Autumn Budget 2026: What does the bond market want from Healey? Economics John Healey is not expected to rock the boat in his maiden Budget next week. Looking at the combustible bond market, that’s probably just as well, writes Ali Lyon. John Healey is, the well-worn cliche goes, walking a tightrope. Boxed in from three directions, the Chancellor could certainly have hoped for an easier backdrop in [...]
PHP cyber threat rocks internet as government and companies scramble to fend off attacks Tech A cyber threat identified by tech researchers has left government bodies and multinationals as large as Amazon scrambling to build defences and stop hundreds of hacking attacks. The UK government announced that dozens of services had gone offline as a precautionary measure to fend off cyber threats exposed by vulnerabilities in programming languages. The Office [...]
Legora fetches $8.8bn valuation in latest funding round Legal Legal tech firm Legora has raised $550m (£410m) in Series E funding at an $8.8bn valuation as it expands its footprint in the US, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. The Stockholm-based startup, which creates AI tools for law and professional services firms and corporate in-house legal teams to draft and review documents, said on Wednesday [...]
It’s too late for Farage to clean up Reform UK’s act October 19, 2026 Facing allegations of racism, bigotry and sexism, can Nigel Farage clean up Reform UK’s act? It's not even clear that he wants to, writes Eliot Wilson.
Post Office weighs bid for ATM operator in cashpoint expansion October 16, 2026 The Post Office is weighing a bid for one of the UK’s largest independent ATM operators in a move that would expand its cashpoint empire, City AM can reveal. The group, which facilitates the largest branch-based access-to-cash network in the United Kingdom, is exploring a deal for Notemachine after it was put up for sale [...]
Robert Jenrick hits out at Deloitte and KPMG over job cuts October 15, 2026 Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has criticised Big Four giants Deloitte and KPMG for laying off British staff, alleging they did so while “importing thousands of migrant workers”. In his latest video post, standing outside Deloitte’s London HQ, the MP said Deloitte “laid off 800 UK staff” but that “over the last five years, they have [...]
The Capitalist: Burnham’s hiring spree, cyclist crackdown and a non-Banksy Banksy October 15, 2026 Hasty hiring, cyclists being shamed and a non-Banksy Banksy; catch up on the latest City gossip in this week's edition of The Capitalist.
40 years on, the next Big Bang is happening behind the scenes instead of on the trading floor October 15, 2026 Capital markets are undergoing a structural shift as investment banks move away from legacy, self-operated back office functions toward shared, collaborative systems capable of supporting AI, says Joe Channer The Thatcher government’s Big Bang reforms transformed the City of London from an old boys’ club into a global electronic marketplace 40 years ago this month. [...]
Alkermes to Present New Data on Alixorexton and LUMRYZ® (sodium oxybate) at Sleep Europe 2026, Underscoring Leadership in Sleep Medicine Research October 13, 2026 — Data From Vibrance-1 Phase 2 Study Lancet Neurology Publication Evaluating Alixorexton in Narcolepsy Type 1 and Additional Data From Long-Term Extension Study in Narcolepsy Type 1 and Type 2 to be Shared in Oral Presentation — — Detailed Positive Results From REVITALYZSM Phase 3 Study Evaluating LUMRYZ in Adults With Idiopathic Hypersomnia to be Shared in Oral Presentation —
Amsterdam & Partners LLP: A Commercial Dispute, Then a Prison Cell; Firm to Set Out the Real Cost of Doing Business With the Uzbek State at London Press Conference October 13, 2026 Amsterdam & Partners LLP will hold a press conference in central London tomorrow, on the morning of Wednesday 14 October 2026, on investor risk in Central Asia, with a particular focus on the case of Uktam Xasanov, CEO of fintech platform Solfy, who has been held in detention in Uzbekistan since March 2026 following a [...]