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Manchester insurance technology company Fruga has secured new expansion funding. The £1m funding round, backed by NPIF II – PXN Equity Finance and Haatch, will help the company expand its open-banking insurance rewards platform and grow its commercial partnerships.
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Over 200 UK employers urge Chancellor to reform business rates. A proposal suggests a 2% online sales levy to fund a 37% reduction in rates for physical premises, aiming to alleviate financial pressure on businesses investing in communities.
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Ministers are consulting on reforms to disputed employment status classifications. Proposals covering worker rights, enforcement and protections for genuinely self-employed people could affect more than 900,000 individuals and reshape contracting arrangements.
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England has launched a ten-year strategy for organic farming growth. The plan seeks stronger domestic production and supply chains, with an ambition to increase organic agricultural land towards 10% by 2036.
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Peel has crossed the threshold required for Harworth’s planned delisting. Holdings and accepted offers together represent approximately 75.35% of shares, with trading on the London Stock Exchange expected to end on 12 November.
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Palantir and London’s policing authorities have reportedly settled their dispute. Multiple reports say both sides withdrew allegations over a blocked £50m Metropolitan Police contract, although the original joint statement remains unauthenticated.
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Nvidia has pledged substantial computing access for British safety research. The five-year $250m commitment will support UK work on advanced AI systems, open architectures and robotics through domestic cloud infrastructure.
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Large UK organisations expect greater AI returns despite governance weaknesses. SAP and Oxford Economics research records average expenditure of £20.6m among surveyed enterprises, but also identifies problems with data quality, oversight and agent deployment.
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Business Quarter Issue 5 examines leadership amid accelerating AI change. Our Q3 2026 edition features Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, alongside new perspectives on scaling through uncertainty, workforce development, brand discovery, and enterprise technology.
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Oxford photonics company Salience Labs has secured substantial new investment. Its $125m Series B will support manufacturing and expansion of optical switching technology for AI data centres, with backing from major semiconductor investors.