Services sector cuts jobs for nearly two years under cost pressures September 3, 2026 Employment in the UK’s services sector dropped for the 23rd consecutive month in August as businesses maintained hiring freezes and trimmed headcounts following cost pressures. S&P’s latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the services industry – which is closely monitored by economists – revealed the sector has continued its longest continuous stretch of workforce reductions [...]
Netley Capital Announces Final Close of Flagship Tertiaries Fund at an Extended Hard Cap, and Total Capital Commitments for its Tertiaries Strategy of $1.2 billion September 3, 2026 Netley Capital (“Netley”), a private investment firm dedicated to tertiary investing, announces total committed, deployable capital of approximately $1.2 billion, following the final close of its flagship tertiaries fund at an extended hard cap, validating strong institutional interest in the strategy. Since launching in September 2025 with $315 million in committed capital, the firm has [...]
Robert Jenrick: only Reform will cut spending and restore confidence in Britain September 3, 2026 Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s shadow chancellor, says markets can’t be lectured into trusting Britain. Only a credible plan for spending cuts can restore confidence Andy Burnham infamously declared he didn’t want to be “in hock to the bond market”. Six weeks into his premiership, his bold claim has aged like milk. The bond markets are [...]
Formula 1 chiefs cool speculation of 12th team on grid September 3, 2026 Formula 1 chiefs have cooled speculation that a 12th team could join the grid before the end of the decade. The global motor sport series saw the number of teams rise from 10 to 11 earlier this season when Cadillac joined the grid, and FIA chief Mohammed Ben Sulayem has previously said he is open [...]
Holiday Inn owner IHG urges Burnham to drop tourist tax September 3, 2026 The UK boss of Holiday Inn-owner IHG has urged Andy Burnham to drop plans for a tourist tax, which they said will deter tourists and investors from the country’s hospitality sector. Neetu Mistry, the hotel group’s UK and Ireland managing director, told City AM that she has directly warned the government against the policy, which [...]
Andrew Griffith: Burnham ‘making up stories’ about my role in Truss Budget September 3, 2026 Andrew Griffith has accused Andy Burnham of “making up stories” about his involvement in the disastrous Liz Truss mini-Budget as the new Conservative shadow Chancellor fends off a barrage of attack lines from the Prime Minister following his appointment by Kemi Badenoch on Monday. Addressing the House of Commons on Tuesday and again at Prime [...]
Andrew Griffith: My FTSE 100 experience means I know how to balance the books September 3, 2026 Andrew Griffith’s fierce interest in politics long preceded his involvement in it. Aged 26, he appeared in the audience of a 1997 Question Time show, in which host David Dimbleby gave him the opportunity to speak to would-be PM Tony Blair. He didn’t hold back. “You may be the glossy smart marketing, but you haven’t [...]
Khan demands Burnham block Heathrow expansion over net zero September 3, 2026 London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has demanded Andy Burnham to block the Heathrow airport runway expansion on the grounds of net zero. Khan, who has long opposed the construction of a second Heathrow runway, linked the expansion to the effects on climate change including “extreme heatwaves, drought and wildfires”. “The truth is the whole case [...]
Argan, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results September 2, 2026 Record Revenue of $384 Million; Record Net Income of $53.3 Million
Cloudflare Expands Support for AI Coding Agents with Cursor Cloud Agents on Cloudflare Sandboxes September 2, 2026 Now SpaceXAI users have another way to run AI agents in environments they control, while Cloudflare expands the infrastructure powering the next generation of agentic software