UK Government stories
Glasgow’s AI jobs and training pipeline is set to grow as SAS commits more than GBP £20 million to its research centre and UK skills drive.
Extra government support may help UK fintech scale, but firms still face costly reporting and compliance frictions, Leo Labeis said.
Wider use of new financial health tools could help 200,000 more UK SMEs a year secure lending, CFIT said after testing prototypes.
The plan could deepen UK firms’ dependence on overseas AI providers unless ministers also spur wider enterprise adoption and infrastructure.
The £500 million fund is meant to help British AI start-ups scale, as ministers seek growth and greater control over core technology.
The grant lets the London startup train an air-gapped coding model on UK infrastructure, bolstering supply for defence and other sensitive sectors.
UK regulators are racing to assess whether Anthropic’s Mythos model could speed up attacks on banks and unsettle financial stability.
The new fund is intended to boost growth while giving the UK more control over data, chips and AI systems used by public services.
The new unit aims to ease pressure on strained care services by testing tools that could cut hospital use and staff shortages.
Researchers could face legal uncertainty unless ministers modernise a 1990 cyber law that campaigners say is hindering defence and investment.
The investment firm is shifting towards regular portfolio realisations after two major sales, as Antonia Jenkinson takes over the finance brief.
Open applications aim to widen entry-level hiring as UK businesses struggle with cyber skills gaps and technical vacancies.
Free data, donated devices and rural coverage have helped one million digitally excluded people in the UK get online, Virgin Media O2 said.
New reporting deadlines are pushing critical UK firms to secure trusted communications when cyber attacks knock out internal systems.
Several blue-chip bidders have backed a plan that could add renewable energy and digital infrastructure to a former South Wales mine site.
Intuit UK secures the government's Fair Payment Code Gold, highlighting rapid supplier payments as ministers crack down on late payers.
Broader recruitment and earlier coding exposure could help women reach senior tech roles as firms widen their search beyond traditional pipelines.
The expansion is set to lift output and jobs at a north-west site supplying power distribution equipment for data centres.
The expansion will more than double Databricks’ UK and Ireland headcount as it courts AI talent and deepens ties with major customers.
The British company is rebuilding its thermal Earth observation network as HotSat-2 readies for a SpaceX rideshare mission from California.
