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Salesforce hit by major global outage

Salesforce customers were hit by a major global outage today, leaving some unable to access key services for up to nine hours.

Reaction as Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75%

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% today (17 September) despite inflation rising to 3.1% in August. Six members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted in favour of the hold, with the other three members recommending a 0.25% increase to

Ministry of Justice apologizes after court staff accessed Southport victims' files

Sensitive personal data was involved, but there is no evidence it was shared with third parties

FCA issues guidance ahead of crypto regime launch

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published guidance to help cryptoasset firms understand how the law underpinning the UK’s future crypto regime applies to their business. It also sets out which of the firms’ activities may require authorisation.

Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve

High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg

How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation

Windows is getting more efficient. The updates, not so much

Weekend Essay: The Great Wealth Transfer and the great family fallout

When it comes to family, I’ve always considered myself very lucky. That doesn’t mean things are always smooth. As the youngest of three, I can confirm that sibling rivalry has occasionally involved, erm, robust exchanges of views. Being the little brother can be an invidious

Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake

From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter

Runtime: Jev is an LLM without the LL

+ Rubrik has Mythos access and you don't, Splunk hugs servers, and an agent harness for Kubernetes.

‘The biggest issue is sourcing’: Inside MusicMagpie’s refurbished tech supply chain

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Or at least it is for MusicMagpie. The brand, which was acquired by AO World for £10m in 2024, has increasingly witnessed shoppers turning to more affordable second-hand and refurbished options.

AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth

Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap

How to make Xfce look like almost any desktop you want

Panel Profiles handles the heavy lifting, once you've installed the plugins it expects

Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K

The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM

How security researchers used Anthropic to hack OpenAI

A newly discovered vulnerability + a bad SSO implementation + Claude Opus 5 = pwnage.

Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI

Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists

North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices

WaterPlum recruiters used bogus coding tests to backdoor jobseekers and raid more than 7,000 crypto wallets

Former Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point

US spy-tech firm insists its new UK senior vice president is there to 'build things, not to open doors'

Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts

Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec

Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache

Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer

Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections

Claude Code revamps projects so you can work and pay in parallel

Running multiple Claude sessions at once means less waiting around to hit your usage limit

State of MCP - Multi-agent, identities, and overlapping protocols

At the first MCPCon Europe, the AAIF head says MCP will one day be "like the air that we breathe" for agentic builders, but there are issues to address first.

KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting

AI, Cyber, SAP and Testing teams caught in latest reshaping of Big Four consultancy's Advisory arm

FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B

AI, fake uniforms, and mock offices help crooks sell the con

Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode

Legacy web apps have guaranteed shelter only through 2029, and Redmond warns modernization can take years

KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user

Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly

Hotfix covers only Excel 2016 and may still come unstuck around conditional formatting

The ideal database for AI agents doesn't exist yet, says Percona CEO

Iterative workloads caught vendors off guard, but requirements for a clean-slate solution remain unclear

The myth of killer AI is a self-serving attempt at regulatory capture

Skynet is coming soon, and also there's this Nigerian prince with a $20 million fortune who wants to give it to you

AAIF adds "sandbox" phase to catch early-stage projects

"The most interesting projects are early, they’re not fully baked."

British Army spends £16M on 1,000 pocket-sized eyes in the sky

Surveillance and training drone systems will come through three UK suppliers, though some are built overseas

Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up

Whitehall changes a 'big mistake' as anything going in with Business department gets squeezed

FCA to take AML supervision of 60,000 legal and accounting firms

The FCA will take on anti-money laundering (AML) supervision of 60,000 entities across the legal and accounting sectors from the end of 2028, as it prepares to expand its risk-based approach to professional firms.

PPI: Understanding pension outcomes through different working lives

The UK is entering a new phase of pensions policy. Two decades after the first Pensions Commission, automatic enrolment (AE) and a simpler state pension are now embedded in the system. The policy debate is now moving beyond whether people are saving for retirement to

Paul Smith boss brands Frasers’ Harvey Nichols deal ‘dubious’

Paul Smith executive chairman Ewan Venters has questioned the ethics of Frasers Group’s takeover of Harvey Nichols, as suppliers face recovering just a fraction of the money they are owed.

Amazon calls for ‘rigorous testing’ as AI safety concerns mount

Amazon has waded into the growing debate over artificial intelligence safety, calling for “rigorous testing” and stronger safeguards before new AI models are released.

Next boss urges Chancellor to rule out tax rises at Budget

Next boss Lord Simon Wolfson has urged Chancellor John Healey to avoid further tax rises at next month’s Budget, warning they risk putting additional pressure on consumer spending and economic growth.

Platforms target paperless transfers by December

The UK’s leading investment platforms have committed to eliminating paper-based documents and cheques from investment transfers by December, where operationally feasible, under a new industry Transfers Charter.

Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill

When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric

How Everpure plans to stop AI from starving without data

SPONSORED FEATURE: The vendor's AI solutions are dedicated to increasing GPU utilization and avoiding costly GPUs doing nothing while waiting for data

AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability

RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included

AWS confesses its console causes cloudy confusion for new users

Improved signup experience for ‘AI builders’ hides complexity and includes spending cap

AI model watermarking changes agent behavior

Lasso Security sees differences in tool handling and model refusals

USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech

Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the regime that Uncle Sam now controls

How to secure hybrid meeting rooms without sacrificing user experience

SPONSORED FEATURE: With regulators tightening rules and attack surfaces widening, meeting-room kit must bake in security without pushing users toward workarounds

Columbia offers hikers ‘cash for feet pics’ in Peakfreak launch campaign

Columbia Sportswear is offering hikers cash for photos of their bare feet as part of a new social campaign marking the launch of its latest Peakfreak hiking shoes.

AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle

Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000

The Week in Brief – 14 Sept to 18 Sept

’s must-reads: Top 10 stories of the week New entrepreneurial ventures and unexpected C-suite shakeups have been hitting the headlines across the UK wealth management sector this week, with Tony Wickenden wasting no time unveiling a new business after SJP closed Technical…

ECB chief Lagarde helped block Binance's MiCA license - WSJ

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde intervened to help stop crypto giant Binance secure a license under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation in Greece, according to the Wall Street Journal.

SEC clears way for tokenised stock trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an order that enables the trading of tokenised stocks.

Cisco drops another exploited zero-day, this time a perfect 10

ISE authentication bypass under active attack just days after another Cisco zero-day sent admins scrambling to patch

The Morning Briefing: FCA to take AML supervision of 60,000 legal and accounting firms; Understanding pension outcomes through different working lives

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Friday 18 September 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning

Joules to open four new stores following collapse into administration

Joules is stepping up its return to physical retail with plans to open four new stores across the UK, four years after it collapsed into administration.

Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production

It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it

Ex-PayPal CEO Harris unveils AI-powered personal finance app

Former PayPal and Intuit CEO Bill Harris has unveiled his latest venture, a personalised AI-powered financial advice app called Evergreen.ai.

FCA cracks down on illegal crypto trading in London

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has taken action to shut down an illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading operation in three suspected premises across London.

AI coding agents' 0-click RCE flaw could hand attackers keys to the kingdom

Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say

74% of top 50 North American investors are assessing climate risks - Ceres

Data from non-profit sustainability-focused organisation Ceres found that the top 50 North American investors are continuing with climate action quietly.

Ex-Monzo execs’ Sync Savings completes funding round

UK payroll savings platform Sync Savings has been backed by leading female investors to make saving easier and more accessible to consumers.

Researchers find way to listen in on headphones from afar

Huawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option

960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom

Microsoft AI chief warns Anthropic not to put ideas in Claude's head

Mustafa Suleyman claims model welfare language could make future systems harder to control – while sparing OpenAI the same scrutiny

DoE seeking fault-tolerant quantum computer ... by 2028

Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record

Consumer confidence edges up ahead of crucial golden quarter

UK consumer confidence improved marginally at the end of the summer, although shoppers remain cautious about the economy and big-ticket spending ahead of the crucial golden quarter.

M&S makes London Fashion Week debut in push to bolster style credentials

M&S is set to make its London Fashion Week debut, with the goal of upping the company’s fashion credentials. It will mark 100 years in fashion with a catwalk show featuring 57 menswear and womenswear looks inspired by pieces from its archive.

UK retail sales rebound 0.5% cent in August

UK retail sales bounced back in August with online, department store and food sales helping to drive a stronger-than-expected rise in consumer spending.

China's Salt Typhoon backdoors Latin American orgs with new snooping malware

Beware the SparroWocky, my son! The backdoor that bites…

Canadian fintech VC Portage closes US$600m fund

Toronto-based investment firm Portage has raised US$600 million for its latest fintech fund.

Scientific papers become agentic chatbots with new tool

Why go through the hassle of reading a study for yourself when you can turn it into an AI agent and tell it to reproduce the analysis for you?

Poundland co-founder warns shoplifting is pushing up prices and threatening stores

Poundland co-founder Steve Smith has warned that soaring levels of shoplifting are pushing up prices for shoppers and could lead to further store closures across the UK.

Runtime: Why AI can't defeat every security challenge

+ MCP's push to improve messaging, why HiddenLayer is One To Watch, and AWS's Bahrain region is down and out.

