QurCan Therapeutics Enters Strategic Research and Collaboration Agreement with Lilly to Advance Nucleic Acid Therapies for Central and Peripheral Nervous System Diseases September 15, 2026 Multi-program collaboration leveraging QurCan’s TERP™ polymer-lipid nanoparticle delivery platform Lilly to make a strategic investment in QurCan
Smartstream Further Enables Collateral Teams with Instant Answers and Controlled Automation through New MCP Servers September 15, 2026 Key Facts Smart Collateral helps financial institutions manage the complete margin and collateral lifecycle, providing the control, visibility and governance required to operate at scale. Teams can now interact with that information in plain language, getting answers on agreements, eligibility, positions, margin calls and interest calculations without navigating multiple screens and reports across separate systems. Workflow actions, including creating or failing movements and issuing margin calls, are opt-in, so each firm decides exactly what an AI assistant is permitted to do. Two Model Context Protocol servers connect any MCP-compatible AI assistant to Smart Collateral: one for operating the platform’s APIs, one read-only over the reporting database.
payabl. Renews BEONIX Festival Payments Partnership for Second Year, Extending Support Across ETKO September 15, 2026 payabl. returns as the Official Payments Partner at BEONIX Festival Partnership extends beyond the festival, with payabl. continuing to provide payment services across ETKO events throughout the year payabl. supports the customer journey from online ticket purchases and upgrades to in-person payments across the festival
Corgan Research Explores How Workplace Design Influences Attention and Focus September 15, 2026 Study of Inattentive-Type ADHD in the Workplace Earns Environmental Design Research Association CORE Designation
Wickes gains as Brits go budget in kitchen refurbs September 15, 2026 Wickes is benefiting from a slowdown in consumer spending as Brits switch to the value home improvement retailer and away from premium rivals, its boss has said. The FTSE 250 group posted a 2.1 per cent jump in revenue to £865m in the six months to June, buoyed by rising sales of big ticket items [...]
PSG Equity Holds Final Close of Third European Fund at Over €4.4 Billion September 15, 2026 Fund hits hard cap; commitments significantly exceed size of PSG Europe II Strong support from new and long-term investors signals continued demand for PSG Equity’s investment strategy Focused on scaling up European software and technology companies and building them into pan-European category leaders with global reach
As it happened: FTSE 100 slides as oil and AI weigh on markets September 15, 2026 Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Investors were met with a volatile start to the week after rising tensions around oil and AI dampened market mood. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – held above $107 per barrel on Tuesday morning after worries around global supply ramped up on Monday. Saudi [...]
Justice minister: legal services must embrace AI September 15, 2026 The economic prize from AI won’t simply go to the countries that develop the most powerful technology. It will go to the countries where businesses have the confidence to use it, invest in it and build around it, says Sarah Sackman I can remember when I started my legal career 20 years ago, we still [...]
Battersea Power Station enters final ‘playful’ phase of £5bn project September 14, 2026 Battersea Power Station has entered the final phase of its £5bn regeneration project after its Malaysian owners submitted plans for the site’s remaining 16 acres. The neighbourhood’s newest development will add as much as 3.2m sq ft of residential, commercial and leisure space to the area, more than 15 years on from the original plans [...]
S&P Global Leads Strategic Investment in Kaiko, Extending Series B to $110 Million September 14, 2026 Global financial institutions are funding the leading provider of data services for 24/7 onchain finance, and establishing a Kaiko-chaired industry working group to focus on data infrastructure for tokenized markets.