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Domino’s CEO resigns amid significant stock price decline. Andrew Rennie’s departure follows a challenging period for Domino’s, which saw its stock halve over the past year. The company is now seeking a permanent CEO as it reassesses its growth strategy.
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Rachel Reeves has delivered a tax-heavy Autumn Budget for business. Markets have taken the measures in their stride, but leaders now face a higher, more complex tax burden and big questions about investment, skills, and productivity that our BQX deep-dive will unpack in full, as they plan for 2026 ahead.
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Friendly fraud cases are set to rise 25% this weekend. ACI Worldwide warns that retailers could face record levels of transaction disputes between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, with the average fraudulent claim now worth $291 — a 21% year-on-year increase.
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First meetings with investors are less performance, more partnership. Jamie Roberts, Managing Partner at YFM, explains why chemistry can make or break an initial PE meeting — and how founders who treat it as a conversation, not a pitch, set the tone for lasting collaboration.
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Two in five invoices reach finance teams with errors. New data from Basware shows automation could reclaim hundreds of hours and bring oversight to $549bn in unmanaged spend.
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Crédit Agricole sets ambitious sustainable finance targets for 2028. The Paris-based bank aims for a 90/10 green-brown ratio, facilitating €240 billion in transition financing and achieving €1 billion in sustainable finance revenues by 2028.
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UK Finance CEO warns against bank tax hikes in Budget. David Postings cautions that increasing taxes on banks could harm London’s competitiveness and economic growth. He emphasises the financial sector’s role in job creation and tax contributions.
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Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to acquire London fintech Curve for a reported £120 million. The move marks the bank’s latest step in expanding its digital payments and wallet capabilities, aiming to integrate Curve’s card-consolidation technology into its mobile platform by mid-2026, subject to regulatory approval.
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The UK’s annual inflation rate eased to 3.6 per cent in October. It marked the first decline in five months, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Behavioural risk is the invisible factor derailing corporate strategy. Simon Keslake, Co-founder of Behavioural Risk Intelligence, reveals how cognitive bias and group dynamics among senior leaders can quietly undermine resilience — and how understanding these behavioural patterns can transform strategy execution, leadership performance, and long-term organisational stability.