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Amazon has raised £4.25bn through its first sterling bond sale. Investor orders reached £10.65bn as hyperscale technology groups increasingly use global debt markets to finance AI infrastructure.
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Brussels is proposing new rules across Europe’s €2.5tn procurement market. The planned overhaul combines simplification and digitalisation with European-preference, resilience, innovation, and strategic purchasing measures.
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Goodwin has agreed a £1.1bn engineering division sale to Cerberus. The transaction covers major industrial businesses and is expected to complete in early 2027, subject to regulatory approvals.
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Google is committing €13bn to expand AI infrastructure across Finland. The programme combines new data centres with long-term nuclear power, wind, battery storage, skills investment, and grid agreements.
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UK retail sales growth slowed to 0.7% during August overall. Food remained positive, but non-food sales declined as summer demand cooled and retailers turned towards the crucial final-quarter trading period.
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Britain sold long-dated debt at its highest recorded yield today. The £4.25bn 2056 gilt attracted £87.2bn of orders, but its 5.8168% yield underlines the higher financing costs now confronting government and capital markets.
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Four regions are joining National Wealth Fund partnerships from today. South Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, the North East, and Cardiff Capital Region will gain direct access to investment expertise and capital to develop infrastructure pipelines.
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Government has set a new ambition for British scaleups today. The package combines a unicorn growth target with regulatory sandboxes, regional finance, procurement reform, and changes intended to shorten infrastructure delays.
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UK business confidence has strengthened despite persistent labour-market weakness nationwide. BDO’s August Optimism Index rose sharply to a near two-year high, while employment remained close to recent lows.
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August’s US dealmakers concentrated capital around scale, infrastructure, and control. Aon, Stripe, Curium, Victory Capital, and Williams led a month in which buyers paid for distribution, AI routing, specialist healthcare, investment platforms, and energy networks.