2026 International Casino Awards: UK, Ireland & Rest of World Winners Revealed May 28, 2026 Casinos.com has revealed the winners of the second annual International Casino Awards, in conjunction with International Casinos Day®. Voted entirely by players, the 2026 awards cover more than 100 categories across the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the rest of the world. Now in its second year, the awards range from the deeply serious, the Best [...]
Local authorities thwart housebuilding with ‘manifestly unfair’ council tax raid on developers May 28, 2026 Cash-strapped local authorities across Britain are thwarting efforts to increase housebuilding by hitting property developers with steep council tax bills as soon as their homes are listed as complete, an influential industry body has warned. In a paper shared with City AM, the boss of the Home Builders Federation (HBF) accused local councils of slapping [...]
Ask the expert: Should I invest instead of buying a home? May 28, 2026 Fidelity personal financial specialist Marianna Hunt is back on hand to answer your burning questions, and today a reader wants to know whether to take the plunge and buy a property or invest. Q. I’m in my late 20s and have managed to save around £20,000, which I initially thought I’duse as a deposit to [...]
LSI Industries Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Carter Thermal Industries Group, Expands Refrigeration Solutions Offering May 27, 2026 LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: LYTS, “LSI” or the “Company”), a leading U.S. based manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, today announced a strategic partnership (the “Partnership”) with privately held Carter Thermal Industries Group (“Carter”), a global leader in refrigeration and environmental controls solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, LSI will become the exclusive [...]
Echodyne Expands Public Safety Radar Applications Through Partnership with Axon May 27, 2026 Partnership supports safer and more scalable drone operations across law enforcement, homeland security, and Drone as First Responder programs globally
Adnams cuts alcohol content across range in beer overhaul May 27, 2026 Adnams has reported early signs of success in its beer range overhaul after reducing the alcoholic content across a number of products. The Suffolk-based brewer, famed for its 0.5 per cent Ghost Ship low-alcohol beer, took the decision last year to introduce more lower strength beers in a bid to capture consumer demand for lower [...]
Gen Z craze toy maker Jellycat launches legal action against Next and Hamleys May 26, 2026 Jellycat, the British soft toy company that took Gen-Z by storm, has filed several legal actions in the London High Court over trademark allegations. Lawyers at Stephenson Harwood filed three separate lawsuits last week against retail giants over passing off and trademark allegations, as seen by City AM. The firm, founded by Thomas Gatacre in [...]
End quantitative tightening now May 26, 2026 Ending active quantitative tightening is not monetary loosening. The Bank must stop adding avoidable pressure to the gilt market.
Heat wave bottle jobs: Water firms set up emergency supply points in Kent, with tankers on standby May 25, 2026 With temperatures setting records for May over the long bank holiday weekend, emergency supplies of bottled water were sent to two major Kent towns and hundreds of Brits were hit with interruptions to their water supply. Distribution points were set up in Faversham and Ramsgate as a precaution, amid problems with infrastructure in the area. [...]
Is housebuilding in London impossible? May 25, 2026 After its 900-home development in Peckham was blocked, housebuilder Berkeley said it can “no longer invest” in London. Felix Armstrong asks whether development in the capital really has hit a brick wall At the Aylesham Centre in Peckham, south London, shoppers are met with graffitied walls, peeling paint and shuttered retail units. The site began [...]