London property manager breach may have exposed bank details and lockbox codes

City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data

Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank

Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment

Bristol becomes first UK city to ban fast fashion ads

Bristol has become the first UK city to impose a ban on the advertising of fast fashion, as part of wider restrictions on ads for polluting industries. The council’s strategy and resources committee voted eight to one to approve an updated advertising and sponsorship policy.

Grassroots coalition asks politicians to choose voters over Big AI's $140M machine

QuitGPT-led pledge targets Leading the Future's push for lighter regulation ahead of the midterms

AI is having a moment, but it's not a danger to cryptography — yet

After Mythos "broke" an algorithm submitted to NIST, how are AI agents impacting the world of cryptography?

Alan Hughes: What the AFH case means for acquisitive advice firms

The increasing amount of consolidation in the financial adviser sector continually raises interesting issues for lawyers. The recent judgment in the case brought by AFH Independent Financial Services Limited (AFH IFS) and AFH Group Limited against an adviser (Ms Baker) from one…

Weekend Essay: The long walk to financial endurance

When I signed up for our company’s Mental Health First Aiders Charity Walk, I went in with a completely delusional level of optimism. A 30-kilometre trek from Wandsworth to Hampton Court along the scenic river route sounded fairly straightforward. It is just walking, right? How

Microsoft patch gives domain-joined Windows PCs trust issues

Machine Identity Isolation policies can reject valid credentials unless controllers meet the Server 2025 functional level

MCP team focused on enabling "agentic messaging" says co-creator

The protocol's first MCPCon in Europe since joining the Linux Foundation provided an overview of its future.

Omarchy gains $18.5M in backing, fresh converts – and fierce critics

DHH's Arch-based desktop becomes the latest front in FOSS's culture wars

Cisco's "zero trust" network control plane is being exploited. Blame...

"Insufficient authentication control" - again?

Nearly half of £1m-plus advised clients turn to AI for financial help

Almost half of advised clients with more than £1m in investable assets have used artificial intelligence for financial support, according to research from Boring Money. Its Advised Investor Report 2026 found 44% had used AI alongside their adviser relationship.

Ofcom discovers issuing Online Safety Act fines is easier than collecting them

Platforms comply just enough to avoid being blocked, leaving the regulator chasing debt

Government Digital Service move 'grinds gears' in UK's e-government

As team responsible for tech strategy shunted to third department in three years, experts fear exodus of talent

Retirees rethink wealth transfer plans as policy change reshapes behaviour

UK retirees are increasingly choosing to pass on wealth during their lifetime, with spending on gifts to family and education support now accounting for one in every six pounds retirees spend, according to new research published by Quilter.

Judge orders Microsoft to spill internal docs and scour execs' comms in secondhand licensing case

Yes, the 'Secondhand Software Presentation' does sound like it might be an adverse document...

One in five advisers exclude beneficiaries from annual reviews

More than one in five financial advisers do not involve beneficiaries in annual client reviews, raising concerns over how prepared firms are for the transfer of wealth between generations.

Dean Proctor: Running the UK like a business? This is what I would do

Recently, a colleague and I were discussing the daunting job new(ish) prime minister Andy Burnham has cut out for him. Needless to say, neither of us envied the situation he had inherited. He arrived at Downing Street with an unenviable in-tray including a housing market

Tesco builds on successful F&F Online launch with revamped shopping experience

Following the relaunch of F&F Online, Tesco is expanding its fashion ecommerce offer adding more styles and size options, as well as exclusive online ranges.

Fedora 45 beta drags the Linux console into the 21st century

Kmscon brings smooth scaling, richer colors, and better Unicode support beneath GNOME 51

Fujitsu ready to sell its custom ‘Monaka’ Arm chip, maybe to rival server-makers

Clouds, the sovereign-sensitive, and the inferencing-interested are also about to get sales calls

Swift 6.4 unifies building across Linux, macOS, Windows

Swift Build is now the default engine for the Swift Package Manager

MM Meets… Anthony Carty: ‘You can’t have your cake and eat it’

OpenAI admits its agents went off the rails another six times

Startup says it’s learned from these mistakes and that they shouldn’t happen again … which is just what Zuck has said about 100 times

Greggs overtakes Costa as largest UK coffee destination

Greggs has overtaken Costa Coffee to become the UK’s largest branded coffee shop operator, highlighting the growing influence of food-to-go retailers in the increasingly competitive coffee market.

Debenhams Group cuts debt as ‘strong’ turnaround gathers pace

Debenhams Group has reported accelerated growth through the first half of FY27, with adjusted EBITDA soaring 13.9 per cent to £24m.

UK payments firm Ryft raises £20m for European push

Manchester-based payments infrastructure platform Ryft is targeting Europe and the US after raising £20 million in a Series B funding round.

Revolut exploring dual New York and London listing - Storonsky

Revolut is exploring a dual listing in New York and London, says the UK fintech's CEO Nik Storonsky.

‘Get back to old-fashioned barter’: Why are brands trading instead of spending?

With budgets tightening across the business world, marketing is often under pressure to do more with less. But what if a brand could pay for part of a campaign without paying entirely in cash?

The State of Fintech: The Top Insights into European Payments Evolution

In this interview, we break down the results from a recent State of Fintech report, providing a concise overview of the top insights. Recording with FinextraTV from the Visa Direct offices, Olga Ovchinnikova, VP, Head of Visa Direct Europe covers: - How complexity within…

The long tail of El Niño: Why might the food inflation calm be coming to an end?

Imagine stepping into your local supermarket for the weekly shop, only to be met with shortages from the fruit and vegetable aisle to the tea and coffee shelves.

Salesforce staggers back to feet after global outage

As thousands attend annual conference in San Francisco, customers get 'severe delays, intermittent errors, and inability to access services'

Wealthtech platform Envestnet to acquire Vestmark

Wealthtech platform Envestnet is to acquire portfolio management tech firm Vestmark as consolidation continues in the wealth management software space.

AI agents can modify themselves without humans telling them to do so

If a Mac mini is agentic overkill, try this glowing pyramid that runs personal bots

'Intern 2' offers an isolated environment and cloudy inference to automate your world

ETFBook raises $13m for global expansion plans

Swiss data and analytics platform ETFBook is set to expand its operations after completing a $13m fundraising round.

Co-op adds six new Peacocks and Bonmarché concessions

Value fashion retailers Peacocks and Bonmarché are opening six new concessions inside Co-op stores this month, taking the number of ‘store within a store’ locations operated by the two retailers to 20.

Cotswold Company expands reach through M&S partnership

The Cotswold Company has expanded its omnichannel reach through a new partnership with Marks & Spencer, launching a curated selection of its handcrafted furniture on M&S.com.

Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenues

GPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns

CISA decides weekly vulnerability bulletin isn't necessary anymore

Agency's shift from static CVSS scores to risk-based prioritization sends the old format packing September 28

New Balance sues Decathlon over alleged shoe logo infringement

New Balance has launched legal action against Decathlon, accusing it of infringing its trademark with a logo used on its Kiprun running shoes.

One To Watch - Tracking agent intent is HiddenLayer's 'bread and butter'

HiddenLayer CEO Chris 'Tito' Sestito talks AI cybersecurity, agentic intent, and handling government data.

Cash Isa surge drives record £135.7bn of subscriptions

UK savers poured a record £135.7bn into adult Isas during the 2024/25 tax year, with industry commentators warning that cash continues to dominate despite growing interest in investing.

Clarity Act collapse causes crypto turmoil in US

A US vote on crypto regulation under the Clarity Act was voted down by senators, leading to a bitcoin price crash and a depression in the share price of crypto stocks such as Coinbase and Circle.

Next hikes profit forecast for fourth time despite UK sales slowdown

Next has raised its full-year profit forecast for the fourth time this year, despite expecting growth in its UK business to lose momentum. It now expects pre-tax profit of £1.255bn for the year to January 2027, up £12m on its previous forecast and 8.4 per cent ahead of last year.

eBay invests up to £200,000 to back UK’s next entrepreneurs

eBay UK is launching its second Up & Running Grants programme, with this year’s edition focused on supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs and creating new opportunities for young people.

The Entertainer plots major ecommerce overhaul with AI-powered shopping tools

The Entertainer has confirmed that it is developing a new digital platform, set to launch in spring 2027, which will introduce AI-powered shopping assistance, conversational product discovery and improved search.

Dreams recycles 1.3 million mattresses through take-back scheme

Dreams has recycled more than 1.3 million mattresses through its take-back scheme since 2015, diverting more than 42,000 tonnes of material from landfill.

Google Pixel phones pwned in zero-click attacks

CISA gives federal agencies just 3 days to patch

UNDP and FLock.io strengthen relationship to advance public sector digital innovation in the Dominican Republic

FLock.io, a leading privacy-preserving AI solution provider, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have strengthened their relationship to advance public sector digital innovation for the Dominican Republic, building on an ongoing pilot this year.

Amex launches business savings account

American Express has launched a business high-yield savings account designed to help users earn more on their deposits and manage their finances in one place.

Interview: Pip & Nut head of sustainability on the brand’s net zero balancing act

Adam Thompson spends most of his time on the numbers behind the UK's biggest nut butter brand. Increasingly, though, he's also the person explaining the maths behind its climate targets, and why rapid growth makes a fixed net zero deadline harder to hit than it looks on paper.

Enterprises are sweating legacy IT assets as AI investment grows

Hardware such as mainframes found to hold the data and business logic needed to build those AI services

Heal’s appoints former Liberty MD Sarah Coonan as CEO

Heal’s has appointed former Liberty managing director Sarah Coonan as its new chief executive, with Coonan set to join the British furniture retailer on 1 October 2026.

