The watch podcast disrupting the ‘pale, male and stale’ image April 17, 2026 Rashawn Smith and Perri Dash are hoping to change your mind about the watch industry, one podcast at a time, says Laura McCreddie-DoakUnless you’re investigating a cold case, finding a following in the world of podcasting can be difficult. But the Wrist Check Pod seemed to enter the world fully formed when it launched in [...]
Judge throws out Richard Desmond’s billion-pound lottery case April 17, 2026 Media tycoon Richard Desmond has lost his billion-pound legal battle against the Gambling Commission over the 2022 National Lottery license. Desmond’s group, Northern and Shell, and its subsidiary, the New Lottery Company, launched a £1.3bn legal action against the Gambling Commission after it awarded the next licence to Czech gambling group Allwyn. The procurement competition for [...]
CoStar Data Shows Aire Park Driving New Rental Highs in Leeds April 17, 2026 Leeds office demand shifts south of the river to the East Quarter, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260417361617/en/ While the traditional City Core remained Leeds’s dominant office location, its [...]
Trump-hating Fifa World Cup fans should have costs paid if denied visa April 16, 2026 Any fan who is denied entry to the Fifa World Cup by the US over their social media accounts should have their visa costs covered, UK politicians have said. US entry rules allow authorities to comb through five years of social media posts, denying entry to applicants should they criticise the government and President Donald [...]
The Galvin brothers: Our Toast the City award means the world April 16, 2026 Our Toast the City Awards return for a second year, bigger, better and more ambitious than ever. We will once again shine a light on the restaurants, bars, green spaces and cultural hotspots that make the Square Mile one of London’s most exciting places to work and play. This year we’ve invited the winners from the [...]
Anchored Launches US Tokenized Stocks to Expand Global Investor Access April 16, 2026 Anchored, the global digital operating system for real-world assets, today announced the launch of its first product, tokenized US stocks on Monad’s high-performance Layer 1 network, starting with the top 10 Nasdaq-listed equities via its Monday Trade integration. The launch is powered by Alpaca, a leading global provider of brokerage infrastructure APIs and an infrastructure [...]
Alkermes to Present Additional Data From Vibrance-1 Phase 2 Study of Alixorexton in Patients with Narcolepsy Type 1 at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2026 Annual Meeting April 16, 2026 — Alixorexton Data From Seven-Week Open-Label Extension Period Demonstrated Sustained Improvements in Patient-Reported Disease Severity, Cognitive Functioning and Fatigue— — Alixorexton Was Generally Well Tolerated at All Doses Tested — — Phase 3 Brilliance NT1 Study of Alixorexton in Patients With Narcolepsy Type 1 Is Ongoing —
payabl. launches Click to Pay with Visa to help merchants improve checkout conversion and reduce fraud April 16, 2026 payabl. has launched Click to Pay with Visa, a new card payment experience designed to help merchants reduce checkout friction, improve authorisation rates, and deliver a faster, more secure online payment journey. Click to Pay replaces manual card number entry with a token-based checkout experience. Once a customer’s card is enrolled, they can complete purchases [...]
83% of UK CFOs Say Spend Management Is More Manual Than It Should Be April 16, 2026 84% of UK CFOs say their organisation has been too slow to modernise payments 91% say they are concerned competitors are ahead on payment automation while a confident few are already setting the pace Card-led payments are widely seen as a competitive advantage say 81%
AI job cuts top 50,000 in 2026 as Snap, Oracle, Meta slash roles April 16, 2026 More than 50,000 tech jobs have been cut in 2026 as tech behemoths such as Snap, Oracle and Meta link layoffs to AI and a shift in spending towards AI infrastructure. Recent figures from Challenger, Gray & Christmas show over 52,000 roles were eliminated in the sector in the first quarter alone, with AI cited [...]