The Capitalist: Reeves and Revolut get chummy at HQ party September 25, 2025 Revolut puts on a party, City AM pioneers the midday bash and finance bros trade blows; catch up on the latest Square Mile shenanigans in The Capitalist.
Stalling Starling revs up Engine in rebrand September 24, 2025 Veteran of the UK fintech industry Starling has overhauled its brand with a fresh colour palette, a new slogan and even a new name. The digital lender announced last week it would drop the word “Bank” from its banking arm’s name in a move analysts have described as a “significant” step in its evolution. The [...]
Adanola: Sales triple at Kendall Jenner favourite September 24, 2025 Sales at Adanola, the athleisure brand worn by the likes of Kendall Jenner, Molly-Mae Hague and Maya Jama, have tripled in the space of just two years. The Manchester-based label has reported a turnover of £84.5m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2025, new accounts filed with Companies House show. That total is up from [...]
Time for politicians to come clean about the pensions triple lock September 24, 2025 It is becoming devastatingly clear that public clear that public spending is on an unsustainable path, and while much focus is on welfare reform, we need to start saying the unsayable on the pensions triple lock too, says Simon Clarke How do you earn permission to say the unsayable in a democracy? That’s the exam [...]
Whitehall pledges skills drive as AI wounds UK’s job market September 23, 2025 The UK government is seeking to strike a balance between the promise and the perils of AI, with ministers insisting they are preparing for a range of outcomnes as the technology reshapes the labour market. Kanisha Narayan, a junior minister at the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), said the administration was “monitoring data [...]
Nigel Farage pledges to take down Boriswave with tougher rules September 22, 2025 Nigel Farage has said he would remove migrants’ indefinite leave to remain rights, which allow people to gain settled status in the UK, as he set out a hardline approach to immigration in the same week President Trump added a fee to a key US worker visa. The Reform UK leader said he would force [...]
Donald Trump suggests Keir Starmer could drill oil in North Sea September 18, 2025 President Donald Trump has urged Keir Starmer to drill for more North Sea oil as he suggested that the Prime Minister could begin expanding projects in the near term. In a press conference at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s estate, Trump claimed that he had taken control of inflation in the US through his drive to [...]
Greg Jackson spins off Kraken from Octopus Energy September 18, 2025 Greg Jackson’s Octopus Energy has announced the spin-off of its technology arm Kraken to become a standalone business. The group said the move is aimed at “speeding up the platform’s expansion across the globe” and allowing Kraken to “fast-track investments into its technology, expand into new energy markets and regions, and drive innovation”. Kraken has [...]
Aon’s tech startup approach is redefining life insurance September 18, 2025 When Michelle Lister joined Aon to startup a life consulting practice, she didn’t expect to find a high-performing GPU based life actuarial software ready to use for her projects. But that’s exactly what happened. “The draw was the excitement of having this startup of a business within a global corporate,” says Lister, now UK/EMEA head [...]
Starmer and Macron face a shared Waterloo September 18, 2025 Facing crippling national debt and a politically divided public, both Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have proved unable to implement necessary economic reforms, and both are heading for a downfall driven by market forces, says Helen Thomas A country gripped by the highest debt levels since the Second World War; an unpopular leader facing a [...]