Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in The FTSE 100 outperformed European peers on Thursday as higher oil prices continued to weigh on blue chips. In London, the FTSE 100 index endedContinue Reading

Piero Pavone is the founder and CEO of Preciso, the Italian adtech company behind the Smart Bidding programmatic platform and the Ultima native advertising solution. In May 2026 Preciso launched Ultima Ads for Advertisers as an app for Shopify merchants, a month after releasing Ultima for Publishers as a WordPressContinue Reading

Labour vs Greens Labour has held the Holborn and St Pancras seat continuously since it was created in 1983, but voters there have moved towards Green and independent candidates in recent years. In May’s local elections, the Greens also saw major success, with Zoe Garbett becoming the UK’s first directly-electedContinue Reading

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Deloitte has been fined more than £6 million by the accounting watchdog over its audits of transport firm Go-Ahead. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) saidContinue Reading