Londoners should back Andy Burnham’s property tax reforms – not fear them June 26, 2026 Replacing Stamp Duty and council tax with a proportional property tax will make London’s housing market work better, says Andrew Dixon If a “London tax grab” were on the cards, Londoners would rightly be wary. They already face high rents, high mortgages and some of the largest tax bills in the country. Yet Fairer Share’s Proportional [...]
Capco Recognized by OpenAI for Innovation and Responsible AI Leadership June 26, 2026 Receives AI Governance & Risk Excellence Award at OpenAI Partner Summit Capco’s UK AI Lab wins OpenAI Codex Hackathon
H.B. Fuller Announces Offer to Acquire Advanced Medical Solutions June 25, 2026 Extends capabilities in attractive, high-growth medical segments Accelerates portfolio mix shift and path to >20% EBITDA margin target Expected to deliver ~$55 million in run-rate synergies
DLE Limited Announces Patent Filing for Ambient-Temperature Diamond Process and Offers Staged Disclosure Framework June 25, 2026 UK-based research and development engineering company DLE Limited today announced the filing of its foundational platform patent on 6 March 2026, covering a proprietary ambient-temperature diamond process. In accordance with standard statutory protocols, the specific details of the filing remain confidential during the initial 18-month regulatory cycle. DLE Limited was established exclusively as a platform [...]
Sixth Street to Become Majority Shareholder of Monument Re June 25, 2026 Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm, today announced that investment vehicles managed or advised by Sixth Street have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Monument Re (“Monument” or the “Company”), a premier pan-European insurance consolidator, and support the Company’s long-term strategic growth plan. Hannover Re will continue as a [...]
Wimbledon property market drops ball ahead of Grand Slam June 25, 2026 Wimbledon’s property market has suffered an unforced error ahead of next month’s Grand Slam, as house prices slip in spite of the world-renowned tournament. Home to the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament, prices in the south-west suburb have fallen by almost 12 per cent over the last year, according to research conducted by independent estate [...]
Treasury confirms scrapping of Lifetime ISA but industry questions remain June 24, 2026 The government has confirmed it is replacing the hotly debated Lifetime ISA with a new product aimed solely at first time buyers, but industry figures are questioning the new framework. In a consultation published on Tuesday, the government confirmed the new product, dubbed the ‘First Time Buyer ISA’, (FTB ISA) will only be available to [...]
Berkeley warns of London housing slowdown in call for ‘political leadership’ from Burnham June 24, 2026 Berkeley has called for “strong political leadership” on housebuilding from potential Prime Minister Andy Burnham as it warned that London is on course to miss its housing targets. The capital’s biggest housebuilder issued a swathe of demands to policymakers, warning that there is “no prospect of material improvement” on housebuilding “without more decisive intervention” from [...]
MSCI Announces the Results of the MSCI 2026 Market Classification Review June 23, 2026 MSCI released the results of the MSCI 2026 Market Classification Review. Key takeaways from this year’s review include: Reclassification of Bulgaria from Standalone to Frontier Market status Assessment of shareholder transparency and coordinated trading concerns in the Indonesian and Turkish equity markets, acknowledging the announced steps undertaken by both markets to address these matters and [...]
If the advice is free, who is really paying for it? June 22, 2026 There is an old line from Silicon Valley: If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. It was originally used to describe the internet economy. Free search. Free social media. Free platforms. Free tools. Services that appeared to cost the user nothing, but were monetised elsewhere through advertising, data, attention or influence. [...]