Access Advance Announces Major Growth in Its HEVC and VVC Patent Pools November 24, 2025 Access Advance LLC today announced significant expansions of both its HEVC Advance and VVC Advance Patent Pools during the second and third quarters of 2025, underscoring continued industry confidence in the company’s balanced and transparent approach to video codec licensing. This growth follows the successful January 2025 launch of Access Advance’s Video Distribution Patent (“VDP”) [...]
What sport wants from the Budget: UK industry leaders share hopes and fears November 24, 2025 Ahead of the Autumn Budget on Wednesday, City AM asked decision-makers from across the UK’s sport sector what they are hoping to hear from Chancellor Rachel Reeves. UK Athletics – Jack Buckner, CEO Major sporting events drive sport. They make us feel good, but they also are profitable. They generate income. It’s challenging putting on [...]
Everything we know about Rachel Reeves’ Budget – from mansions to milkshakes November 24, 2025 In the run-up to the mother of all Autumn Budgets to be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week, tax rumours have run wild, infecting the minds of businesses and working Brits while adding to the sense of peril that a botched fiscal event could bring. Investors are running scared. Voters fear looming betrayal. Gamblers [...]
OLX Group Reports Record Profitability with 49% Margin and Strong 22% Revenue Growth November 24, 2025 OLX Group (“OLX”), a global online classifieds leader with nearly 60 million daily listings across seven markets1 and a subsidiary of Prosus, has reported strong financial results for the first six months ended 30 September 2025. Revenue grew 22% (17%2) year-on-year to US$473 million, from US$389 million in 1HY25. Adjusted EBITDA increased 52% (44%) year-on-year [...]
Rachel Reeves to slap wealth tax on £2m homes November 24, 2025 Rachel Reeves will reportedly impose a property levy on homes worth more than £2m, hitting 100,000 properties with a new wealth tax that is expected to raise just £450m. The Chancellor is in the final phase of Budget preparations, with measures expected to include some more complex changes to the UK tax regime as she [...]
Reeves faces £30bn tax hole ahead of Budget announcement November 23, 2025 Rachel Reeves is set to plug a looming £30bn hole in the public finances with a “dog’s breakfast” of tax hikes, according to new analysis. The Institute of Economic Affairs warns that the gap will likely be addressed by combining broad-based income tax rises with a patchwork of smaller, targeted measures. The gap, which has [...]
Reeves accused of ‘fiscal fandango’ amid OBR forecast changes November 23, 2025 The Bank of England’s former chief economist Andy Haldane has accused Rachel Reeves of overseeing “fiscal fandango” in the lead-up to the Budget amid months of speculation around expected tax rises. Speaking to the BBC, Haldane blasted months of speculation around the Budget that had caused “paralysis” in the UK economy. His comments came days [...]
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Cheshire 2021-1 PLC November 21, 2025 KBRA UK (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of notes issued by Cheshire 2021-1 PLC (Cheshire Refinance), a static RMBS securitisation backed by a non-conforming portfolio of performing and reperforming mortgage loans. Cheshire Refinance will be a refinancing of the original Cheshire 2021-1 PLC transaction, which closed in September 2021 (50.7% of the portfolio) [...]
Eros Innovation Announces USD150 Million Capital Injection and Strategic Acquisitions, Reinforcing Its Position as a USD2 Billion Global AI–Media Platform November 21, 2025 Eros Innovation today announced the completion of approximately $150 million in capital and strategic transactions, reinforcing its evolution into a next-generation, AI-driven media and entertainment platform. The transactions support Eros Innovation’s strategy to build an integrated stack across content, computation, and cultural intelligence, underpinned by a $2 billion independent valuation, over $1 billion in assets, [...]
Everest Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition November 20, 2025 Elias Habayeb Appointed Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding Mark Kociancic