‘Scale is survival’: UK broadcasters race to merge as streaming giants squeeze revenues July 29, 2026 British broadcasters are turning to mergers as television revenues come under pressure from streaming services, YouTube and online ads, according to Ofcom. The media regulator’s annual Media Nations report found commercial broadcaster revenues fell from £4.98bn to £4.83bn in 2025, despite the wider TV and online video market growing seven per cent to £18.4bn. Growth [...]
Here we go again: The best roof terrace for yet another heatwave July 28, 2026 Just when you thought you’d got out… they drag you back in. Or up: up to London’s roof terraces to bask in yet another spell of 30 degree heat. We round up some of the top spots up top to make the most of this most clement of summers. Madison Where else to start but [...]
KBRA Releases Research – KBRA-Rated European CMBS Exposure to Wildfires in Spain and France July 28, 2026 KBRA releases research assessing the potential exposure of KBRA-rated European commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) transactions to the ongoing wildfires in Spain and France. KBRA has not identified any collateral properties within active wildfire perimeters or mandatory evacuation zones, and no physical damage or operational disruption has been identified. The following KBRA-rated CMBS transactions have collateral [...]
Nexo Reaffirms EU Compliance July 28, 2026 The digital assets wealth platform announces sustained operations across the European Economic Area in the MiCA era
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
MANSCAPED® Debuts The Lawn Mower® Go Ball and Body Hair Trimmer July 28, 2026 The Newest Addition to The Lawn Mower Family Expands the Category-Leading Grooming Portfolio
Premier League and EFL set for summit with Football Regulator over new financial deal July 28, 2026 An end to one of the longest-running saga plaguing English football could be in sight after the Premier League and English Football League (EFL) stepped up talks over a blockbuster new financial redistribution deal. Premier League CEO Richard Masters and chair Alison Brittain and their EFL counterparts Trevor Birch and Rick Parry are expected to [...]
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 [...]
BT Openreach told to pull ‘unfair’ broadband discount July 28, 2026 Ofcom has moved to block a heavily discounted Openreach broadband offer after warning it could squeeze rival fibre networks out of the market, in the regulator’s first attempt to stop a commercial deal from BT’s network arm. The telecoms watchdog said Openreach’s proposed discount for internet providers signing up new full-fibre customers was “not fair [...]