Black Friday Isn’t the Only Time UK Shoppers Chase a Deal, Valuedynamx Finds October 7, 2026 Three years of loyalty and rewards data show when and why consumers use offers, from holiday spikes to weather and payday patterns
LRN Research Find Less Than 1 in 10 Corporate Codes of Conduct Address AI Usage and Less than Half Provide Guidance on Ethical Decision Making October 6, 2026 Corporate Codes Lag in Addressing Emerging Business Risks, Leaving Employees Without Proper Guidance on AI, Trade, Security and More
AI Arms Race Is Radically Reshaping the Fraud Threat in EMEA, FICO Research Finds October 5, 2026 Global survey of financial institutions on fraud protection shows 25%+ rise in fraud attempts for one-third of EMEA financial institutions as fraud complexity increases
Gen Z’s Summer of Hard Graft: Employment Hero Data Challenges the ‘Work-Shy’ Stereotype September 30, 2026 Employment Hero, the AI-powered employment platform, has today released its latest monthly platform data. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260930201916/en/ Could trade jobs be the new summer jobs for Gen Z? Recent stories have tracked the decline of traditional retail and hospitality jobs, and suggested that AI is pushing younger [...]
Seventh Annual CreatorIQ Study Finds Creator Marketing Delivers Record ROI Amid Infrastructure and AI Complexities September 30, 2026 New data from CreatorIQ's seventh annual global State of Creator Marketing report shows nearly half of brands now earn 3x or greater ROI from creators, and budgets have increased 33% YoY, while AI-driven complexity and systems integration emerge as the industry's biggest challenges to operating at scale.
ZOLL® Launches Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ in the UK to Encourage Bystanders to Help in Cardiac Emergencies September 29, 2026 Nearly half (48%) of UK adults mistakenly believe special training or experience is needed to help save a life with a defibrillator, according to new research. As defib access expands across the UK, public awareness and confidence need to keep pace with knowledge of who can use AEDs and how the devices function. Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help. campaign aims to close that gap by showing that defibrillators are designed to guide anyone through a cardiac emergency.
Banks Risk Losing $230 Billion in Payments Revenue as Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits Go Mainstream September 24, 2026 Stablecoins, tokenized deposits and central bank digital currencies expected to account for 4% of global payments volume by 2030 Nearly 60% of corporates open to sourcing stablecoin services from non-bank providers Tokenized deposits emerge as banks’ top near-term priority to retain deposits and preserve liquidity USD 4 trillion of capital trapped in accounts to fund cross-border payment flows
Association for Project Management Urges Government and Industry to Use Major National Projects to Create New Opportunities for NEETs and Early-Career Talent September 23, 2026 Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, is calling on Government and industry to take urgent action to help young people enter project careers, warning that the UK risks missing out on a generation of talent at a time when AI, infrastructure renewal, clean energy, defence, housing and digital [...]
Owl Labs’ 2026 State of Hybrid Work Report Finds UK Employees Are Caught Between Visibility Pressure and AI-Driven Workloads, Alongside Rising Stress Levels September 23, 2026 86% of UK employees now use AI at work, with 57% saying it has increased how much they are expected to get done in a day 92% say the right incentives would bring them into the office more often, though 60% would prefer to work in a hybrid model 35% say their work-related stress has increased in the past year, and 37% describe themselves as disengaged at work 59% say their employer uses monitoring software, and 82% want disclosure to become a legal requirement
Cyber Teams Stretched Too Thin as Attacks Intensify and Budgets Shrink, ISACA Research Finds September 22, 2026 38% of European IT professionals say their organisations are experiencing more cyberattacks than this time last year Cyber teams are struggling to keep pace with an increasingly complex threat landscape, with 72% reporting that their job is more stressful now than 5 years ago