United Kingdom (UK) stories

Preply offers UK journalists GBP £250 in one-to-one language lessons to trial its ‘human-first, AI-enabled’ tutoring platform.

BenchBee says UK IT consultancies waste GBP £3.06bn a year on idle staff, urging a shared-talent model inspired by government reforms.

3PL has been chosen to run UK multi-channel fulfilment for Vahdam Teas, handling complex B2B orders for major retail and wholesale partners.

LaunchLemonade raises oversubscribed $480,000 pre-seed to grow its London no-code AI agent hub and build a creator marketplace.

Atos becomes the first organisation worldwide to achieve dual Scopism SIAM Assured status for both service provision and consultancy.

Kani deepens its tie-up with TransactPay, adding Data-as-a-Service to streamline global payments data as the issuer ramps up scale.

Plans for a UK under-16 social media ban spark warnings it could damage the creator economy while missing deeper online safety flaws.

Syrenis opens an Atlanta hub to drive North American growth as state privacy laws fuel demand for consent and preference tech.

Global Switch inks eight-year RWE wind PPA to power its AI-focused London Docklands data centre with Welsh onshore renewable electricity.

PayFit extends its contextual HR AI copilot to 220,000 staff, promising personalised, confidential answers on pay, leave and contracts.

UK leaders now see AI and automation as top drivers of resilience, yet most still define it mainly as cyber security, new research finds.

Aliter folds three tech firms into Serbus to target UK critical infrastructure security, eyeing GBP £75m revenue within two years.

Smart appliances are spreading faster in the Global South than Western Europe, as households chase lower running costs over green credentials.

London climate tech firm Pinwheel secures 2026 Earthshot Prize nomination as surging demand reshapes corporate climate and nature strategy.

Only 1% of FTSE AIM-100 firms have AI embedded in core operations, as poor data governance and weak strategy stall wider adoption.

SonicWall launches unified automation tools to cut alert fatigue, speed cyber threat remediation and streamline overstretched security teams.

Accountants double down on everyday AI tools, as optimism stays high but scepticism, job fears and data security worries all intensify.

Brussels moves to tighten EU cyber rules, targeting high risk foreign vendors while streamlining certification and boosting sovereignty.

Finance teams clinging to spreadsheets risk cash flow chaos, poor forecasting and lost talent as automated AR tools rapidly raise the bar.

e2e-assure rolls out 24/7 unified OT cyber monitoring in the UK, partnering with EmberOT and Trinity OT Security amid rising attacks.