NHS data counters claims that £330m Palantir deal has led to ‘no improvement’ August 11, 2026 Internal NHS data indicates that Palantir’s hospital discharge tool cut delays by as much as 28 per cent, City AM understands, challenging recent reports from critics of the tech giant that it had made “no noticeable improvement” to the healthcare system’s efficiency. According to an internal NHS England report seen by City AM, trusts using [...]
Rehlko Expands Power Plus™ Connected-Services Capabilities, Enhancing Value Across Installed Base August 11, 2026 Rehlko Power Plus™ Delivers 24/7 Remote Monitoring, Advanced Diagnostics, and Fleet-Wide Asset Visibility to Critical Power Systems
ILiAD Biotechnologies Expands Board of Directors and Appoints Chief Business Officer August 11, 2026 Suha Jhaveri, Bill Warren and Jim Wassil added to ILiAD Board of Directors; Antony Blanc appointed Chief Business Officer Appointments deepen vaccine development expertise and enhance global commercial and strategic leadership
Smarsh Named to Inc. 5000 for the 19th Consecutive Year August 11, 2026 Smarsh continues to lead the industry with sustained AI-driven innovation and growth
Alfasigma to Acquire Nordic Group B.V. Expanding Its Specialty Care Portfolio and Presence in Europe August 11, 2026 Transaction highlights Advances Alfasigma’s M&A-led global growth strategy, purposely focused on immunology and gastroenterology. Synergy with Alfasigma’s specialty rheumatology portfolio, adding Nordic Pharma’s rheumatoid arthritis business, including the Nordimet® franchise. Expands footprint by adding Canada and Japan; strengthens presence in Europe, with direct operations in 18 countries, with 265 employees. Adds approximately €190 million in 2025 revenue. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Can John Healey deliver Burnham’s make-or-break devolution agenda? August 11, 2026 Devolution is Andy Burnham’s preferred growth lever. Maurício Alencar explores how devolution under Chancellor John Healey could save Britain – or destroy it. In 1998, two of the closest aides of then-chancellor Gordon Brown produced a report into the regional economic divide in Britain. The report, called ‘Towards a new regional policy: Delivering growth and [...]
UK economy to ‘reverse gains’ as construction drags growth August 11, 2026 The UK economy’s modest gains from the first half of the year are set to be reversed as the flagging construction industry is set to hammer growth prospects, economists have said. A poll of economists, tracked by Bloomberg, believe GDP contracted by 0.1 per cent in June, partly unwinding previous gains. Pantheon Macroeconomics analysts said [...]
Claude to watermark AI ‘slop’ – including edited human writing August 11, 2026 Anthropic will begin adding invisible watermarks to text generated by Claude as part of new EU rules designed to make AI-generated content easier to identify. But the system will also mark some text originally written by humans if it has subsequently been edited or processed by Claude, potentially complicating efforts to determine whether material was [...]
Organigram Reports Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results August 11, 2026 Record Quarterly Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA(1) Driven by Acquisition of Sanity Group
Holiday Inn owner suffers Middle East slowdown as Iran war hits tourism August 11, 2026 The owner of Holiday Inn has suffered a slump in revenue at its Middle Eastern business as the Iran war knocked the region’s tourist economy. Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) said its revenue per available room in the Middle East slipped by 19 per cent in the three months to June. This followed a two per [...]