Interactive Brokers Opens AI Connectivity to Any Tool Built on the MCP Standard July 28, 2026 Clients can now connect their accounts to the AI tools they already use, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard
Councils accused of turning e-bike operators into ‘revenue stream’ as fees surge July 28, 2026 Cash-strapped London boroughs are squeezing e-bike operators with steep fee rises and growing enforcement charges, as the industry’s heavyweights warn councils are increasingly treating them as a cash cow. One London borough increased annual operating fees more than five-fold in a single year without adding any extra parking bays, according to figures seen by City [...]
Sweeping job cuts at GSK to fund £400m Cambridge campus July 28, 2026 GSK is poised to slash its back office headcount to help fund a £400m mega-campus in Cambridge, in a move it hopes will bolster its drugs pipeline anFd stave off a looming patent cliff-edge. In his first major update as chief executive, Luke Miels unveiled plans to find £1.9bn of savings over the next three [...]
Everseen Acquires Viztel Portfolio from RadiusAI, Extending Its Vision AI Platform from Checkout to Full-Store Intelligence July 28, 2026 Everseen, the market leader in AI-powered revenue recovery, trusted by 11 of the top 20 global retailers, becomes the only company that recovers revenue for retailers at scale and delivers full-store intelligence on a single AI platform Viztel turns retailers' existing store cameras into store-wide intelligence on how shoppers and products move, how they engage and dwell, how queues form, and where freshness or safety issues arise, with no facial recognition and no personally identifiable information Retailers get one AI platform connecting loss prevention, store operations, workforce productivity, and the customer experience, areas that have historically required separate vendors and dashboards
ICON announces multi-year collaboration with Anthropic to bring frontier AI to clinical trials July 28, 2026 ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) today announced a multi-year collaboration with Anthropic to bring Claude’s AI capabilities across the clinical trial lifecycle. The collaboration further advances ICON’s digital innovation and AI strategy, and builds on Orbis – ICON’s secure, governed, agentic AI platform. Through this collaboration, ICON will work closely with Anthropic’s Life Sciences research team [...]
Alkermes plc Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results July 28, 2026 Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. To view the detailed second quarter 2026 earnings press release and presentation, please visit the company’s investor relations website at https://investor.alkermes.com. Alkermes will host a conference call and webcast presentation at 8:00 a.m. ET (1:00 p.m. BST) today, to discuss [...]
How can wealthy Scots save £46,000 on income tax? Commute from England July 28, 2026 Higher earners in Scotland could save more than £46,000 in income tax over five years by moving south of the border and commuting to work, according to a new analysis by Rathbones. The wealth management firm found that a resident earning £250,000 could pay £8,900 less income tax in the first year alone by relocating [...]
Man Group shares surge as assets hit record $253bn July 28, 2026 Shares in Man Group surged on Tuesday morning after the group posted record assets under management and a recovery in performance fees. Shares in the FTSE 250 hedge fund increased six per cent to 318p per share. The stock has rocketed 36.5 per cent since January. Core net revenue hit $853m, while core performance fee [...]
Gianni Infantino: Democrats ask to quiz Fifa boss over Trump ‘corruption’ allegations July 28, 2026 Democrats have launched a bid to haul Fifa boss Gianni Infantino before US legal chiefs and question over potential corruption in its links to President Trump’s administration. Rep Jamie Raskin of the House Judiciary Committee has written to Infantino requesting that he appear before them to discuss “Fifa’s brazen campaign to curry favor with Donald [...]
Ten Finalists Announced for the Reply AI Film Festival, the International Competition Bringing Together Cinema and Artificial Intelligence July 28, 2026 The jury, chaired by Gabriele Salvatores, will announce the winners in Venice on Sunday, 6 September.