Features
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AI agents, identities, and legacy tech: The new security frontier
Automation is racing ahead of security controls. As AI agents join corporate networks, experts warn that 2026 will test enterprise resilience. ExtraHop’s Jamie Moles says governance, visibility, and culture will define whether businesses stay ahead or get blindsided.
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Business Quarter #2 is live now!
Business Quarter Issue 2 closes 2025 with perspective for leaders. The Q4 edition reflects on a demanding year marked by complexity. It examines leadership craft, organisational resilience, market discipline, and shifting expectations. All with an eye on planning calmly for 2026. Without easy answers, but with clarity and intent intact.
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Trang Do on redefining modern heirlooms through meaningful luxury
Trang Do is on a mission to redefine modern jewellery. Her London-based brand, Kimjoux, fuses craftsmanship, ethics and emotional depth to create “modern heirlooms” — pieces designed to carry stories, not status. Guided by purpose and personal connection, Kimjoux treats jewellery as legacy, blending artistry and authenticity in equal measure.
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Rough road ahead as Tesla stalls in US amid EV demand shift
Tesla’s November sales slump marks more than a U.S. policy hiccup. Across Europe, its once-dominant market share is eroding fast. The company’s 2025 trajectory suggests a deeper challenge — competition, sentiment, and an ageing product lineup. EV fatigue may be setting in.
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How security tech entrepreneur Marie-Claire Dwek mastered the art of resilience
Resilience, not technology, defines Marie-Claire Dwek’s leadership at Newmark today. From losing her home in the 1990s crash to returning as CEO of a once-struggling engineering firm, she has turned Newmark Security into a growing, service-led listed business built on human capital protection, recurring revenue, and a promise to herself.
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AI could reclaim nearly half the workday — but how real is it?
UK office workers say AI is saving them almost half a working day. A new study by Salesforce and IDC suggests a steep jump in productivity gains — but the headline may not reflect the broader workforce experience.
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November 2025’s US M&A snapshot
November’s US M&A tape did not look busy. It did, however, look big. A handful of multi-billion-dollar deals in consumer health, cancer diagnostics, industrials, and AI infrastructure underscored how 2025’s deal cycle is being driven by scale, category leadership, and infrastructure for an AI-intensive economy. Global megadeals — transactions of $10 billion or more —…
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Europe’s M&A in November 2025: scale, scrutiny, sovereignty
November’s M&A tape in Europe shrank, but deals swelled dramatically. From coatings and chemicals to energy and financial infrastructure, November’s largest transactions show boards leaning into selective, high-stakes bets in a market defined by sovereign capital, tougher subsidy rules, and more creative deal structures.
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November 2025’s UK M&A rundown
November’s UK dealflow was quiet, but anything but complacent overall. From a scrapped £5.3bn infrastructure merger to a contested fintech tie-up, the month’s biggest transactions showed investors rewarding infrastructure-style cash flows, disciplined storytelling, and targeted digital bets over indiscriminate empire-building, for boards weighing whether to buy, build, or partner.
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How crypto is quietly rewiring business payments
Boardrooms used to treat crypto as something radioactive and remote. Today, the conversation is shifting to settlement speed, cost, and compliance. As cross-border payment volumes soar and regulation matures, stablecoins and tokenised cash are quietly being tested as the new pipes of global trade, not the latest speculative bet anymore.