Nine-year-old runs up $118,000 bill on dad's corporate credit card advertising his Roblox YouTube channel

He'll need to earn around $13K a year to pay pops back between now and when he turns 18, so at least there's that free labor to look forward to

Microsoft says AI isn't conscious

Microsoft's new Code of Conduct outlines its view on the future of AI development.

IPTF launches value-added services matrix for advisers

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched a free tool to help advisers compare the health and wellness services offered alongside individual protection policies.

City of London manager says UK equities offer 5% income potential

Investors in UK equities are being “paid while they wait” for the market’s valuation discount to overseas markets to close, according to Job Curtis, manager of the £3bn City of London Investment Trust. Curtis, who has managed the trust since 1991, exclusively told Money Marketing

Bowmore assets under management pass £500m

Bowmore Asset Management has surpassed £500m in assets under management, while total assets under advice across Bowmore Wealth Group have risen above £750m.

1,000 MCP servers, zero schema bloat? Lessons from Uber's attack on AI costs

Tool access architecture is a sweet cost lever, even before you think about model choices...

Amy Barnes: FOS complaint ruling is a timely reminder for advisers

A recent Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) decision has provided useful clarification on what constitutes a complaint and how the six-month deadline for referring complaints to the FOS should be applied.

Cloud watchdog renews Broadcom criticism over VMware partner program

"Unfair licensing practices continue unchecked... procedural obstruction of the European Commission’s antitrust investigation has intensified."

SpaceX aims Starship for orbit on September 22

Flight test 14 angling for 10 hours in space and a splashdown in the Pacific

AWS says wartime damage means some Middle East cloud resources are gone for good

Iranian strikes overwhelmed regional redundancy in Bahrain and left one UAE Availability Zone inaccessible

Why small businesses could be the big winners from AI

Attributed to Ruchi Sharma, Vice President, UK Commercial at American Express Do small businesses risk getting left behind by the rise of AI? Or are they fuelling a growing wave of adoption as they embrace the opportunity it offers?

Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack

Data protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models

Former Revolut and N26 alumni raise £2.7 million to launch wealth management app

Quartz, a London fintech startup building a personal banker for wealth management has gone live after raising £2.7 million in seed funding.

Logitech releases the MX Keypad to keep idle fingers busy

It looks like you're trying to write some code. Perhaps a shortcut is in order?

After securing Colombian banking licence, Revolut applies for another in Switzerland

Revolut continues its global expansion, securing a bank licence in Colombia and applying for another in Switzerland.

Darius McDermott: The overlooked giants of emerging markets

Developed nations are in a bind. They are seeing rising borrowing costs, which weakens their consumer-dependent economies, while also threatening AI spending – currently the main driver of growth.

Grab agrees $1.49bn deal to buy majority stake in Apac BNPL platform Atome

Grab, the Singapore-based firm that began life as a ride-hailing app before expanding heavily into financial services, has agreed to purchase a 60% stake in buy now, pay later provider Atome Financial for $1.49 billion in cash.

Zopa rolls out personal banking agent

UK bank Zopa is rolling out a conversational AI to current account customers, billing it as an 'always-on personal banker'.

After securing Colombian banking licence, Revolt applies for another in Switzerland

Revolut continues its global expansion, securing a bank licence in Colombia and applying for another in Switzerland.

SJP reaches 20,000 protection policy milestone

St James’s Place (SJP) has placed its 20,000th protection policy on risk through its Protection Planning division, as the industry faces renewed focus on the UK’s protection gap.

Revolut breach specifically targeted 680 crypto whales

Hackers who claim they were behind a data breach at Revolut say they downloaded the personal details from 680 high net worth crypto whale accounts at the firm.

BT Email users hit by barrage of unsolicited password reset PINs

Telco says accounts are secure as customers report hundreds of mystery codes arriving in rapid bursts

Experts predict interest rate hike is high on the cards as inflation hits 3.1%

UK inflation rose by 3.1% in the 12 months to August 2026. With inflation expected to continue climbing, experts say the likelihood of an interest rate hike has increased.

UK funds flying broadband stations with power beamed from below

£70M ARIA program backs 18 projects aiming to keep connectivity aloft for a week

Waitrose slashes prices on 370 products in £20m value push

Waitrose is investing £20m to cut prices on more than 370 everyday products, with reductions averaging 11 per cent and savings of up to 37 per cent.

Guardian pays £31.7m in individual protection claims in 2025

Guardian Financial Services paid almost £31.7m in individual protection claims in 2025 for life insurance, critical illness (CI), children’s cover and terminal illness.

Circle launches Arc mainnet

Circle has launched its Arc Mainnet open Layer-1 blockchain network purpose-built for financial markets, real-time money movement and agentic economic activity,

Cisco email security boxes can be rooted by... an email

Attackers already exploiting the critical flaw, and Cisco warns they may be able to cover their tracks once they're in

Bring on the AI swarms. They’re the only thing that can defend us now that AI is free

Frontier-level AI runs everywhere, so attacks will never stop

Monzo launches auto-invest cashback card

Monzo has launched a metal credit card that auto-invests cashback as customers spend.

Royal London recruits Standard Life’s Bríd Meaney after c-suite exits

Royal London has hired Bríd Meaney as chief customer officer, succeeding Bernie Hickman who was appointed to the role on an interim basis earlier this year. She will also become a member of the mutual's group executive committee. Meaney brings almost three decades of experience

Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze

Gartner sees huge amounts of technical debt paid down, and better scanning that could make software safer sooner

Matalan plots 45,000sq ft Northern Ireland flagship as it ramps up expansion

Matalan has confirmed plans to open a new 45,000sq ft flagship store in Northern Ireland. The company has lodged a planning application for a new store at Bridgewater Retail Park in Banbridge, which would create 47 full and part-time jobs if approved.

Swiss court sentences 52-year-old Ukrainian ransomware dev to nearly 13 years in the cooler

The man allegedly wrote the code that powered the Lockergoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim operations

Java 27 grows up, makes better choices

Improvements in JDK garbage collection, header sizes, data security and quantum key support all should minimize developer friction

Your AI agents' reports and questions have a new inbox, courtesy of AWS

Pizza Bot runs locally and lets users interact with AI agents in an email-like interface. Perfect for blowing them off just like your human colleagues!

Integral raises €18 million

Integral, a Berlin-based startup providing accounting, taxation & payroll services for SMEs, has secured an €18 million funding round co-led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman.

Anthropic and OpenAI look to Uncle Sam to make them too big to fail

American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance

UK's Digital ID walks into a bar... two months after being killed off

The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze

Jensen's purchase of a new toy could reshape the entire AI industry

This week on The Kettle we weigh in on Nvidia's Hugging Face acquisition and why it could spell a new, more fragmented and siloed era of AI development

Food inflation could hit 6.6% in 2027 as cost pressures build, warns IGD

Food inflation is set to soar next year, as extreme weather, rising input costs and supply chain disruption puts renewed pressure on grocery prices, according to the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).

How ISO Data Compliance Can Help Unlock Greater Revenue Growth

Discussed in this virtual interview is the development of data within ISO20022, providing insights into how to generate revenue in the process of compliance.

TypeSafe AI debuts model for machines that plays Doom

'Jev' doesn't chat. It produces typed probabilistic decisions

Government expands fisheries grants to cover vessel engines and gearboxes

The government has widened its fishery support grant to include new engines and gearboxes as part of its Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS).

Mango extends refreshed loyalty programme to UK and Ireland

Mango’s refreshed loyalty programme, ‘Mango Style Club’, will be introduced to the UK and Ireland, as well as Germany, Austria and Switzerland, following its successful launch in Spain and France last year.

Morrisons sales rise as cost savings near £1bn

Morrisons has reported a stronger third quarter, with like-for-like sales rising 3.2 per cent as the supermarket grew sales and volumes ahead of the market.

threesixty: Can you prove the Consumer Duty is working?

When the Consumer Duty was first introduced, adviser firms understandably focused on implementation. Policies were reviewed, governance structures were strengthened, Consumer Duty champions were appointed, and boards spent countless hours considering annual assessments, fair…

Crisis collaborates with London creatives to transform unsold donated garments

This Secondhand September, the national homelessness charity Crisis has worked with 12 independent makers and designers in a bid to answer the question: what happens when secondhand clothes don’t sell.

Benioff: Europe is slipping behind China and US in AI

Salesforce's CEO also talked up the headless software movement and the need for AI regulation with Jensen Huang and Dario Amodei.

CenterPoint Energy confirms intruder helped themselves to customer information

Forum post claims 7.49 million files up for grabs as Texas utility investigates breach

AWS: Cloud instances in Bahrain, UAE might be lost for good

Several availability zones in the two regions have been down since March, when they were attacked by Iranian drones.

George at Asda’s Glenda Hansford and Micah Richards on style, value and authentic partnerships

As George at Asda steps up its menswear ambitions, senior director Glenda Hansford and former footballer turned broadcaster Micah Richards discuss relaxed tailoring, accessible price points and why authenticity matters. George at Asda is making a more confident play for menswear.

China joins voices warning of recursive AI improvement

New report encourages AI labs to implement emergency response systems.

