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G-Accon Heads to Xerocon London as a Double Xero Global App Award Winner

Spreadsheet reporting and automation platform to exhibit at Olympia London on July 8–9, following wins in the Xero Global App Awards 2025 for Global Practice App of the Year and…

Cloudflare Collaborates With Leading Browsers to Develop a Privacy-First Protocol For the Global Internet

New Private Access Control Tokens (PACT) technology, developed alongside Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, and Shopify, pioneers a privacy architecture to secure interactions across the global Internet

Nex Playground Officially Hits Store Shelves in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Introducing New U.K. Activations & Game Experiences

Nex Playground is officially available for purchase at Amazon U.K., Smyths, Argos, and TikTok Shop

British Crews Join Italy’s round‑the‑coast Marina Militare Nastro Rosa Tour 2026

Three UK teams tackle 1,250 nautical miles and nine stages in the 6th edition of the Round-Italy Sailing Race, from Venice to Genoa

ICON selects Microsoft as a preferred technology partner to power AI-enabled clinical development

ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) today announced that it has selected Microsoft as a preferred technology partner – further advancing ICON’s previously announced plan to invest in digital innovation and AI…

CRH to Acquire Arcosa; Leading U.S. Provider of Aggregates and Critical Infrastructure Products for $8.5B

Strengthens CRH as the #1 infrastructure player in North America and reinforces CRH as the leader in U.S. aggregates Acquisition is highly complementary, advancing CRH’s strategy to build an aggregates-led,…

Balbec Capital Acquires Funding 365, A UK Specialist Property Lender

Acquisition Establishes Dedicated UK Bridging Loan Origination Platform, Expanding Balbec's European Real Estate Capabilities

Flocean Produces First Drinkable Water from Commercial-Scale Subsea Desalination Plant

Industrial deployment in Norway demonstrates subsea desalination technology viable at scale—ending decades of research and development work

Northern Trust Appointed to Support TirNua Capital Partners’ Inaugural Infrastructure Fund

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) today announced it has been appointed by TirNua Capital Partners (“TirNua”) to provide fund administration, depositary and banking services for the firm’s inaugural infrastructure fund focused…

Finalists Announced for the Second Edition of the Reply AI Music Contest, the International Competition Exploring the Relationship Between AI and Live Performance

The jury will announce the winners on Saturday, 4 July, on the stage of Kappa FuturFestival in Turin