Healey: I want to help bloody-minded founders October 22, 2026 John Healey has pledged to devote next week’s Budget to “bloody-minded entrepreneurs”, acknowledging small and fast-growing businesses have been “under pressure” from a barrage of fresh taxes and regulation. The Chancellor said he would clamp down on the “cost of business” as well as on the cost of living, promising to patch up relations with [...]
AJ Bell hits record assets under administration as customer numbers surge October 22, 2026 AJ Bell has reported record assets under administration after attracting a wave of new customers across its divisions. The London-listed investment platform said its assets under administration (AUA) rose 22 per cent year-on-year to £126bn in an end of year trading update. The group’s assets under management (AUM) also reached a record £12.1bn, up from [...]
Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Selects Capgemini as Technology Partner October 22, 2026 Capgemini will provide AI and technology services under a single partner framework, helping FSCS support financial stability by giving consumers confidence, continuity and compensation when financial services firms fail.
TA to Invest in MedEnvision in Partnership With Its Founders, Management and Smile Invest October 22, 2026 MedEnvision (www.medenvision.com), a Belgian medtech company that helps orthopaedic surgical teams work more efficiently in the operating theatre, announces, together with its founders, management and current financial partner Smile Invest, a new strategic partnership with TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global private equity firm. TA’s investment will support MedEnvision’s long-term growth strategy, centred on continued [...]
As Weil eyes a merger, who is a sizeable suitor? October 22, 2026 US heavyweight law firm Weil Gotshal and Manges is reportedly pursuing a merger with another law firm and is in active discussions, fuelling speculation across the legal sector about the likely contenders. Leadership at the New York-headquartered firm, renowned as a powerhouse in corporate restructuring, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions, reportedly told top partners [...]
Approving Jackdaw is just a distraction from Labour’s obsession with net stupid zero October 22, 2026 Labour may have approved the Jackdaw gas field, but it is still set on destroying our industrial base to save the planet. It’s another to engage in unilateral economic disarmament so China can sell us the cars we used to build. We must reverse this madness, licence drilling in the North Sea, and make energy [...]
Harriet Green: What led me to the City? An infomercial headed ‘Sisters are Doin’ It for Themselves’ October 22, 2026 Harriet Green OBE, former CEO of Thomas Cook and IBM Asia, takes us through her career in Square Mile and Me.
Our national debt is a crisis but at least we got a good dance track out of it October 22, 2026 Monday 24 November 2008, and MPs are gripped by one of the most consequential parliamentary debates of the past 30 years. As Chancellor, the late Alistair Darling had just told the House that his pre-Budget statement was being “made against a background of economic uncertainty not seen for generations” and that they had gathered in [...]
With Jackdaw approved, what’s next for the North Sea? October 22, 2026 A lot has happened since 1 June 2022, the date when ministers first granted permission to tap the Jackdaw gas field. The Conservatives were halfway through their ill-fated final term of three. Kwasi Kwarteng was the business secretary, with equally ill-fated aspirations for higher office. And the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – [...]
New TOURISE and LIONS Advisory Study Reveals How Creativity Creates a Commercial Advantage for Destination Growth October 21, 2026 50% of travelers cannot remember the last advertisement they saw for a tourism company or destination, with a further 7% unsure Tourism faces an $11 billion marketing investment gap: restoring the category’s share of voice to 3% would require global travel and transport ad spend to reach $43.4 billion by 2027 63% of Large Language Model (LLM) visibility is driven by long-term brand equity, compared with 22% from current marketing activity and 11% from citation volume