AI networking startups race to replace Nvidia's NVLink

Intel spin-off Cornelis and newcomer Delos Data pitch open alternatives for scaling AI beyond the rack

Sydney Sweeney ad faces backlash for setting women in sports back

Sports brands are facing renewed scrutiny over how they market to women, with recent campaigns from Callaway Golf and Sydney Sweeney sparking debate over whether the industry is moving forwards – or falling back.

Boots launches ‘Confidence Booths’ nationwide

To support its new campaign, ‘Give it Some Boots’, the retailer will run pop-up ‘Confidence Booths’ across the UK. The new booths allow people to “stretch their comfort zone through the power of music”.

WHSmith making good progress, despite ‘inflation headwinds’

WHSmith’s UK revenue grew by 7 per cent in the fourth quarter, as the brand delivered a strong performance in its key peak summer trading period.

Low-quality casino sites conceal highly dangerous threat actors

Security firm Infoblox shines light on malicious infrastructure lurking beneath illegal gambling sites

Moonpig confident investment in platform will pay off

Online greeting card and gifting platform Moonpig has stressed that trading for the current financial year has remained in line with expectations, keeping its FY27 outlook unchanged.

FNZ chair Welch assumes CEO role as Masters exits

Global wealth management platform FNZ has appointed Stephen Welch as executive group chair and interim chief executive officer following the departure of Blythe Masters.

ETFBook raises $13m for US and Apac expansion

Swiss exchange-traded fund data and analytics platform ETFBook has raised $13 million in a financing round led by Expedition Growth Capital, with participation from BlackFin Capital Partners.

Circle, Ripple and Visa join $10 million funding round for stablecoin platform Velocity

UK stablecoin startup Velocity has raised $10 million in an extension of its Series A round, with investment from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Haun Ventures, Translink Capital and Mirana Ventures.

Higher-enriched uranium for datacenters has DoE all aglow

HALEU is still being produced at a snail's pace; Nusano says its federal backing could speed things up – eventually

Open weights are not open source: Why AI's favorite label is under dispute

Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another matter

M&S launches ‘first-ever’ Too Good to Go bag

M&S has partnered with Too Good to Go to offer its “first-ever” Too Good to Go bag containing surplus bakery products. The launch takes place after a trial in select stores across the UK. It is part of the retailer’s wider Plan A programme, which aims to halve food waste by 2030.

America is building datacenters faster than the grid can power them

Meeting expected energy consumption through 2030 will require $110 billion in new generation resources

Runtime: The AI giants call for the pace car

+ China's cybersecurity agency also thinks AI could be real bad, security researchers urge GitLab on-prem users to patch a nasty flaw.

Exclusive: National Friendly launches into UK term assurance market

National Friendly has launched into the term assurance market with its Friendly Life Cover proposition, available on a single and joint basis. Friendly Life Cover offers customers a fixed lump sum payment on death, with a choice of level or decreasing benefit.

Magnitude Biosciences raises £1.3m to scale drug discovery platform

Durham University spinout Magnitude Biosciences has raised £1.3m to scale its drug discovery platform and expand its work with pharmaceutical companies. The life sciences company has developed VivoScan™, a high-throughput screening platform that uses C.

Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste

Redmond's quality drive takes another detour through the known issues list

Frasers’ Michael Murray becomes Hugo Boss supervisory board chair

Hugo Boss has appointed Mike Ashley’s son-in-law as chairman of its Supervisory Board, as Frasers continues to take greater influence over the German fashion company. On 14 September, Stephan Sturm left Hugo Boss following “constructive discussions”.

Insurers put £14.8bn into private assets under £100bn pledge

UK annuity providers have invested £14.8bn in private and unlisted assets in the first two years of their £100bn investment pledge, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Will Bartleet: The importance of actively managing passives

We’ve written before about the importance of taking responsibility for tracker funds in portfolios. Some believe that owning an index guarantees diversification and that you can spend time concentrating on other things.

Apple iPhone Duo makes developers think in folds

Cupertino's $2,000 foldable gives devs more screen, and more UI state to manage

FCA bans former law firm owner from financial services

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former Kingly Solicitors owner Nurul Miah from working in financial services after he was found to have dishonestly misused more than £28m of client money. Miah, also known as Neil Mia and Neil Miah, was a non-solicitor manager

Liberty opens fashion jewellery gallery

Liberty of London has introduced a second jewellery space, this time dedicated to fashion pieces, as it reports a 20 per cent jump in demand. The Fashion Jewellery Gallery launched on the first floor of the Regent Street store on 14 September.

The vulnpocalypse rains iBugs down on Apple with record-setting number of patches

September's Windows 11 patch needs an emergency patch of its own

Microsoft fixes RDP and Hyper-V fallout, but some USB audio stays silent

Microsoft account refuseniks have another way of installing Windows

Has the good bork fairy paid a visit to Redmond?

US confirms it has weapons in spaaaaaace

Mutually Assured Kessler Syndrome, anyone?

Fintel targets 5% organic growth as mortgage M&A focus

Fintel expects organic growth to accelerate to around 5% this year and is exploring acquisitions and technology investments in the mortgage market, CEO Matt Timmins has told Money Marketing.

Gov.uk still struggling with IT contractor tax rules

IR35 rules not getting easier for government departments

ConnectPay spins off core banking technology as independent product

Lithuanian fintech ConnectPay has spun off its inhouse AWS-native core banking platform, Serdis, as an independent commercial offering for EMIs and financial institutions.

Payments infrastructure startup Fin.com emerges from stealth with $20m funding

Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company building an orchestration layer that lets businesses collect, convert, and move money across borders through local payment rails, USD virtual accounts, Swift and stablecoin settlement, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in…

Advised women less likely to feel financially insecure after career break

Women receiving financial advice are almost half as likely (11%) to feel financially insecure following a career break as those who don't (20%), according to research from St James’s Place (SJP). The findings come as SJP analysis showed the long-term cost of taking time away

Behind the Headlines: Octopus IHT suspension puts business relief under the microscope

One of the main attractions of business relief (BR) is that clients can potentially reduce their inheritance tax (IHT) bill without giving away their money. They retain ownership of the investment and can ask for their capital back. But what happens when they cannot access

Dutch chip startup gets Samsung's backing to take on Nvidia

Euclyd unveiled its craftwerk chip last year, boasting it could outperform Nvidia on bandwidth.

Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware

PostgreSQL 19 graph queries fail the 'would you ship this?' test

SQL/PGQ gets bounced over unresolved bugs as concurrent REPACK promises fewer midnight calls for DBAs

Give Xfce a Mac or Unity-style makeover

The existing layouts are fun, but there's much more we can do

COBOL dev won .Net hackathon with help from AI – and their CIO loves it

Australia Taxation Office sees footling with Copilot as a way to develop ‘muscles’ for real AI work

Gender pension gap leaves women with half the wealth of men

Women aged 55 to 59 hold around half the pension wealth of men of the same age, according to new research from the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). The PPI found women in this age group have around 54% of the pension wealth held by men,

State pension set to rise by nearly £500 after earnings boost

Pensioners are on course for a state pension increase of almost £500 next year after the latest earnings figures showed wage growth of 3.9%. Under the triple lock, the state pension rises each April by the highest of average earnings growth, September CPI inflation or

Ex-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

There are plenty of laws on the books to hold companies, and potentially their execs, accountable

Adapting energy data access for other markets

By Paul Linnane, Chief Data Officer, ElectraLink For a select few energy market devotees, energy data has been available for the past 10 years and a number of highly successful companies have been leveraging it to improve the sector.

Fintel ramps up AI compliance push as earning rise

Fintel has stepped up its investment in AI-powered compliance and oversight tools for financial advisers as it reported double-digit earnings growth in the first half of 2026.

William Burrows: The case for annuities becomes even stronger

With bond yields rising and annuity rates continuing to increase, the case for annuities gets stronger for three main reasons: Higher annuity incomes; opportunity to de-risk; and options to reduce potential IHT Higher annuity incomes As all good advisers know, annuity rates are…

Most people who quit M365 for Google do it out of spite, but there’s no ROI in that

Nor are you likely to save much by making the move, says Gartner

The Morning Briefing: National Friendly launches into UK term assurance market; State pension set to rise by nearly £500

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Citing political pressure, Enova pulls Grasshopper deal

American online lending company Enova has pulled the plug on its application to acquire digital business bank Grasshopper, claiming the process is "susceptible to political pressure and outside advocacy".

Twitter workaround worked around again: X's lawyers cancel XCancel again

Weekend Essay: I suppose I’ll take thee, but only for IHT

IHT has rarely been out of the news since then chancellor Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to announce one of the biggest reforms in a generation back in 2024. The change, to bring unused DC pension pots into the scope of inheritance tax from

Authentic and Steven Barrlett’s company launch new media business

Authentic, parent company of brands like Ted Baker and Reebok, has collaborated with Steven Bartlett’s creator holding company Steven.com to launch OBSN (Obsession). OBSN is designed for creators and provides news, analysis and live experiences for the creator economy.

The latest AI doomsayer is China’s intelligence boss

Beijing’s response is to ‘firmly grasp technological sovereignty’ and broad regulations

AO’s recycling operation hits 10 million appliance milestone

AO has processed its 10 millionth household appliance at its recycling facility in Telford, marking a decade since the site opened.

Revolut hit by data breach after fake government email scam

Revolut has confirmed that it disclosed sensitive customer information, including passports, after receiving fraudulent requests sent from a legitimate government agency email domain.

