IR35: Use of HMRC CEST tool drops by more than 70%, delayed FOI reveals
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has finally shared updated usage data for its much-maligned online IR35 status checker tool via a Freedom of Information (FOI)…
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Fortifying retail: how UK brands can defend against cyber breaches
The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting UK retailers has been a moment of reckoning for the entire retail industry. As someone who went through…
Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER
In April 2025, at the ITER Private Sector Fusion Workshop in Cadarache, something remarkable unfolded. In a room filled with scientists, engineers and software visionaries,…
AI Summit London: Managing legacy IT and the pace of AI development
Panel members on the AI as a Competitive Advantage session held at the AI Summit in London this week discussed the reality businesses face when…
Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?
How far are criminal investigations inhibited by the wide availability of end-to-end encryption (E2E)? The Home Office and UK law enforcement agencies think the problem…
Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up
Financiers picked up the pace of funding in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Sweden last month, after an urgent government AI Commission warned that a…
MPs to investigate potential for government digital identity scheme
MPs are to investigate the risks and opportunities of digital identity in the UK, as Labour influencers increasingly call for the introduction of a national…
8 use cases for generative AI in manufacturing
In recent years, manufacturing has dramatically modernized, particularly with the implementation of new tools such as generative AI. Contemporary production lines with conveyors and robots…
Agentforce London: 78% of UK companies use agentic AI, says Salesforce
Salesforce has released survey data that says 78% of UK organisations are using agentic artificial intelligence (AI). The findings, provided during Agentforce London 2025, also…
NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review
The NHS has emerged as a big winner from the government’s Spending Review through to 2027 with approximately £10bn allocated to technology and digital transformation…
West Brom Building Society project to meet customers’ digital demands
West Brom Building Society is embarking on a three-stage project to build the digital capabilities its customers want. The organisation, which offers mortgages and savings…
Government using national security as ‘smokescreen’ in Apple encryption row
The government is using national security as a “smokescreen” to refuse to disclose how many technical capability notices (TCNs) it has issued to telecoms and…