-
Former BBC executive and TV presenter Alan Yentob has died at the age of 78, his family has announced.
-
The long-awaited Oasis reunion is set to deliver a remarkable £426.3m boost to London’s economy, with fans across the UK set to spend over £1bn. New data from Novuna Personal Finance found that the band’s sold-out, seven-night residency at Wembley Stadium will attract more than 630,000 fans to the capital, with each night forecast to…
-
The company behind crisps brand Seabrook has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget tax hikes will have an impact on its bottom line this year. The Cheshire-based UK arm of Japanese giant Calbee pointed to the increase in the National Living Wage and employers’ National Insurance contributions, which came into affect in April, as key…
-
FedEx has announced its first major deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States with the purchase of over three million gallons of blended SAF from Finland-based producer Neste. The fuel, blended with at least 30% neat SAF, will support FedEx’s cargo flight operations from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) over the next…
-
Dior, M&S, Co-op and Harrods are the latest victims in a growing crisis. Why retail — and what happens next?
-
New SVB report reveals AI startups dominate venture funding, but warns of ‘zombiecorns’—overfunded companies with weak growth and poor unit economics. Read more: AI cash boom masks rise of ‘zombiecorns’ as funding gaps widen in startup ecosystem
-
Jensen Huang warns that restrictions have backfired, accelerating Chinese innovation and costing US firms billions.
-
Inflation bounced back up to 3.5 per cent in April, official data has revealed, underlining the cost burden firms are taking on after Chancellor Reeves’ tax hikes on employers and rise to the national living wage came into effect. Consumer price inflation rose by 1.2 per cent on a month-on-month basis, higher than the last…
-
Neot Capital, a finance and investment firm focused on low-carbon mobility, has announced the launch of Neot e-motion, a new leasing platform dedicated to accelerating zero-emission transport deployment across Europe. The initiative is backed by €350 million (approximately USD $394 million) in equity commitments from a consortium of investors, including infrastructure specialist Alba Infra Partners,…
-
Alternative asset manager Patria Investments has unveiled Omnia, a new platform dedicated to developing, constructing and operating large-scale data centres across Latin America, powered entirely by green, renewable energy. The initiative aims to support the growing demand for high-performance computing infrastructure while aligning with environmental sustainability goals. Omnia is set to concentrate initially on campus-scale…