The battle to be the next Mayor of London has already begun September 21, 2026 While Sadiq Khan mulls his future James Cleverly and Reform’s Laila Cunningham are vying for votes in a traditionally Labour city, says Eliot Wilson When politicians often congratulate themselves on surviving until the weekend, voters can be forgiven for losing our long-term perspective. The next election for the Mayor of London will take place on [...]
Quectel Launches SE200ZC-AP Smart Module Bringing AI-Powered Vision to Security, Industrial, and Smart Home Devices September 21, 2026 Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider, today announced the SE200ZC-AP, a new smart module designed to give manufacturers a faster path to AI-enabled cameras, industrial vision systems, and connected devices without the cost and complexity of building custom hardware from scratch. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260921524386/en/ [...]
London cannot afford an ‘Autumn of Discontent’ of Tube strikes September 21, 2026 The RMT has voted for further Tube strikes because TfL has offered them the wrong kind of four day week. It's normal Londoners that suffer.
London AI infrastructure firm Nscale files for $35bn US listing September 20, 2026 Nscale has filed for an initial public offering in the US, as it looks to tap into AI’s growing demand for infrastructure. The Nvidia backed AI cloud provider is targeting a valuation of up to $35bn. The group will also launch a retail offering for UK investors, allowing them to purchase shares via Retailbook. The [...]
Sydney Sweeney Novig ad backlash shows how much women’s sport has changed September 19, 2026 Top female athletes took control of the conversation around Sydney Sweeney and her ad for Novig, and that is the bit we should pay attention to because it represents real change, writes Matt Readman. A few years ago, I co-authored a report called The Seven Deadly Sins of Marketing Women’s Sport. The idea was to [...]
Ningbo FEED Meeting Confirms Full Confidence in Q1 2027 FID for Allied Biofuels’ US$6.1 Billion Presidential Decree-Backed SAF and e-SAF Project September 18, 2026 Allied Biofuels has held a major Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) meeting at Sinopec’s office in Ningbo, China, bringing together Allied Biofuels, Sinopec Engineering Group Co., Ltd. of China, Topsoe A/S of Denmark, Sasol South Africa Limited, and Plug Power of the United States — the principal international engineering and technology providers supporting its US$6.1 billion [...]
Drone strikes and noise disputes: The soaring risks of the global data centre boom September 18, 2026 As data centres scale, consume more power, and draw tighter community scrutiny, insurance risks are becoming increasingly complex. As AI infrastructure grows, so do legal risks: large lawsuits involving data centres more than tripled from four in all of 2021 to 14 in the first half of 2026, according to a Howden report. Planning and [...]
City watchdog targets London crypto traders in latest clampdown September 18, 2026 The City watchdog has targeted three London premises suspected of illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading as it increases its scrutiny of digital assets. In a joint operation with HMRC and the Metropolitan Police, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday it had issued three cease-and-desist letters to individuals trading through UK businesses, ordering them to [...]
Howard Buffett to succeed father Warren as Berkshire Hathaway chair September 18, 2026 Berkshire Hathaway has named Howard Buffett as chair as his father Warren Buffett steps down after six decades at the helm of the conglomerate. Howard’s elevation comes as billionaire Warren moves into the role as chairman emeritus of the company, according to a letter published to shareholders on Friday. The elder Buffett will also remain [...]
US law firms outpace London rivals in race for larger City offices September 18, 2026 American law firms with offices in London are taking up more space than their homegrown rivals as they push to aggressively expand. Since 2020, more than 70 per cent of the 22 legal firms relocating office in London took up more space as they expanded headcount, with 14 of those US companies, according to new [...]