Your next customer made the news last night.
The Overnight Brief reads over a thousand UK local stories while you sleep. By 7am you get the business news for the areas and topics you choose: who opened, who changed hands, who is spending. Free.
Written overnight by Vela and four specialist agents from Adapt Leads.
Vela runs the night. Four agents do the work.
Vela is the coordinator. All night, Vela gives each specialist agent its job, checks what comes back, and puts your brief together. By 7:00 the opportunities are waiting for you.
Real numbers from Adaptive Context, last night and this week. How the agents work
Last night’s business news
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IllustrationUK crisp company stocked in Tesco closes after 54 years as it enters administration
Northern Ireland crisp maker Glens of Antrim Potatoes has ceased trading after entering administration, with 95 staff made redundant.
Daily Echo
Illustration'Leading' UK sports supplement brand falls into administration after 15 years
Promuscle Products, which supplies sports supplements in UK and global markets, has entered administration after 15 years
The Bolton News
IllustrationTown centre cafe to reopen 'under new management'
It's back!
Stoke Sentinel
IllustrationBurger chain announces new restaurant opening in Cambridge after Brewdog closure
It will be the first in the area
Cambridge NewsIt reads like a note from a colleague.
One email among the rest of your morning. Open it to see what changed overnight. This one is the Adapt Leads version, written for a coffee roaster, so it also says why each story matters and who to call. Click it, then scroll.
A real brief, for a sample reader: a coffee roaster in Nottingham. The other emails are examples.
Adaptive Context reads the UK so you don’t have to.
At the heart of The Overnight Brief and Adapt Leads is one system. Every night it reads the news, the registers and business websites, and every reply and result. Each story is a dot. It matches each one to a business, works out what changed, and hands the few that matter to the agents.
Every brief, kept for you.
Sign in with a link from any email and it’s all here: today’s stories, every past brief, what you follow and what you saved. Click around. This is the real page, for a sample reader.
Every dot is a real story from the last 24 hours. Tap one.
new stories in 24 hours, from 71 UK local newsrooms.
Real count, in the 24 hours to 19:36 on 1 November 2026.
Most of them aren’t for you.
Football, roadworks, the weather. Nobody has time to read 1,288 stories to find the few that matter.
- UFO map shows nearly 2,000 sightings across UK - 13 were in NewcastleChronicle Live
- Liverpool vs Arsenal LIVE - team news, TV channel, kick-off time, score and commentary streamLiverpool Echo
- Newcastle road closed for hours after burst water main causes flooding near Royal Victoria InfirmaryChronicle Live
- Three rare birds of prey spotted soaring through New Forest in one dayDaily Echo
- DWP new and basic state pension rates from April 2027 confirmedBirmingham Mail
A few of them are gold.
A business opening, moving, changing hands or spending on a refit. Each one is buying something.
- Town centre cafe to reopen 'under new management'Stoke Sentinel · Stoke
- Burger chain announces new restaurant opening in Cambridge after Brewdog closureCambridge News · Cambridge
- Reopening date announced for much-loved pub after £500k refurbishmentWorcester News · Worcester
- 'The place is getting too small for us' - Brothers to move burger restaurantTelegraph & Argus · Bradford
- Grand opening date set for Riviera D'Amour on Ipswich WaterfrontIpswich Star · Ipswich
- Harlow to open first real ice rink just in time for ChristmasEssex Live · Harlow
Decisions are still being made when the story goes to press.
A new venue is still choosing its website, card machines, coffee and signs while it fits out. By opening day, those choices are made. The brief tells you on the morning the story runs, while every choice is still open.
Nottingham Post · 31 OctoberNew book bar with gothic mansion-inspired interior to open on thriving Nottingham street
You read it with your coffee and call that week. You help them choose.
They walk past the new bar. Now they’re asking it to switch.
1,288 in. Three out. Picked for you.
With Adapt Leads, Vela keeps the stories that are right for what you sell, and near you. The rest never reaches your inbox. These were the three for a coffee roaster on Monday.
One story. Read for your business.
Choose what you sell. Vela tells you why the story matters to you, and what to do next.
New book bar with gothic mansion-inspired interior to open on thriving Nottingham street
The offering will combine books, coffee, cocktails and community events.
- Why it matters to you
- What to do
- Who to contact first
Made for businesses that sell to other businesses.
The free brief gives everyone the news they choose. With Adapt Leads, every brief is written for one business. Choose a business like yours, and see what it got last night.
The notifications come from real stories in the last 24 hours. Photos are placeholders.
The free brief tells you what changed. Adapt Leads tells you what it means for you, and helps you act.
The Overnight Brief
Free, for good. The news, in your inbox at 7.
- Business news for the areas you choose
- The topics you choose: openings, new owners, refits, moves, closures
- A short summary of every story, with a link to the source
- Every past brief, any time
With Adapt Leads
The news, read for your business. Actionable, not just interesting.
- Vela picks the opportunities that matter to what you sell
- Why it matters to you, and what to do this week
- The owner’s name, with a checked email and phone number
- A first email written for you, sent only with your yes
- Save businesses to a list all week, then send one campaign
- Call from your browser, or connect on LinkedIn
Tomorrow, 7:00.
Your first brief: the business news for your areas and topics. Free, and yours to stop any time.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. The brief is free, and it stays free. Adapt Leads, which finds the people behind each story, is a paid product. You never need it to read the brief.
What is free, and what does Adapt Leads add?
The free brief is the news: every business opening, new owner, refit, move and closure in the areas and topics you choose, summarised, with a link to the source. With Adapt Leads, Vela reads the same news for your business: what you sell, who to and where. You get the opportunities that matter to you, why, who to contact, and a first email ready to approve.
Where does the news come from?
From local newsrooms across the UK. In the 24 hours to 19:36 on 1 November 2026 we read 1,288 new stories from 71 of them. Every story links to the publisher, and our summary says where it came from.
Which areas do you cover?
All of the UK. You choose your area when you sign up: your town, a distance around it, or the whole country.
Can I change the time, or stop it?
Yes. Pick 6, 7 or 8 in the morning, every day or weekdays only. Every email has a one-tap link to change it or to stop it.
Who makes it?
Adapt Leads, a UK company that helps businesses find and win customers. Vela, our AI coordinator, writes each brief with four specialist agents. Vela’s view is an opinion, and every story says where its facts came from.