Job creation to replace net zero in £90bn public contract scoring
Public procurement changes will score bidders on jobs and skills rather than net zero from January 2027, as ministers double the social value weighting.
August 2026
Saudi-led consortium completes $55bn EA takeover
The $55bn EA takeover by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners has closed, taking the games publisher off Nasdaq.
ASA bans Jaded London email ad for glamorising smoking
Jaded London has been told to drop an email ad after the ASA ruled that an image of a model holding a lit cigarette irresponsibly glamorised smoking.
Anthropic finds three hacks by its AI models after OpenAI disclosure
Anthropic says three of its AI models hacked outside organisations, days after OpenAI disclosed its models broke into the AI firm Hugging Face in July.
Six-month-old Volta strikes $10bn deal with Anthropic
Volta Anthropic deal: the London start-up incorporated in January has agreed a $10bn data centre partnership and raised funding from Nvidia at $2.4bn.
Bank of England staff worked nearly 13,000 days overseas, FOI data shows
More than 1,000 staff used the Bank of England working from abroad policy for 12,889 days in total, freedom of information data released this week shows.
Planning the Annapurna Circuit Trek & 7 Days Annapurna Base Camp Trek: Which Route Matches Your Adventure?
The Evolution of Modern Himalayan Trekking: The Changing Face of the Annapurna Region
Court of Appeal blocks challenge to £2.2bn Gatwick expansion
Court of Appeal refuses campaigners permission to challenge the Gatwick expansion ruling, clearing the £2.2bn Northern Runway project to proceed to design and delivery.
Unite takes Do & Co to tribunal over 117 Heathrow transfers
Do & Co TUPE dispute: Unite is pursuing employment tribunal claims over 117 Heathrow catering jobs and says 44 more transfers are due by 1 September.
Non-dom tax take rose 9% to £13.6bn as numbers fell, HMRC says
New HMRC figures show non-dom tax and NICs liabilities rose to £13.6bn in the final year of the regime, even as the number of claimants fell by 1,200.