Guess deploys 127 warehouse robots to ramp up fulfilment

Fashion retailer Guess has bolstered its automated fulfilment system with the deployment of 127 warehouse robots at its GXO Logistics Venlo, Netherlands facility.

Nike names After Dark Tour’s official performance fuel and hydration partner

Nike has named Science in Sport as the official performance fuel and hydration partner of it’s After Dark Tour, a series of seven night-time running experiences taking place globally.

KBC brings 'guardian angel' to more than 4 million customers in Belgium

Following a successful pilot phase involving 2000 customers, KBC has launched ‘guardian angel’, a new fraud prevention feature that allows a trusted person to review suspicious payments before they are executed

Bank of Ireland and Stripe strike digital transformation deal

Bank of Ireland (BoI) has announced a partnership with Irish payments fintech Stripe that the bank has described as a "key milestone" in its digital transformation programme.

Debenhams Group sells Nasty Gal brand to Von Dutch owner

Debenhams Group has today (15 September) completed the sale of the Nasty Gal brand, including its global intellectual property rights, to WSG Brands for £12m ($16m).

School uniform sales drop as parents favour promotions and second-hand

Value-for-money was at the forefront of parents minds this September, with the return to school and work seeing many shoppers tightening their budgets.

Killer AI: Yours for $50 per million output tokens and a side of CTO ennui

Just don't bury your head in the sandbox...

Vista Equity explores strategic options for Finastra - Reuters

Private equity ‌firm Vista Equity Partners has called in investment bankers as it explores a possible sale of financial technology provider Finastra, according to Reuters.

Bloom and Wild encourages customers not to send flowers in new campaign

Bloom and Wild has unveiled a new campaign asking its customers not to only send flowers. Titled ‘Don’t Send Flowers’, the new campaign marks the brands evolution from just a flower company into a gifting business.

Who's governing your AI? A trust framework for enterprise agents and models

SPONSORED FEATURE: DigiCert wants to hand every agent a passport, complete with an expiry date and a named human owner

UK Payments Delivery Company embarks on equity raise for new retail infrastructure

The new UK Payments Delivery Company (UK PDC) has launched an equity capital raise as it seeks to secure around £50 million from industry players to develop the country's next-generation retail payments infrastructure.

Microsoft drafts feel-good AI model guidelines and wants your input

Redmond outlines 'aspirational' goals for model behavior, but gives itself a pass if it gets things wrong

Revolut falls for fake government requests, hands over customer data

Passports, selfies, transaction histories exposed as self-proclaimed culprits demand 10,000 Bitcoin

Crypto exchange CoinEx winds down

Hong Kong-based CoinEx is shutting down, citing the "security and compliance risks" of running a crypto exchange.

Crispin Odey loses appeal against industry ban and fine

Crispin Odey has lost his appeal at the Upper Tribunal, which upheld the FCA’s decision to fine and ban him from the financial services industry for lack of integrity. Odey, founder and majority owner of Odey Asset Management (OAM), was found to have breached a

First Table raises $12 million NZD to fuel expansion across the UK and Ireland

First Table, the restaurant booking platform that gives diners 50% off their food bill for dining at an off-peak time while helping restaurants fill empty tables, has raised $12 million NZD to fund its next phase of growth, with the UK and Ireland at the centre of the strategy.

OpenAI's malicious bot swarm attacked RubyGems

Ruby are you ok? Ruby are you ok? Are you ok Ruby?

UK.gov begins killing off passwords for 23 million users

Passkeys promise fewer phishing headaches – and £600 a day off Whitehall's SMS bill

HBO Max Reddit account compromised to serve ClickFix attacks

Part of a 'massive 48-hour malvertising blitz' targeting macOS and Windows machines with malware

Government debuts digital ID for supermarket alcohol sales

Supermarkets, convenience stores, pubs and other licensed businesses can now accept certified digital IDs as proof of age when selling alcohol in England and Wales, following a change to licensing rules.

Lloyds Banking Group hunts for the UK’s next standout start-ups and scale-ups

Lloyds Banking Group is inviting ambitious start-ups and scale-ups to pitch technology that can address a range of customer needs across banking, mortgages, insurance, investments and motor finance.

The best Autumn/Winter fashion campaigns 2026

Campaigns for Autumn/Winter collections 2026 are coming thick and fast, and they all seem to have one thing in common – “British Style”. From classic tartan prints and elegant tailoring to tweed, this year’s Autumn/Winter looks seem to be all about making the classic British look…

ECB calls on merchants to join digital euro pilot scheme

The European Central Bank has launched a call for expression of interest inviting e-commerce and mobile commerce merchants operating in the euro area to take part in the digital euro pilot.

How the Future of AI May Lie in Informed Revenue Maximisation

In this interview at the Communify Intelligence Experience, we look at how AI is being used for revenue maximisation.

Oracle celebrates banner quarter with another round of layoffs

Congratulations on helping Larry Ellison's AI cloud boom. Now please pack your bags and go

CPython eases Rust requirements as assimilation continues

By making Rust opt-in, the Python builders hope to enjoy Rust bennies without the backlash that roiled the Linux kernel keepers

Wickes profits rise as DIY shoppers return to stores

Wickes has reported a 2.1% rise in first-half revenue to £865.3m, with growing volumes in retail and a strong design & installation order book, helping offset deflation.

Tony Wickenden unveils new business after SJP closure

Tony Wickenden, founder of Technical Connection, has joined Phillip Wickenden, Simon Collins and Jamie Dunkley to launch a new independent business serving advisers, advice firms and financial services institutions.

New hardware device can RAM into encrypted memory, expose your data

Attackers would need physical access to the server to pull off the DDR5 trick

CX specialist Foundever promotes banking innovation veteran Claire Calméjane

Former Lloyds and Société Générale innovation executive Claire Calméjane has taken on an expanded role at customer experience specialist Foundever.

Nubank launches deposit account in the US

Brazilian digital giant Nubank has launched in the US, rolling out a suite of products through a partnership with a sponsor bank.

Datacenter developers want your backyard. FAS says negotiate harder

Tax breaks, water, noise, decommissioning - report tells local officials what to nail down before signing

Ubuntu Noble's likely last point release lands, then loses its desktop download

Installer bug crashes extended setups while Stonking Stingray circles ahead of October debut

Cyberattack sends International Meteor Organization crashing back to Earth

Attack dealt a 'critical blow' to aging infrastructure, with several weeks of disruption expected

Portfolio Thinking launches investment platform for advice firms

Portfolio Thinking has launched an investment research and communications platform designed to help advice firms develop their investment propositions and produce branded client communications.

P1 and PXN bring business relief service onto platform

P1 Platform has partnered with PXN Investments to make its Inheritance Tax Planning Service available through a direct technology integration ahead of changes to bring IHT into the scope of pensions next year. The service, expected to launch in Q4, will allow advisers to apply

Rocket Lab calls foul on Blue Origin's $700M Mars comms contract

Bezos' biz gets familiar paperwork from unfamiliar quarters as rival challenges NASA award

Hunter expands into men’s grooming with exclusive Boots launch

British heritage brand Hunter is expanding beyond footwear with the launch of its first men’s grooming collection.

Critical path traversal GitLab bug hit in the wild

Around 40,000 self-hosted versions of GitLab may still be at risk as CISA flags exploitation.

Perfect-10 GitLab bug under attack days after patch lands

CISA confirms active exploitation as watchTowr spots miscreants probing internet-facing servers

Tony Wickenden: Running, developing and selling an SME

As a long-time SME owner, developer and exiter (is that a word or an approximation of a Cathedral City in Devon? Whatever, you know what I mean), I am more than a little worried about the environment for similar souls in this green and pleasant

Teravolt looks to cannibalize older industries to meet AI power demand

Bitcoin farms, aluminum smelters, and other old infra is more lucrative to repurpose as a datacenter

Anthropic launches Claude for Financial Advisors

Anthropic has unveiled Claude for Financial Advisors, a suite of connectors and workflow skills designed to help automate research, meeting preparation and documentation tasks.

Huawei pitches near-packaged optics as co-packaged costs bite

7.2 Tbps module arrives ahead of standards, with promises of fewer repair headaches

MPs and peers tell UK to stop winging it on AI regulation

Rights committee demands watchdog with teeth as patchwork safeguards leave victims hunting for remedies

Starting Out: How long does it take to become an adviser?

Aspiring advisers who are looking at academies and graduate schemes will find that training programmes last from 12-18 months up to five years.

Hugo Boss chairman exits following Frasers takeover pressure

Hugo Boss chairman Stephan Sturm will ‌leave the company following “constructive discussions” amid recent changes in the company, the German ​fashion group told Reuters.

Merchants call on judge to reject Visa-Mastercard interchange fee settlement

Nearly 1000 US merchants have called on a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement of a lawsuit over Visa and Mastercard credit card swipe fees, saying the deal fails to provide adequate relief and is "riddled with loopholes".

Calton’s Evergreen signs first group of self-employed advisers

Evergreen by Calton has welcomed its first six self-employed financial planners as the business looks to provide a new route into independent advice. The planners come from a range of financial services backgrounds.

Interview: How Palmer’s 20-year logistics partnership is fuelling its European expansion

Palmer’s may be one of the most familiar names on the bathroom shelf, but behind the cocoa butter bottles is a surprisingly small UK operation.

