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New business rates reforms will hit Britain’s largest retailers with a £600m tax rise from April 2026, with London’s West End and supermarkets hardest affected, according to Colliers. Read more: Retail giants ‘face £600m bill’ as new business rates bite
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After a successful week of WTA tennis at Queen’s, WTA Ventures chief Marina Storti discusses the state of the sport, its private equity partner CVC Capital Partners and a potential merger with the ATP. When 37-year-old Tatjana Maria upset the odds to win the HSBC Championships in front of 9,000 fans on Sunday, she became…
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The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta, has announced an agreement with clean energy firm XGS Energy to develop 150 megawatts of geothermal energy in New Mexico to support its data centre operations in the region. Based in California, XGS Energy specialises in heat-harvesting technology, facilitating access to affordable and carbon-free geothermal energy.…
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is accused of underfunding Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after applying the Barnett formula to cover rising employer NICs, leaving multimillion-pound public sector gaps. Read more: Rachel Reeves accused of leaving devolved nations in the red after NICs rise
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The Women’s Super League will expand to 14 teams from the 2026-27 season, it was announced on Monday. The top flight of English women’s football will grow in size after the coming season, with two teams promoted from the second division into the Women’s Super League and the third-place team facing the WSL’s bottom side…
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The UK government has pledged £200 million to the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Scotland, marking the largest government funding commitment to date. This investment, confirmed in the Chancellor’s Spending Review, aims to propel the project toward a Final Investment Decision (FID) before the end of the current parliamentary term. “We welcome…
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According to exclusive insights provided to City A.M. by cybersecurity firm ESET, UK businesses are set to generate an estimated £27 billion in extra annual revenue from their investments in cybersecurity. This research surfaces in the wake of a rise in cyberattacks targeting significant organizations across the nation, underlining the vital commercial and operational importance…
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A rise in business rates for more expensive properties is set to hammer valuable areas like London’s West End, a leading investment firm has warned. The policy, which aims to bring down business rates for small properties by raising them for large properties, has been slammed as “unlikely to save the high street” and likely…
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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, an investor concentrating on energy transition, has unveiled several new executive appointments, notably naming Brian Restall as its first-ever Global CEO. The firm also announced the appointments of Giulia Siccardo as Managing Director and Regional Leader for North America, and Kathryn Lin as Senior Director, spearheading Quinbrook’s digital infrastructure strategies. The company…
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BT boss Allison Kirkby signals more job losses could follow AI rollout.
