successor February 25, 2026 Orbia Advance Corporation, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ORBIA*) (“Orbia” or “the Company”) announced today that James P. “Jim” Kelly will retire as Chief Financial Officer after four years of service. The Company also announced that Cristian “Cape” Capellino will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer effective March 15, 2026. Kelly joined Orbia in 2021 [...]