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Herbalife is pushing deeper into data-driven personalised nutrition globally now. The company plans to acquire certain Bioniq assets, with Europe and the US first in line for the rollout.
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Strong ESG performance can materially reduce tourism companies’ failure risk. New research links stronger ESG scores to lower earnings volatility and better survival odds across the sector.
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NatWest has agreed to sell Mentor to Empowering People Group. The bank will keep referral access in place while the consultancy moves to a specialist owner in the second half of 2026.
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Octopus Energy acquires majority stake in Uplight for US expansion. The acquisition, in partnership with Schneider Electric, will address rising electricity demand due to data centres and electrification.
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Ministers tighten payment rules for large business buyers today. Proposed reforms would cap terms at 60 days, mandate interest on overdue invoices, expand enforcement powers, and bring payment performance closer to board scrutiny, though the measures still require legislation and some of the most significant changes would not take effect before 2027.
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Deal confidence is rising faster than credit market trust can follow. A stronger M&A outlook now sits alongside strain in private credit, leaving boards to reconcile strategic ambition with harder questions about liquidity, underwriting, lender concentration, covenant quality, and whether the financing supporting a transaction is as durable as the deal thesis itself.
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TreviPay says friction and AI expectations are reshaping buyer loyalty. A survey of 550 buyers across Europe and the UK points to invoice accuracy, onboarding speed, ERP integration, and payment flexibility as competitive requirements in supplier selection.
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Imagination names Harsharan Travers UK finance director with immediate effect. The agency says the former Ogilvy UK finance leader will oversee commercial and financial operations, supporting growth, efficiency, and client delivery across the UK business.
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Oracle is redesigning Fusion to work more directly with AI. The update shifts finance and procurement tasks toward prompts, agents, and automated execution, as the software group tries to prove enterprise applications remain central to business decision-making by becoming the layer where data, workflows, approvals, and AI actions meet securely.
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AIM graduates are moving up as listing reforms take hold. Pinsent Masons says transfers to London’s Main Market have tripled year on year as rules and investor access change the calculus.