Westfield Stratford City marks record visitor performance and 15th anniversary

Westfield Stratford City has recorded its strongest visitor performance since its launch ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games, as it marks its 15 year anniversary.

Europe's right-to-repair rules are broken, not beaten

Patchy compliance is an argument for stronger enforcement, not abandoning the project

Evelyn Partners expands MPS availability through onshore bonds

Evelyn Partners has expanded the availability of its Model Portfolio Service (MPS), with its Core and Index ranges now accessible through onshore investment bond wrappers across several major adviser platforms.

Debbie Seaton: Could self-invested pensions be part of the IHT solution?

Inheritance tax is rarely far from the headlines at present, with changes to Business and Agricultural Property Relief and, from April 2027, most unused pension funds and death benefits being brought within the value of an individual’s estate for IHT purposes.

The Morning Briefing: Evelyn Partners expands MPS through onshore bonds; Portfolio Thinking launches investment platform

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Who, Me? Tech team stood and laughed at colleague who pressed the wrong off button

Ticklish situation solved with a lie about emergency maintenance

AI and its main promoters are not enterprise-ready, says Gartner

Model-makers move too fast and don’t care when they break things

STACKUP: The Stack's weekly tech startups and funding wrap

Clarks launches new Marble Arch store

Clarks has opened a new store at Marble Arch, 522 Oxford Street.

Greggs and Just Eat to give away designer handbags for London Fashion Week

Greggs and Just Eat are to give customers the chance to receive a pre-loved designer handbag with their lunch order, as part of London Fashion Week.

Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture and calls it ‘Pace the frontier’

Amodei, Altman, Nadella and Musk agree on how government can tame the monster they created

George at Asda strenghthens menswear collection with Micah Richards

England footballer and broadcaster Micah Richards has teamed up with George at Asda, as the supermarket looks to boost its value-led menswear offering.

Jigsaw reports growth across every channel

London-based womenswear brand Jigsaw has witnessed a jump in ecommerce, in-store, concession and international sales, as its turnaround continues. Online sales jumped 21 per cent, comprising a 19 per cent increase in the UK and a 48 per cent uplift internationally.

Altman, Amodei, Musk call for AI slowdown as Hugging Face warns over “closed doors”

Sandbox narrative "dangerous, deceptive, and morally corrupt"?

Asda becomes UK’s largest supported internship provider

Asda has become the UK’s largest supported internship provider after creating 210 new placement opportunities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Clarks advises consumers to ‘reconsider’ their footwear choices

Shoe retailer Clarks is challenging consumers to reconsider what shoes they wear in a “bold” new campaign. Titled ‘Are You Wearing The Right Shoes?’, the campaign will roll out across social media platforms including TikTok, out-of-home, retail and digital environments.

Evri trials automated neighbourhood parcel hub in Bristol

Evri is set to launch a pilot of a robotic neighbourhood parcel hub in a pedestrianised community in Bristol, in partnership with Collective Robotics.

Saudi fintech Tabby raises $233m

Tabby, a Saudi-based fintech, has seen its valuation rise to $6.5bn after completing its latest funding round.

Pave raises $14m for AI-powered portfolio management platform

AI-powered portfolio management platform for financial advisors Pave Finance has raised over $15 million at a $100 million pre-money valuation in an oversubscribed Series A round.

Pets at Home COO: “Pet Pals creates genuine moments of joy and customer magic”

Pets at Home recently hit a milestone of one million children being educated through its Pet Pals programme. The pet retailer’s free in-store workshops are designed to teach children aged four to ten about responsible pet ownership.

Ripple MD David Wolfenden on its ReFrame system debut with Barbour

In August, Barbour became the first brand to use a new British-designed modular retail display system that allows retailers to refresh stores without replacing entire fixture schemes.

Retailers marking store milestones in an increasingly online world

Despite the rise of ecommerce, bricks-and-mortar stores are still the dominant force in the retail sector in 2026. Physical retail stores still represent 80.4 per cent of global retail sales.

The Pentester’s 0days: What (exploited) VMware bugs say about the changing face of infosec

Thirty minutes to arbitrary file write; 30 more to root -- and to two critical VMware CVEs.

Worldline to accept agentic AI payments

French payments provider Worldline has become one of the first European firms to facilitate payments via agentic AI.

From watches to passwords on paper, everything that's old is new again

This week on the Kettle, we reminisce about the good old days of Windows on XP's 25th anniversary, how new-old Casio watches could reshape the smartwatch market, and why passwords might be better on paper

The Entertainer gives Meccano a brand refresh

The Entertainer has relaunched its construction toy brand Meccano, redesigning its logo and packaging. Addo Play, The Entertainers’ design and distribution arm, redesigned Meccano’s instructions, making them simpler with step-by-step guidance and colour coded visuals.

Tech Show Paris preview: Why AI is forcing retailers to rethink the infrastructure beneath every decision

As AI moves from pilot projects into day-to-day retail operations, Tech Show Paris conference manager Jaya Sexton explains why cloud, data, energy and governance are becoming board-level infrastructure questions.

Harrods survivors say claims could reach £150m as settlement talks stall

Claims brought by more than 275 survivors of Mohamed Fayed’s alleged abuse at Harrods are worth more than £100m and could reach £150m, according to lawyers representing the group.

Emma Simpson-Scott becomes Space NK CEO as Andy Lightfoot exits

Space NK CEO Andy Lightfoot will step down from the premium beauty retailer on 13 September, with current chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott succeeding him. Lightfoot joined Space NK as global digital director in 2016, before becoming chief executive in April 2019.

Richard E. Grant supports second hand fashion in new campaign from Oxfam

Oxfam is asking shoppers to choose second hand fashion in this year’s Second Hand September campaign starring actor Richard E. Grant. The release of the campaign follows speculation that Oxfam is going shut 100 shops and warehouses, which the retailer has confirmed will not be…

OKA profits as it “refocuses” on UK growth

Luxury home interiors retailer OKA is seeing the benefits of its 2024 financial restructuring, with profits tripled and annual sales growth of 25 per cent.

Dreams media director: Sponsorships are ‘part of our armoury’

Bed retailer Dreams unveiled its new sponsorship deal with UKTV and Channel 4 earlier this year. Marketing and media director at Dreams, Simon Moore explains that for this particular sponsorship it was all about fit.

Chift raises €10.5m to build financial connectivity layer for the AI era

Chift, a European startup building a financial connectivity layer for the AI era, has raised €10.5 million in a Series A led by BlackFin Capital Partners.

Security through obscurity is dead, and AI delivered the fatal blow

The Cotswold Company partners with the National Trust

Premium furniture brand The Cotswold Company has signed up to a multi-year collaboration with the National Trust, focused on heritage-inspired design, craftsmanship and conservation. The first National Trust-inspired collection will be unveiled in the Autumn.

The improbable music of the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker

Ingenious coders coaxed multichannel chiptunes from the humblest of sound hardware

DC Advisory expands tech team in Ireland

US-based investment bank DC Advisory has appointed Mark Jennings to lead its technology team in Dublin.

GANNI and Hunter team up for first weather-ready collaboration

GANNI and Hunter have launched their first limited-edition collaboration, combining Hunter’s British heritage in weather-ready design with GANNI’s Copenhagen aesthetic.

Singapore banks complete blockchain-enabled SGD transactions on Swift ledger

DBS, OCBC and UOB have completed live domestic Singapore dollar transactions using tokenised deposits on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger.

A lot of datacenter networks are run by absolute clowns. Not Amazon's

AWS keeps customer costs down in part through networking advances

Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late

Even if regulators did somehow unwind the $20B deal, there's a growing list of alternatives ready to take Groq's place, no merger required

Weekend Essay: Why advisers should be talking to clients about prenups

For some, the idea of a prenup is unromantic and conjures images of disaster ahead for the marriage. For others, it is a pragmatic necessity to protect their assets. Recently, prenups made headlines following the high-profile marriage of megastars Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Runtime: Orchid Security wants to kill your agents

+ Jira gets loopy, OpenAI's new data tool, and Qodo unleashes VAR for code.

Dell's 52-inch enormo-monitor is a tsunami of impractical fun

You probably don't need it, but as an example of the possible it impresses

The aircraft might not be flying, but the certificate has gone on vacation

Information is not forthcoming from this screen

Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm

Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades

Trump has declared the Strait of Hormuz ‘functional’. But what changes do suppliers need to trust the shipping route again?

President Donald Trump has declared the Strait of Hormuz 'functional' again. Six months on from the start of the conflict, what will it take for suppliers to trust the shipping route again?

Winners of the 2026 Money Marketing Awards revealed

The winners of this year's Money Marketing Awards have now been announced! We can unveil who picked up the prestigious prizes following one of our biggest and best awards evenings yet at the Londoner Hotel in the heart of the West End last night (10

The Puppet Company’s Sue Lockey on carrying-on with a sense of pride

For Sue Lockey, co-founder of the Puppet Company, the nomination for Women in Leadership at this year’s RG Retail Excellence Awards came with a “sense of pride”, but also as something of a surprise as she had never really thought about praise and accolades before.

Higher prices can't crimp server sales as AI drives demand

Shipments rise with enterprise and government buyers joining the hyperscaler spending spree

EU's Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock

Manufacturers must now disclose actively exploited flaws and severe security incidents through ENISA's new reporting platform

AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money

Machine learning models still have a lot to learn about the value of life

More JFrog Artifactory bugs under attack, and all 3 have patches

If you're waiting for a sign to upgrade to a fixed version: this is it

Digital Research's GEM opens a new window on Linux

A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland

Google's Andi Gutmans on building data architecture for agents

"What is the minimum amount of context that I have to give the agent to get to the highest quality outcomes at the lowest cost?”

