Microsoft: AI could redefine London’s 9-to-5 June 18, 2025 The age of the 9-5 workday may be over for London businesses, and artificial intelligence may be speeding up its demise. AI, email overload, and round-the-clock digital connectivity have upturned the rhythms of the modern workday, revealed Microsoft’s latest work trend index. But far from ushering in a smarter, more flexible future of work, the [...]
Nationwide to Greggs: King’s honours list champions UK business leaders June 14, 2025 Entrepreneurs and company chiefs in tech, recruitment and banking have been recognised for their contributions to UK business in the King’s birthday honours. Microsoft UK boss Clare Barclay and ceramics founder Emma Bridgewater, dubbed the “queen of pottery”, received damehoods for services to business. Nationwide chief executive Debbie Crosbie, who led a £2.3bn takeover of [...]
Microsoft announces new Xbox Ally handheld consoles – here’s what we know June 9, 2025 Microsoft has announced two new handheld games consoles, the ROG Ally and the Ally X, which will be released later this year. The new consoles will allow users to access their Game Pass libraries on the go, providing competition to the newly-released Nintendo Switch 2 and the more established Valve Steam Deck. Microsoft has been [...]
London Tech Week: Barclays partners with Microsoft in major AI roll-out June 9, 2025 Barclays is set to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 100,000 employees worldwide, in one of the largest known deployments of generative AI tools in the banking sector to date. The announcement was made at London Tech Week by Microsoft’s UK chief, Darren Hardman, who signalled a major step in embedding the technology into day-to-day operations in [...]
Nvidia: Stage set for crucial earnings update amid US tariffs May 25, 2025 Investors are poised for a crucial update on Nvidia’s earnings after the AI chip maker has been caught up in the fallout of Donald Trump’s trade policy overhaul. The US technology giant will unveil its financial results for the first three months of 2025 on Wednesday. As the second most valuable listed company in the [...]
London Spirit £144m sale nearly done, insists MCC chief May 20, 2025 MCC chief executive Rob Lawson insists a £144m deal between a consortium of US tech heavyweights and the owners of Lord’s Cricket Ground for a 49 per cent stake in Hundred franchise London Spirit is just a “couple of weeks away from getting everything done”. It comes after the initial timeline for eight Hundred deals [...]
Microsoft is past its glory days says UK fund manager May 19, 2025 Liontrust’s global innovation fund team made a striking call that bucks the conventional wisdom of leading tech stocks by saying that Microsoft, one of the world’s most valuable firms, may no longer be a long-term winner. Storm Uru and Clare Pleydell-Bouverie, co-managers of Liontrust’s Innovation Fund, have told City AM they no longer hold any [...]
Microsoft shares jump after AI bets pay off May 1, 2025 Microsoft shares surged over six per cent in after hours trading on Wednesday after the tech giant delivered another quarter of better than expected earnings, driven by its booming cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses. The company posted revenue of $70.1bn (£52.5bn) for the quarter ending in March, up 13 per cent year on year, [...]
The UK’s cyber blindspot lies with its SMBs April 16, 2025 Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in the UK are facing an escalating cyber security crisis, experts have warned. According to Hugues Foulon, chief executive of Orange Cyberdefense, cyber attacks on SMBs have surged by 53 per cent, yet only 21 per cent of SMB chief executives are aware of their cyber risks. This alarming [...]
Google presses ahead with AI spend as Trump calls for – yet charges – more April 10, 2025 Donald Trump is urging American firms to ramp up their technology spending, particularly on AI, despite his latest wave of tariffs injecting new uncertainty into global supply chains. Google owner Alphabet is answering that call, reaffirming plans to spend $75bn this year on AI, brushing aside investor concerns and trade headwinds. The move, announced at [...]