Mark Kleinman: South East Water’s excuses have run dry February 5, 2026 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column South East Water’s excuses have run dry How the water industry could do with the raising of a Mervyn King eyebrow. While governor of the Bank of England in 2012, Lord King defenestrated Bob Diamond as [...]
Ras Al Khaimah Ruler Awards Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Science at IWAM 2026 February 4, 2026 Prize underscores Emirate’s global commitment to science, innovation and advanced materials research
Political risk is back – and financial services are most exposed February 4, 2026 As global politics becomes more volatile and the state accounts for more activity, political risk is becoming a major factor in investment decisions – and the smartest firms are pricing it in, says Benedict McAleenan There’s a meme on social media where people post photos of themselves in the innocent days of early 2016. Gen [...]
Legion Works With Wolt to Modernise Workforce Management Experience February 4, 2026 Legion Technologies, an innovator in workforce management, today announced that Wolt, a Helsinki-based technology company, has selected Legion to modernise its workforce management across 20 countries in EMEA. Wolt required a dynamic and modern workforce management (WFM) platform that would enable it to strengthen workforce management across 20 countries, whilst supporting multiple languages for its [...]
Award-Winning Probate Specialists Kings Court Trust Forms Partnership With InheritNOW to Ease Tough Financial Challenges Facing Bereaved Families February 4, 2026 InheritNOW, a service of The Estate Registry, provides funds to help cover immediate expenses following a bereavement NotifyNOW allows customers to inform 2,000 financial institutions and service providers of a death with one click Kings Court Trust helps hundreds of customers each year in cases of complex probate
FTSE 100 Live: Beazley seals $15bn Zurich deal, Santander in $12bn takeover February 4, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Shares in Europe’s biggest data, publishing and legal software groups slumped on Tuesday after AI giant Anthropic unveiled a new tool aimed directly at in-house lawyers. The move rattled investors who had long viewed the sector as an AI winner. In London, Relx fell close [...]
LINVO AG Sponsors Fight Aids Cup 2026 in Monaco February 4, 2026 Football legends unite with royalty for HIV awareness at Stade Louis II
The economics of superstars: Is Taylor Swift in her AI era? February 4, 2026 Claims that AI will make it harder for working class talent to succeed in the creative industries miss the point – the arts are inherently unequal, and not because of technology, says Paul Ormerod The cultural and creative industries have been very much in the news over the past week A report fronted by the [...]
LRN Appoints Patsy Doerr as Chief People & Culture Officer February 3, 2026 Newly created role underscores LRN’s commitment to purpose, culture, employee experience, and values-based leadership
Musk’s SpaceX swallows xAI ahead of mega IPO February 3, 2026 Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has acquired his AI firm xAI in a deal valuing the combined business at roughly $1.25 trillion (£910bn) as the billionaire tightens control of his empire, ahead of a long-trailed IPO. The all-stock transaction, announced on SpaceX’s own website on Monday, values SpaceX at about $1 trillion, and xAI at [...]