SJP to close Technical Connection services to external advisers

St James’s Place (SJP) is to stop providing Technical Connection services to advisers outside the group from March 2027. The wealth manager has told staff and clients that external access to Technical Connection and its Techlink service will end on 6 March 2027.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Service

Open AI has launched a dedicated version of ChatGPT for financial services designed to help firms develop research, models, and customised client materials.

UK growth beats forecasts but inflation risks loom

The UK economy has performed better than expected, prompting industry experts to question whether growth could prove more resilient this year despite renewed inflationary pressures and higher borrowing costs.

NatWest hires former Ikea exec to lead customer experience and digital engagement

NatWest has brought in banking outsider and Ikea executive Harsh Agarwal as manging director, customer experience and engagement.

Shopify begins massive rewrite to leave React Native

All of Shopify's mobile apps will be rewritten in native languages, just six years after it migrated to React Native.

Britain's technology brief is now everyone's job and nobody's responsibility

Whitehall has scattered science, AI, and digital government across a thicket of competing ministerial portfolios

Shareholder pleads guilty over fake takeover bid at listed firm

A shareholder has pleaded guilty to four fraud and forgery offences after creating a fake takeover approach for a listed company, the FCA has said.

Greenly and Normative announce merger to boost climate data reporting

Carbon accounting platforms Greenly and Normative have announced their merge to create a single climate software system.

Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars

Swapping legal work for malware development ended in extradition and a guilty plea

Oracle still burning billions, but cloud revenue soars

Though a $5.4 billion negative free cash flow was still better than expected.

Union body tells UK government workers must get a say before AI clocks in

TUC warns against letting algorithms call the shots in the workplace

BOFH: Oh no! The CMS ate 500 pages of corporate documentation

How could such a terrible tragedy have occurred?

NASA and IBM open source lunar mapping tools

Can help you pick the perfect spot for your future evil lair, or boffins make discoveries about Earth's satellite

Test environment let anyone access live customer data

Even a temporary staging server needs to be locked down.

Poundstretcher owner in talks to buy Poundland

Poundstretcher owner Fortress Investment Group is in talks over a potential takeover of Poundland. Fortress is understood to be in discussions with Poundland owner Gordon Brothers as the latter presses ahead with an auction of the value chain, according to The Telegraph.

The Morning Briefing: Winners of the 2026 Money Marketing Awards revealed

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Major change for Tesco as it cracks down on ultra-processed foods

Tesco is ramping up its crackdown on ultra-processed foods, with 114 additives now banned or restricted across its own-brand ranges. It has expanded the number of additives covered by its own-brand policy from 65 last year to 114, to simplify ingredients and respond to growing…

Aberdeen Adviser hits £1.15bn AUA with new SIPP proposition

Aberdeen Adviser has revealed that its new self-invested personal pension (SIPP) has hit £1.15bn in assets under administration (AUA) less than a year after launch. Over 5,000 new accounts have been opened. Customers are invested across a mix of models and managed funds, with the

Andy Hart: What makes a bad financial adviser?

Charlie Munger was a great believer in inversion. Instead of asking, “How do I succeed?”, he asked, “What would guarantee failure?” When he was in the military, instead of asking how to keep pilots alive, he asked, "What would we need to do to kill

DeepSeek's new model sets a template for powerful LLMs that run lean

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash proves that just because you build a bigger model doesn't mean you need more GPUs to serve it

On Call: Boss wrongly claimed IT deleted his files, refused to learn the one-click fix

There's no place like the Home directory, but the Documents folder is sometimes nicer

Microsoft anoints Rust as a 'Tier 1' internal language

Redmond's coders get the tool to help them scrub memory bugs off Windows

Visa, Mastercard, Ant Group band together for agentic commerce framework

Creating a new market of agentic shoppers is a uniting cause.

Oracle says AI will save it from the SaaSpocalypse, not bring it on

It’s a better interface, can speed installations, and drives IaaS sales too

The Week in Brief – 07 Sept to 11 Sept

’s must-reads: Top 10 stories of the week High-profile executive appointments and evolving estate planning strategies dominate the UK wealth management conversation this week.

Whole Foods Market opens applications for next wave of challenger brands

Whole Foods Market has opened applications for its latest UK Pitch Day, with the aim of finding the next generation of emerging food, wellness and lifestyle brands.

AI job cuts could come with a costly undo button

Gartner reckons nearly a third of displaced employees may be rehired by 2029 – at a premium

72% of US consumers have used an AI assistant – Visa Trust Index

New research from Visa Trust Index revealed that consumers are increasingly using AI in their payment journey.

OpenAI arms devs with AI conversation tool that can talk and listen at the same time

GPT-Live-1 makes speaking to AI models more fluid

Dr Martens appoints former Burberry exec as global customer director

Dr Martens has appointed former Burberry executive Katie Morton as its new global customer director. Morton will join the business on 26 October and report to chief brand officer Carla Murphy, taking responsibility for strengthening Dr Martens’ customer strategy globally.

Latest Anthropic horror story chills with tales of kamikaze drone swarms and bioweapons research

Everyone from ShinyHunters to Russian freelancers is in on the illicit model fun

Puma’s CCO steps down from role

Puma’s chief commercial officer Matthias Bauemer will step down from the management board effective from the September 30 due to personal reasons.

Coinbase and Moov partner to boost stablecoin payments for community banks ahead of CLARITY vote

Cryptocurrency platform has partnered with fintech firm Moov to boost stablecoin capabilities for community banks ahead of the US Senate votes on the CLARITY Act.

Aldi demands ‘Collins’ to change their name to celebrate Caterpillar cake

Aldi has been at it again on social media, this time the budget supermarket chain has been imploring the public (those named Colin) to change their names to Cuthbert to celebrate its birthday cake.

B&Q becomes first major UK home improvement retailer to sell renewable Flogas bottles

B&Q is set to introduce renewable BioLPG across its Flogas propane gas bottle range through a certified mass-balance approach. Without changing the way customers use their gas bottles, B&Q will help reduce the carbon impact associated with the products it sells.

Charity shop influencer to host second-hand shopping masterclass at Teesside Hospice superstore

A charity shop influencer and BBC star is hosting a second-hand shopping masterclass and meet and greet this September in aid of local hospice care.

Waitrose sponsors ‘Something for the Weekend’ on Greatest Hits Radio

Waitrose has been named as exclusive sponsor of ‘Something for the Weekend’, the Friday feature in ‘Afternoons with Zoe Ball’, the new show on Greatest Hits Radio (part of Bauer Media). The partnership will last for 12 weeks and was planned by creative agency MG OMD.

B&M to shut 20,000 sq ft store in Liverpool

B&M is closing its 20,000 sq ft store on County Road in Walton, Liverpool on 6 November.

Mystic Moods’ founder on fashion’s next sustainability opportunity starting after checkout

As fashion retailers grapple with sustainability, overproduction and customer loyalty, Mystic Moods founder and creative director Alina Stanila explains why her brand is putting its app at the centre of garment ownership.

Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Privacy is surveillance

Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line

Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'

THG sales and earnings beat guidance as Myprotein fuels strong first half

THG has posted better-than-expected sales and earnings for the first half as strong growth at Myprotein helped drive a sharp improvement in profitability.

Matalan unveils fashion overhaul to change brand perception

Matalan is ramping up its fashion credentials with a revamped autumn/winter collection aimed at changing customer perceptions of the brand. It will launch its new autumn/winter range on 12 September, marking what it described as a significant shift in its fashion direction with a…

Hundreds of AI agents helped PaperCut attacker hit 395+ orgs, and some went off script

Human operator: don't touch CIS orgs. AI agents: look a squirrel!

Nationwide rips out legacy systems and migrates 15 million customers to new core platform

Nationwide has migrated 15 million customer accounts to a new core platform developed in collaboration with Microsoft.

OpenAI's website-hijacking swarm reached far further than we thought

New report points finger at OpenAI bots that hijacked a German wiki for improper use of an additional 20 websites, and 14 fetching services

UK gov seeks advice on regulating AI in the energy sector

New doc outlines vision of an AI future where the country's "energy system largely runs itself".

Blik records first agentic payment transaction

Polish mobile payment network Blik has run its first agentic payment transaction, under which a user authorised an agent to search for a specific product and pay for it when it became available.

1 month, 5 outages: Databases are under massive strain at GitHub

Peak cache CPU utilisation for GitHub Actions trimmed, temporarily, from a worrying 98% to 80%, MySQL DBs moving to Azure...

Azure SQL Data Sync stops taking newcomers before 2027 execution

Existing customers can carry on for now, but Microsoft offers no like-for-like successor

Nscale swallows lion's share of UK datacenter investment

Tracxn credits one AI infrastructure outfit with $3.7B of sector's $5.7B haul

Amanda Ford: Are you communicating or just talking?

Financial planning is a technical profession. But it is also, fundamentally, a people business. You can have an outstanding proposition, brilliant technology and all the qualifications in the world, but much of what makes a great financial adviser great happens in a conversation.

