Innovate UK hit with £36m unpaid tax bill over IR35 contractor employment status errors
Non-departmental funding body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) must pay HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) £36m in back-dated tax after a review of its IR35…
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Alert over Chinese cyber campaign targeting critical networks
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alongside intelligence agencies from the Anglophone Five Eyes alliance, has issued guidance highlighting a campaign of Chinese state-sponsored…
Fintech pioneer Anne Boden steps aside from challenger bank CEO role
Fintech pioneer Anne Boden is leaving her role as CEO at app-based challenger bank Starling, as it announces a more than doubling of its revenue…
Build 2023: Microsoft wants developers to build IT with AI
Microsoft has kicked off its annual Build 2023 software developer’s conference with a plan to encourage developers to support a common platform for search and…
Digital channels thriving for M&S but profits down
Some of Marks and Spencer’s (M&S) digital propositions have been growing over the past year, the retailer has claimed in its full-year report covering April…
Almost all ransomware attacks target backups, says Veeam
Data stored in backups is the most common target for ransomware attackers. Almost all intrusions (93%) target backups and in 75% of cases succeed in taking out…
JPMorgan’s UK digital retail bank adds more than a million customers in a year
JPMorgan Chase’s UK app-based retail bank has already amassed 1.6 million customers and a total of £15bn in deposits following its 2021 launch. The latest…
Kuwait bank introduces biometric payments card
Kuwait International Bank is using technology from Zwipe to provide customers with biometric security on payment cards, adding a layer of authentication through fingerprint recognition…
Two-thirds of all 2022 breaches resulted from spear phishing
Spear-phishing attacks make up just 0.1% of all email-based attacks but are responsible for two-thirds of all breaches, Barracuda Networks has found. In a report…
Visa to recruit 1,500 tech staff in Poland
Visa is recruiting up to 1,500 tech professionals in Poland for its latest tech centre as part of its global network of hubs which provide…
Cohesity Turing aims AI tools at backup and ransomware
Backup product maker Cohesity has announced a number of artificial intelligence (AI)-focused partnerships and a bundling of AI tools for ransomware detection and remediation in…
Aston Martin gets F1 pole position with NetApp storage
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team (AMF) is midway through a five-year plan to get to the top of the sport. Now in year three,…