Forget gadgets, London’s tech prowess is now all about experiences April 15, 2025 London is becoming the global testbed for a new kind of tech, and it's all about the experience economy, writes Paul Armstrong.
All eyes on MHA as accountancy firm rings London Stock Exchange bell April 15, 2025 Accountancy firm MHA's long-awaited £271m IPO went live this morning, a minor win for both the company and the London Stock Exchange
Exclusive: EY reveals Brits embrace AI at home, not at work April 15, 2025 The UK public is increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI) in their personal lives, but barriers to adoption are stopping workers from using the technology at work, according to a new study. EY’s new global AI sentiment index, shared exclusively to City AM, found that while 70 per cent of UK adults had used AI in [...]
Grid connection for clean energy firms to be fast-tracked, ministers say April 15, 2025 Grid connections for businesses delivering clean energy are to be prioritised, ministers have said. The government has said so-called ‘zombie projects’ which hold up the queue for National Grid connectivity are set to be axed from the waiting list. While industries including data centres and AI, wind energy and solar projects will be accelerated for [...]
London is a tech superpower – so why don’t we act like it? April 15, 2025 London is a tech superpower, but gloomy commentators hate to acknowledge it. It's time to start backing ourselves, writes Adam French.
UK surges ahead of France and Germany as Europe’s ‘innovation powerhouse’ April 14, 2025 HSBC Innovation Banking, a subsidiary of Europe’s biggest lender, hailed the UK’s enterprise value in its latest innovation report. UK innovation firms raised £3.2bn of venture capital in the first three months of the year – an eight per cent increase from the first quarter of 2024. The quarter attracted higher amounts of funding, with [...]
UK injects £121m into quantum tech April 14, 2025 The UK government has pledged £121m to accelerate the development and commercial use of quantum technologies, with ministers touting the potential to crackdown on financial crime and improve public services. The investment is also projected to create thousands of high skilled jobs across the country. Announced on ‘World Quantum Day’ on the 14th April, the [...]
Government’s privacy dispute with Apple ‘really strange’, expert says April 14, 2025 The government’s position in its privacy and encryption row with Apple is “really strange” and “doesn’t make sense”, an expert has said. Earlier this year, it was reported that the government had issued a notice under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, asking Apple for the ability to access data from Apple users. This was said [...]
OpenAI cuts safety tests in ‘reckless’ AI push April 11, 2025 OpenAI has slashed the time it will spend testing its most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models, raising concern that the $300bn company is prioritising speed over safety in the global AI arms race. Once known for its rigorous approach to AI risk, OpenAI is now giving safety evaluators just days – sometimes even less than [...]
Can AI do it better? Why Starmer is right to reimagine the civil service April 11, 2025 What proportion of the civil service's workload could AI handle today? Starmer could revolutionise Whitehall if he's brave enough.