London · Est. 2026
The City, through the law.
Topic
5 briefings touching on Financial Services.
Monday, 3 August 2026
Castlelake's takeover clock resets to Friday as Apollo's £7.15-a-share offer holds sway at easyJet, Lloyds shares break the £1 barrier for the first time in two decades, and the City braces for a heavyweight week of earnings from HSBC, BP, Glencore and Diageo.
Friday, 31 July 2026
The FCA finalises rules for the UK's first equity consolidated tape and opens a fresh debate on market complexity, while Greenland-focused miner Amaroq trades up from AIM to the London Stock Exchange's Main Market.
Thursday, 30 July 2026
The Bank of England held Bank Rate at 3.75% for a seventh straight meeting, the FTSE 100 set an intraday record on an oil-driven rally that owed little to UK economic strength, and Segro's board edged toward recommending Prologis's improved takeover bid ahead of a 12 August deadline.
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Barclays and Croda open reporting season under parallel UK and US disclosure regimes, while the Insolvency Service records a fresh spike in compulsory liquidations on the same day the ONS quietly delays its own retail figures.
Thursday, 23 July 2026
A 190-store homeware chain collapses into administration with a pre-pack on the table, the competition regulator sends a chilled-logistics merger to Phase 2, and a bank pays £38m for the cloud it could not see.