It’s time savers benefited from Britain’s scale-up success September 16, 2026 Growth in every postcode won’t help Brits if the proceeds are invested abroad, says Saul Klein As a serial entrepreneur, operator and investor I’ve noticed that Britain has a habit of talking itself down, even when the evidence tells a different story. Across the UK, from King’s Cross to our regional innovation clusters, we have [...]
Costa del Court: City law firm follows wealthy Brits to Mallorca September 16, 2026 London-based family law firm AFP Bloom has opened an office in Mallorca to serve the growing number of British families relocating to the Spanish island. The law firm, known for its work with high-net-worth and international families, has opened a new Palma office, allowing clients to receive specialist English legal advice in-person on the island [...]
Insurers Are Ready to Hand Repeatable Work to AI, Just 6% Would Trust a General-Purpose Model to Do It September 16, 2026 New research finds that 83% of the global insurance market would hand repeatable work to AI; 75% will only allow AI to execute the work with an insurance-specific or governed model. Less than 1% of the market runs fully AI-native operations today.
BGC Group raises record amounts at charity day amidst decline in corporate giving September 16, 2026 BGC Group raised a record $16m globally for its annual BGC Charity Day last week, bringing the firm’s total to $250m over the fundraiser’s 22-year history. Established in memory of the 658 colleagues at Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC Group’s former parent company, who lost their lives on 9/11, the day invites global entertainment and sport celebrities [...]
Cambridge Associates Opens Italian Office and Expands European Leadership September 16, 2026 Global investment firm Cambridge Associates (CA) today announced the opening of a new office in Milan and the appointment of two senior hires in Europe. The move reflects the firm’s ongoing commitment to providing bespoke services to current and future institutional and family office investors across the region. Raphael Heynold has joined the Client Solutions [...]
Bosses made to justify why staff shouldn’t work from home September 16, 2026 Bosses will have to host a meeting with staff who ask for flexible working and lay out their rationale for refusing, under a new policy outlined by Louise Haigh. The cabinet office minister told a union gathering that business leaders would have to “properly consider” flexibility requests from staff and grant an in-person meeting to [...]
Inflation inches higher ahead of interest rates decision September 16, 2026 Inflation inched higher in the year to August, official data has shown, adding to pressures faced by the Bank of England ahead of its interest rate decision on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said consumer price index (CPI) inflation in the 12 months to August was 3.1 per cent, higher than last month’s [...]
If Conservatives can win in Enfield then James Cleverly can be Mayor of London September 16, 2026 Conservatives have long been told that London is write-off, but victory in Enfield has proved naysayers wrong. Now we must throw ourselves behind James Cleverly for Mayor, says Alessandro Georgiou Labour had run Enfield for 16 years when voters went to the polls on 7 May. By the end of the next day’s count, we [...]
Shadow Chancellor: 200,000 jobs have already been lost under Labour September 16, 2026 Labour’s economic policies are damaging the UK economy and driving up unemployment – only Conservatives can restore growth, says Andrew Griffith If the UK economy were a malfunctioning car, the dashboard would be lit up like a Christmas Tree. This morning’s labour market figures are the latest set of accounts for Labour’s economy, and I [...]
Rayner urged to resolve ‘unwelcome’ Tower of London heritage row September 16, 2026 Angela Rayner has been urged to resolve an “unwelcome” heritage row which could place curbs on skyscrapers in the Square Mile to protect views of the Tower of London. The housing secretary has been told that the planning dispute, which was revived by a housing minister in June, risks stalling critical investment in office space [...]