Birthday cookies and fine dining: Inside the law firm aiming for 5-Star service December 4, 2025 There are not many office buildings in the City where, just five feet in the door, you receive a personalised greeting, but Addleshaw Goddard’s client services team would put The Ritz to shame. How to stand out in a crowded field? That is the question plaguing most law firms as they battle to grow in [...]
Accountants expect price hikes and job cuts following Budget December 4, 2025 A chartered accountancy body has urged the government to consult on a path to a single VAT rate to simplify and restore business confidence following the Autumn Budget. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which represents over 140,000 UK members, reported negative overall sentiment toward the recent Budget. According to exclusive [...]
ILiAD Biotechnologies Announces Lancet Microbe Publication of BPZE1 Phase 2b Clinical Results in Human Challenge Model December 3, 2025 Study Highlights First-ever Demonstration of Protection Against B. pertussis Colonization in Humans
LumRisk Announces Strategic Reset and USD 5 Million Capital Commitment to Accelerate Its Transformation Toward an AI-Driven QIS and Multi-Asset Platform December 3, 2025 LumRisk today announced a major milestone in its evolution, with the approval and implementation of a comprehensive corporate reset. This includes the restructuring of legacy obligations and the reinforcement of the company’s balance sheet. These measures establish a strong foundation for a new phase of accelerated global growth across LumRisk’s core domains: Quantitative Investment Strategies [...]
Abu Dhabi Finance Week: Where global capital meets innovation December 3, 2025 The Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) has been rapidly growing over the past few years, scaling to become one of the largest global financial events of the year. With attendance growing by over 100 per cent, representation from over 125 countries and over 600 global institutions, it is on pace to be the biggest financial [...]
Silicon Valley has invented its own form of central planning December 3, 2025 With so much capital focused on a small select group of companies like OpenAI and Microsoft we’ve created our own form of central planning, just with corporate overlords instead of government ones, says Lewis Liu The US stock market continues to march toward record territory, with everyone from Big Tech CEOs to Goldman Sachs speculating [...]
Labour is making it more expensive than ever to hire young workers December 3, 2025 Increases to the minimum wage alongside increases in employer NICs have pushed up the costs of employing an 18-year-old by 26 per cent. No wonder youth unemployment is soaring and young people are emigrating in droves, says Emma Revell To say most people are struggling with the state of the British economy would be an [...]
Swan EndoSurgical Appoints Veteran Robotics and MedTech Leader Erik Todd as Chief Executive Officer December 2, 2025 Swan EndoSurgical, an emerging leader in flexible endoluminal surgical robotics, today announced the appointment of Erik Todd as its Chief Executive Officer. Erik joins Swan following more than 25 years of leadership at Stryker Corporation, where he most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Robotics and Enabling Technologies division. This press [...]
OBR chair Richard Hughes resigns after leak ‘inflicted heavy damage’ on watchdog December 1, 2025 The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) Richard Hughes has resigned after a report provided a damning assessment of management at the top of the fiscal watchdog after it leaked its fiscal report before the Budget. Hughes, who has faced pressure from the government since the leak, said he was taking full responsibility [...]
The ugly shoe that defined 2025: The New Balance snoafer December 1, 2025 What does it say about society today that the shoe that most succinctly and perfectly typifies it also happens to be its ugliest? I am talking, of course, about the New Balance snoafer. Officially called the 1906L, it boasts the silhouette of a penny loafer and the comfort of a sneaker, though it doesn’t fully [...]