Tim Lewis

December is a relatively quiet month in the garden, but there are more things to take care of than you might think. With limited daylight hours as we approach the shortest day of the year, this month’s crisp wintery weather can be strikingly beautiful and bitterly cold in equal measure. While we wait for Santa’s arrival, see the following checklist of jobs to keep us gardeners busy.

On 4 December 2025, the European Commission published three legislative texts, known collectively as the "Market Integration Package" (MIP).

The FCA has issued final rules for its new retail product disclosure regime: PS25/20: Supporting informed decision making: Final rules for Consumer Composite Investments.

The designer gleefully bringing her ‘trashy minimalist’ style to Bromley – and the world

The way in which the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) communicates its supervisory expectations to firms has recently changed. Back in April 2025…

But can the “contrast therapy” boom last 31 March 2026 Chris Miller was at a Christmas dinner in 2020 when he started feeling really awful.

Marigolds are popular flowering annuals grown in America today. Natives of Mexico, South America, and the southwestern United States, the marigold (genus Tagetes) is heat and drought tolerant as well as floriferous.

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced the first phase of changes to the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime, with implementation beginning in April 2026. While these initial modifications are relatively minor adjustments aimed at reducing regulatory burden, they include some tightened requirements around regulatory references and notification obligations that firms and senior managers need to understand and prepare for.

Regulators face a dilemma. On both sides of the Atlantic, they have started making proposals to deregulate private market rulebooks.

The UK government has launched a £500m sovereign AI fund led by Balderton's James Wise, aiming to help British AI startups start, scale, and compete globally. With ticket sizes between £1m-£10m, the fund offers not just capital but fast-tracked visas, supercomputer access, and government procurement opportunities—but can this strategy overcome the UK's historical challenge of retaining founders at the growth stage?