Sunak urges rethink on taxing jobs as AI begins to reshape hiring March 22, 2026 Rishi Sunak has called for a rethink of how work is taxed, warning that AI is beginning to shift hiring patterns as companies weigh the cost of people against automation. Writing in The Times, Sunak said employers face immediate costs when hiring through national insurance contributions (NIC), while deploying AI carries no equivalent tax burden, [...]
Is AI ‘vibe coding’ too good to be true? March 20, 2026 AI means companies can now 'vibe code' their own software products on the cheap – but they may soon discover the risks, writes Paul Armstrong.
CMA must act now to fix Britain’s broken cloud market March 20, 2026 The CMA correctly diagnosed the UK cloud market as broken and dysfunctional, so why isn’t it changing anything, writes Lord Clement-Jones.
Open banking is a growth engine Britain cannot ignore March 20, 2026 Open banking doesn't grab headlines like AI, but combining these technologies can deliver exponential benefits, writes John Glen MP.
Reeves hosts top UK scale-ups as new cohort revealed in growth drive March 19, 2026 Rachel Reeves will host the latest cohort of the UK’s top scale-ups at Number 11 tonight, as the government looks to reinforce its pitch as a home for high-growth tech firms. The new intake of Tech Nation’s future fifty programme brings together 25 late-stage companies spanning AI, healthtech, cybersecurity and climate technology, sectors ministers see [...]
From tech bros to underclasses – AI has trust issues March 19, 2026 AI should work for you, right now it’s being done to you. Here’s three ways to solve AI’s trust problem, says Lewis Liu Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir, the American AI military surveillance platform, recently said on CNBC: “The one thing that I think that even now is underestimated by all actors in [...]
DFS defies wet weather to double profit March 19, 2026 Furniture retailer DFS almost doubled its half-year profit despite recording lower shop footfall as wet weather dampens sales across retail. The London-listed company recorded a £30m profit in the first half of this year, almost double the £16m recorded the year prior, as revenue grew by nine per cent to £548m. The wet weather has [...]
AI will not replace auditors’ judgment, says regulator chief March 19, 2026 The rise of AI presents a critical moment for the accountancy profession to prove that its “value-add” goes beyond tasks that can be automated, according to the industry’s watchdog boss. Speaking to City AM, Richard Moriarty, chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said that with every technological shift, the accountancy sector loses low-level [...]
Alastair Lukies: AI is humanising tech and will positively impact us all March 19, 2026 Fintech pioneer Alastair Lukies takes us through his career, from Monitise to his new AI endeavour, in this week's Square Mile and Me.
Ex-Google executive puts AI hiring under scrutiny March 18, 2026 A former Google Cloud executive has put AI hiring and its consequences under renewed scrutiny in a US courtroom. The unnamed ex-Big Tech employee’s testimony revolved around how automated, agentic systems are increasingly shaping recruitment decisions, not at the final interview stage, but much earlier, where candidates are filtered, ranked and, in many cases, excluded. [...]