Meta-backed fellowship puts open source in the firing line Tech The UK government has launched a $1 million open source AI fellowship funded by Meta through the Alan Turing Institute, inviting the nation’s top AI engineers to spend 12 months building public-sector AI tools. The scheme focuses on open-source AI models like Meta’s Llama 4 to create applications for everything from speeding up planning approvals [...]
London Tech Week: Accenture warns of AI divide as Starmer launches tech skills plan Tech Sir Keir Starmer may sound like he is making the right noises for the tech sector with his flagship pledge at London Tech Week to train one million students in AI – but new data highlights a stark regional divide has already taken shape. London is rapidly pulling away from the rest of the country [...]
Verizon and Accenture partner to help businesses tackle cyber threats Verizon business has announced a strategic partnership with global professional services firm Accenture to address escalating cyber security risks. Together, they aim to strengthen cyber resilience across industries, with a particular focus on mid market and large businesses across the UK. As cyber attacks become more sophisticated and frequent, the collaboration will launch cyber risk [...]
Former Accenture exec Peter Lacy settles claim with consultancy giant October 28, 2024 Accenture’s former head of sustainability Peter Lacy has settled his employment case with the consultancy giant, City AM can reveal
Keir Starmer visits Ireland in bid to reset UK’s relationship with Dublin September 7, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer is to visit Ireland as he seeks to reset the UK’s relationship with its nearest neighbour. The Prime Minister will travel to Dublin on Saturday to meet with the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in his first official visit to Ireland. Commerce across the Irish Sea, a trade relationship worth 100 billion euros a [...]
Public sector spending on consultants hits record high despite efforts to cut August 23, 2024 Public sector spending on management consultants has ballooned to a near-record high this year despite efforts to cut reliance on the expensive sector. Fees to consultants from central government, local authorities and other departments swelled to an estimated £3.4bn in the last fiscal year between 2023 and 2024, a rise of 12 per cent on [...]
Clifford Chance: London magic circle law firm brings in long-time Accenture finance boss February 14, 2024 Magic circle law firm Clifford Chance has hired a new chief financial officer from professionals service firm Accenture. Daniel Burton is set to join the law firm mid-June, and will take over from its current global CFO Patrick Glydon who is retiring in July. Glydon was in the CFO role at the magic circle for [...]
Retail: Sixth wettest March on record dampens sales as shoppers’ fail to weather inflation hike April 21, 2023 Retail sales fell 0.9 per cent in March as wet weather conditions and high inflation hit consumer spending during the month. Despite Mother’s Day falling within the month retail, non-food sales such as clothing and homeware, fell by 1.3 per cent as the sixth wettest March on record since 1836 deterred shoppers from hitting the [...]