This week’s podcast guest is Jonathan Berry, Viscount Camrose and former Conservative AI minister, who discusses how artificial intelligence policy has changed with the Labour government, why the work it must do is difficult but necessary and why clarity on AI regulation is vital for businesses. Berry is a hereditary peer in the House of ... Read more ›
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Senior officials at the UK government’s tech department met with Google and Anthropic to explore the use of AI in public services as chancellor Rachel Reeves turns to automation to make the state more efficient. Officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) met with Anthropic in mid-December to discuss “Anthropic’s work on ... Read more ›
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Revolut is to ramp up its crypto marketing effort with a number of new hires across Europe. The London fintech is hiring product marketing managers for crypto in the UK, Poland, Spain and Portugal, responsible for creating and owning a new marketing strategy for cryptocurrency. Successful candidates will be tasked with helping bring more products ... Read more ›
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The government’s plan to rapidly integrate AI into public services is “for the birds” because of “out of date” technology and “poor quality” of data, a damning parliamentary report has found. Labour’s Plan for Change strategy hinges heavily on the idea that the public sector can provide better services cost-effectively by outsourcing work to automation. ... Read more ›
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The parent company of OnlyFans has been handed a £1.05m fine for failing to accurately respond to requests for information about its age assurance measures. Fenix International, which owns the platform known for hosting explicit content, was approached by Ofcom on two occasions in 2022 and 2023 with requests for information on how it was ... Read more ›
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Universities are in trouble. Budgets are tight, a quarter of leading UK higher education institutions are cutting staff and student recruitment for almost every kind of degree fell in 2024. The cause? Perhaps it’s tuition fee caps and rising costs, but ultimately, there is a real concern that they are unable to bring in enough ... Read more ›
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Startups change fast. One day you and your co-founders are locking down pre-seed funding to develop an MVP. Blink, and suddenly you’re managing a scaling team, milestone customer acquisitions, and major VC raises. But there’s one element of your operations that can often fail to evolve at the same pace – the board. This is ... Read more ›
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London fintech Abound has ramped up its lending capacity with a new £250m financing deal with Deutsche Bank. The latest funding, which allows the firm to offer more consumer loans and takes its total lending capacity to £1.6bn, provides additional firepower to scale Abound’s operations, enhance financial inclusion, and modernise the lending sector. The financing ... Read more ›
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EnSilica shares rose as much as 6% in early London trade after the semiconductor business unveiled a new contract worth $18m. The Oxford-based business did not name its new customer but said it was a “leading European based supplier of electromechanical products” and a deal using an Arm-based mixed signal sensor interface ASIC (application-specific integrated ... Read more ›
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We live in an uncertain world. Or, as Rachel Reeves put it in the House of Commons this afternoon: “Mr speaker the world is changing. We can see it and we can feel it.” It was a platitude that the chancellor returned to over and over during her 30 minute Spring Statement before Parliament. Faced ... Read more ›
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Labour’s second budget statement is taking place today, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves expected to announce a slew of fiscal policies including cuts to welfare spending, a boost in the defence budget and further measures to support the government’s plan for growth. The Office for Budget Responsibility is expected to present a blow to these ambitions ... Read more ›
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AI-focused investment funds have delivered an average return of just 2.5% in the past year, having been outperformed by other sectors and generalist funds, according to new figures. Though artificial intelligence has attracted huge investment in 2024 – an estimated $110bn globally – AI funds offered a fairly modest rate of return, according to research ... Read more ›
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The average stake held by British universities in their spinouts fell sharply in 2024 after encouragement from a government-sponsored review. Figures from the Royal Academy of Engineering and Beauhurst revealed that in 2024, the average university equity stake was 16%, down from 22% the previous year. Universities have been encouraged to take smaller ownership shares ... Read more ›
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The UK government has awarded a £350,000 grant to hospitality tech firm Embargo to develop an AI model for its CRM platform as businesses are encouraged to embrace automation to achieve growth. The UK Smart Grant will support the construction of what Embargo has called the first fully automated, AI driven CRM platform for hospitality ... Read more ›
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It has become an accepted reality that artificial intelligence (AI) across its various forms will fundamentally shape the future of countless sectors. Whether you’re in law, finance, construction or logistics, if there isn’t already an AI tool for you, someone is building it. As AI is incorporated into more and more industries, it’s important to ... Read more ›
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Tech entrepreneur and investor Tom Adeyoola has been named the new executive chair of Innovate UK, taking the reins of the government body at an inflection point in its history. Adeyoola, who previously founded sustainability startup Metail, will oversee the science and technology funding body, which is part of the largest public research funder in ... Read more ›
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A startup behind a 3D content generation platform has emerged from stealth with a $4.2m funding round. London-based Rival, which was founded in June 2023, now plans to grow its team with more ML/AI engineers and expand its presence in the U.S. market. The company has already assembled a top team of engineers with experience ... Read more ›
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The boss of AO World has said it is “back to being a highly efficient growth machine” after reporting a rise in profits. The Bolton-based ecommerce business, which sells TVs, kitchen appliances and computers, said its retail revenues were expected to increase by 12% for the year to end March, while overall sales would rise ... Read more ›
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Eurowag today said it was seeing the beginnings of a economic recovery in Europe as the firm returned to profitability. The London-listed transport technology business, which provides mission critical data, insights and payment and financing transactions for trucking companies, said it was “starting to see some signs of economic recovery in the first quarter with ... Read more ›
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The idea of a digital ID system is, slowly and belatedly, gaining traction in the UK. For many years, a handful of outriders and advocates for digital ID technologies have struggled to focus public attention on their potential benefits. The prospect of greater security against fraud, modernised public services and more efficient customer journeys was ... Read more ›
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British unicorns have supported the founding of more startups than any other European country, fresh research has found, highlighting Britain’s continued dominance in the tech sector. Firms worth more than $1bn today have collectively spawned 393 new businesses in the past 25 years, according to figures from Accel. It’s common practice in tech for startup founders ... Read more ›
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