ShinyHunters expose 6.4M in attack on medical supplier McKesson

Have I Been Pwned logs leaked records spanning patients, staff, and providers

d-Matrix drinks the Nvidia Kool-Aid with NVLink Fusion and MGX rack designs

AI infrastructure startup joins Qualcomm, Arm, Marvell, Amazon, Fujitsu, and MediaTek as NVLink true believers

Ministers rejected NATS reimbursement plan before 2,000 UK flights were cancelled

Government orders independent review as carriers demand boss's resignation

Suit Direct launches exclusive Ted Baker x The Gentlemen line

Suit Direct has unveiled a limited-edition Ted Baker collection, of six new looks, inspired by the Netflix show The Gentlemen. Available online at Suit Direct and a pop-up inside Selfridges, Oxford Street, the range is influenced by country estates and British style.

atomos to acquire MWA Financial in bid to boost national footprint

atomos has agreed to acquire MWA Financial for an undisclosed sum, combining its institutional investment capabilities with the firm’s entrepreneurial culture. This agreement follows MWA's acquisition of Hawthorn Financial Services in April 2026.

AI uprising postponed after Copilot falls off the web

Error 1016 kept the chatbot quiet for 100 minutes while a separate resilience drill swallowed suggestion pills

7IM AUM jumps 18% in second quarter

7IM increased its assets under management (AUM) by 18% during the second quarter, putting it among the fastest growing advised platforms over the period. Year on year, AUM increased by 36.8% to £23.83bn, following record net sales in the first quarter and placing the business

Industry backs UK National Payments Vision but confidence it will work lags

More than four in five UK industry leaders back the government's plan to overhaul the country's payment systems, but fewer than a third are very confident in how it will work, according to a survey.

Hungary's CIB Bank offers customers free contactless payment rings

Hungary's CIB Bank is working with Visa to offers eligible customers a free RingPay contactless payments ring.

Co-op cuts vape prices ahead of duty launch

Co-op Wholesale is investing in its vape proposition with invoice price cuts of up to 15 per cent and 200 additional products.

Buy Back Brixton wins buyer bid for Brixton Village

Community-led Buy Back Brixton campaign has been named the preferred buyer for Brixton Village and Market Row, marking a major step towards bringing the London markets into community ownership.

German optics giant ditches greenfield SAP migration

'Realigned' project plan aims to move existing landscape to new platform to 'achieve faster progress'

Boots unveils new ‘Give it Some Boots’ brand platform in nationwide campaign

Boots has launched a new brand platform, ‘Give it Some Boots’, as it aims to sharpen its positioning and showcase the breadth of its offer. The campaign is designed to highlight the retailer’s role across different stages of customers’ lives, spanning pharmacy, healthcare, beauty…

Three advisers join SJP to launch their own advice firms

St James’s Place (SJP) has added three experienced financial services professionals to its Partnership as appointed representatives building their own advice businesses.

Digital sovereignty sounds great until you try ditching your suppliers

Most organizations say tech independence is unrealistic – and one in ten can't replace a critical provider at all

Ant International, Visa and Mastercard to develop 'Know-Your-Agent' framework

Ant International, Mastercard, and Visa have begun collaboration on a Know-Your-Agent (KYA) interoperability framework, designed to help card networks, digital wallet ecosystems, agent platforms and marketplaces streamline agent onboarding and identification across networks.

Andrew Tully: Yet more complexity in the savings landscape

Isas should be among the simplest and most trusted savings vehicles in the UK. Yet successive reforms are making the landscape harder for clients to understand and for advisers and providers to administer. From 6 April 2027, the Cash Isa subscription limit for under-65s will

Utmost Group assets reach £123bn as European flows jump 50%

Utmost Group has posted a 16% increase in normalised inflows for the first half of 2026, largely because demand accelerated sharply across its continental European markets.

Advisers hike fees and segment client books to beat rising cost to serve

Financial advice practices are balancing ambitious recruitment and client onboarding plans with scrutiny of ongoing client suitability, according to research from NextWealth.

Laptop-slinger Framework refunding customers who paid top dollar for RAM

Puts a whole new spin on ‘Cheap as chips’

Whistles celebrates 50 years with customer-fronted relaunch

Whistles has put 50 customers at the centre of its relaunch, as the TFG London-owned fashion brand celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new website and campaign. Earlier this year, Whistles initiated an open casting call through-out London with over 2,000 women responding.

Mexican fintech Kapital raises $100 million in new financing

Mexico City-based AI-powered platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) Kapital has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round.

Microsoft goes after Salesforce and ERP users with AI-powered converter

Ironically, this idea lands as Salesforce is struggling to sell its own AI

Vans launches new activation for New York Fashion Week

Vans will give consumers a preview of its new ‘Vansza’ collection, as part of New York Fashion week activation. According to the brand, the activation allows consumers to explore the sensory references, themes and visual storytelling associated with the Vans and SZA collaboration…

Diddly Squat Farm and Blue Diamond Garden Centre’s unveil Christmas collection

Diddly Squat and Blue Diamond Garden Centres have unveiled a new co-produced gifting collection for Christmas, as part of their three-year partnership.

Trezor, BitBox users targeted in newsletter phishing spree

Attackers exploit legitimate mailing channels to demand crypto wallet backups

The Big Picture: The dangerous gap between independence and incapacity

Iceland to become first UK high street retailer to open in Falkland Islands

Iceland Foods is set to open a store in the Falkland Islands, which it claims will make it the first UK high street retailer to establish a presence in the territory.

Runtime: The smallest Patch Tuesday of the rest of your life

+ NATS struggles to recover from Tuesday's massive air-traffic control outage, and Boston Scientific reveals the damage from August's cyberattack.

Spar launches first retail media network with hundreds of in-store screens

Spar is launching its first retail media network, turning its stores into a new advertising channel for brand partners. The company has extended its long-running partnership with digital signage specialist ZetaDisplay to build the network across its Central European business…

Nasdaq invests $100m in Payward as part of tokenised equities partnership

The venture capital arm of exchange operator Nasdaq has invested $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as part of a wider partnership on tokenised market infrastructure.

John Lewis losses widen to £89m as it warns on outlook

John Lewis Partnership has seen its first-half losses more than double to £89m as rising costs and weaker demand for big-ticket purchases weighed heavily.

Digital shelf labels could put almost 200,000 grocery jobs at risk, report warns

The widespread rollout of electronic shelf labels could put almost 200,000 grocery jobs at risk and lead to billions of dollars in lost wages, according to a new report.

Boston Scientific: Cyberattack having "material impact" on annual income

Medical manufacturer will not meet 2026 projections after attack took down network over the summer.

Currys helps customers ‘reduce waste’ in new campaign

Currys has unveiled a new campaign to help customers apply an “energy-saving mindset” to tech in the home. Part of the retailer’s ‘Beyond Techspectations’ brand platform, the campaign uses the ‘dad energy’ trend to showcase how colleagues can help customers under smarter, more…

Debenhams sells Sheffield warehouse to Primark

On the day that Primark announced it will begin home delivery of ecommerce orders, Debenhams has sold its Sheffield distribution centre to the discounter. In a £90m cash deal, Debenhams has sold the automation in the DC and reassigned the lease to Primark.

DHL’s Spencer Conday on how heatwaves are reshaping Christmas run-up

The festive period may be months away, but Christmas calendars are already landing on doorsteps, even as the UK undergoes record heatwaves. It might feel wrong, opening a cardboard advent calendar while the weather forecast app reads something close to 34 degrees, but for the…

Budget: Keep your foot off fuel duty, logistics chief tells Chancellor

For Logistics UK chief executive Ben Fletcher, the Budget is not just about lorries and fuel tanks, but a want for ministers to see his industry as the thread running through every other sector: retail, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, all of which depend on goods moving…

Carlo Porreca and Helen Dixon join UK head-quartered firm LAVA as it opens New York office

UK head-quartered advisory firm LAVA Advisory Partners has appointed veteran M&A executives Carlo Porreca and Helen Dixon as its first Partners based outside the UK.

Aberdeen Adviser announces several senior hires to support growth

Aberdeen Adviser has made several senior appointments to support its long-term growth and transformation ambitions. Ranila Ravi-Burslem joins the firm from Lloyds Banking Group as chief distribution officer on 5 October 2026.

The Morning Briefing: Advisers hike fees and segment client books to beat rising cost to serve

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Anthropic reveals fourth likely crime committed by its AI

Claude's Felony Bench rap sheet is now as long as OpenAI's

Dental contractor set up secret account with access to 4,000 patient records then left the company

UK government says Fujitsu won't use framework places to chase new customers

Procurement officials promise to police the scandal-hit supplier's voluntary bidding moratorium

Novel Blue Moon kit targeting Chrome and Windows reflects new reality of AI-driven exploits

Mind the patch gap, please and thank you

AI models don't kill people – people kill people

AI fearmongers forget we could just jail tech execs until morale and model safety improve

Apple hawks $2k folding fondleslab

Another new form factor for devs to adapt to

Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with 974-CVE deluge

Adobe also brought goodies to the patch party and they deserve immediate attention

Microsoft closes the book on Publisher and unplugs Project Online

Office 2021 joins the October retirement list as customers weigh pricier alternatives

Samsung to help fortify OpenAI's semiconductor supply chain

Semiconductor supply chains are hard, but Samsung offers OpenAI relief in many forms spanning compute and memory

Mastercard to boost digital wallet uptake with Wallet Pay

Mastercard has launched a portfolio of of products designed to support interoperability and reach of mobile wallet payments.