Overview

• The ICO penalised Capita for the 2023 attack that exposed data on 6.6 million people, including some sensitive personal information.
• The £14 million sanction was split between Capita plc at £8 million and Capita Pension Solutions at £6 million.
• Investigators cited weak security controls and noted a previously proposed combined penalty of £45 million was reduced due to remediation and support for affected individuals.
• Ofcom fined Royal Mail £21 million after it delivered 77% of first-class and 92.5% of second-class mail on time in 2024–25 against targets of 93% and 98.5%, one of the regulator’s largest penalties.
• Entain maintained guidance of £1.1bn–£1.15bn in underlying earnings, reported UK & Ireland net gaming revenue up 8% with 15% online growth, and flagged BetMGM net revenue of at least $2.75bn with roughly $200m earnings for Q3 as markets opened slightly higher with gold rising and Brent near $62 a barrel.