Business Leaders and Experts Urge for Smarter Planning in London November 7, 2025 London, 7 November 2025 – Business leaders, policymakers, and industry experts gathered last month at the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster “London – Opportunities and Obstacles for Growth,” organised by the Central London Alliance CIC. The event explored the challenges and opportunities shaping London’s economic future featuring six panel discussions delving into the key features of the [...]
Pensions, motorists and workers: The tax targets Rachel Reeves is eyeing up November 7, 2025 If there is one thing that is clear three weeks out from the Autumn Budget, it is that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will hike taxes. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which scores the economic impacts of the government’s policies and publishes forecasts on public finances, has been questioned for being over optimistic on measures such [...]
SLB: FIBA recognition allows us to broaden basketball reach at home and abroad November 7, 2025 Super League Basketball say official recognition from the sport’s governing body FIBA will allow clubs to “nurture talent, develop venues and broaden their reach at home and abroad”. The move follows recognition on Thursday in a move that brings SLB into the FIBA ecosystem after an earlier suspension of the British Basketball Federation for failing [...]
Tax row erupts as Reeves tells watchdog she will break manifesto November 7, 2025 The Labour government is split in a fresh tax row after Rachel Reeves reportedly told the fiscal watchdog she will raise income tax in her forthcoming Autumn Budget – a move that will break a key manifesto pledge. The Chancellor is said to have informed the Office for Budget Responsibility that an increase to income [...]
Lord Frost to head up IEA think tank November 7, 2025 David Frost has been made the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in a move the right-leaning think tank has said will herald a “new chapter” for the organisation. Lord Frost, the former cabinet minister best known for spearheading the UK’s Brexit negotiations under Boris Johnson, will be responsible for driving the [...]
Reeves has learned nothing from her last Budget November 7, 2025 Amidst market uncertainty caused by her delayed and vague budget “context” speech, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is now expected to introduce a raft of significant tax increases on income, property, and businesses to address a national debt she helped exacerbate, says Jamila Robertson This week, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a speech to set the context for [...]
Prothena Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Business Highlights November 6, 2025 Net cash used in operating and investing activities was $40.6 million and $140.4 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2025, respectively; quarter-end cash and restricted cash position was $331.7 million Roche to initiate the Phase 3 PARAISO clinical trial evaluating prasinezumab, a potential first-in-class anti-alpha-synuclein antibody, for early-stage Parkinson's disease by end of 2025 Novo Nordisk initiated the Phase 3 CLEOPATTRA clinical trial evaluating coramitug, a potential first-in-class amyloid depleter, for ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy Novo Nordisk to present Phase 2 results for coramitug during a late-breaking session at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on November 10, 2025 Bristol Myers Squibb obtained Fast Track designation from the U.S. FDA for BMS-986446 (PRX005), an anti-MTBR-tau-targeting antibody, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease Prothena will convene an Extraordinary General Meeting on November 19, 2025 to obtain shareholder approval on a proposal reducing share capital to create distributable reserves to support a share redemption program to be conducted in 2026 if deemed appropriate Potential to earn up to $105 million in aggregate clinical milestone payments by end of 2026 related to the advancement of coramitug for ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy by Novo Nordisk and PRX019 for neurodegenerative diseases by Bristol Myers Squibb
Now is the perfect time to visit Tbilisi Georgia – here’s what to see and where to stay November 6, 2025 A destination hotel occupying a stately Brutalist building is one of a few things making Tbilisi Georgia unmissable, says Kamila Erkaboyeva There’s long been a whisper on the street that Tbilisi is Europe’s coolest capital, but without direct flights from the UK, it’s been out of reach for a long weekend. Thankfully, British Airways launched [...]
Brokers and building societies butt heads over cash ISA cut November 6, 2025 Top brokers and building societies have locked horns over whether the Chancellor should follow through with rumoured plans to slash the cash ISA limit. London-based trading platform IG is pushing for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to act on rumours to slash the cash ISA allowance to £10,000, after analysis found it could provide a £7.2bn boost [...]
FIM Partners and Loomis Sayles Announce Transition of Global Emerging Market Equities Team November 6, 2025 FIM Partners today announced it has entered into an agreement with Loomis, Sayles & Company, to acquire the Global Emerging Market Equities (GEM) investment team. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251106799715/en/ Overview of the GEM Team and FIM Led by Ashish Chugh, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Emerging Market [...]