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HMRC rejects nearly half of digital tax exemption requests. Over 1,600 taxpayers applied for exemptions from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax due to digital exclusion, with 47% refused. Approved exemptions mostly relate to age, health, or digital capability.
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February’s flat inflation reading masked a much less stable outlook. Official data showed UK consumer prices unchanged at 3.0%, but the Bank of England now expects conflict-driven energy costs to lift inflation in coming months, complicating rate decisions just as retail demand and broader business activity are weakening further ahead.
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RAC plans £5bn IPO in London’s recovering market. The West Midlands firm has begun investor meetings, indicating its intent to join the London Stock Exchange by year-end.
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Zevero has raised fresh capital as carbon data demand surges. The funding will support product development and further expansion across Europe and Asia-Pacific as climate reporting requirements tighten and buyers demand more defensible, reusable emissions data.
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EHL is launching a new degree for future restaurateurs globally. The two-year course brings together culinary arts, fine-dining guest experience, and restaurant management as hospitality education shifts towards shorter, practice-led pathways.
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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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Infosecurity Europe is tying cyber risk to geopolitical instability directly. The event’s 2026 keynote programme will examine cyber conflict, resilience, and European cooperation as organisers report rising concern about how international tensions are reshaping security collaboration.
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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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Azerion promotes Rebecca Callaghan to lead out-of-home growth in UK. The promotion gives the advertising platform a dedicated senior lead for programmatic digital out-of-home as it pushes the channel deeper into omnichannel media planning.
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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.