Graduate jobs at ‘weakest level since 2018’ as Reeves’ taxes rattle firms June 25, 2025 Graduate jobs are now at their “weakest level since at least 2018”, fresh data has suggested, as Chancellor Reeves’ tax hikes on employers have made bosses avoid hiring junior workers. The UK government has made job creation a crucial part of its efforts to grow the economy and improve living standards for Brits after years [...]
James Reed: UK jobs market is among worst I’ve ever seen June 25, 2025 After 35 consecutive months of decline, the UK jobs market is unlike anything in the past few decades, writes James Reed.
Law Society calls on government to launch free AI legal tool June 24, 2025 To help people understand their legal issues the government was called on to create a free AI tool similar to NHS 111, to restore trust in the justice system
ONS appoints Bank of England data exec as new chief June 24, 2025 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has appointed a Bank of England executive as its new director general at a time when the independent body is losing trust over its poor handling of key data. James Benford, who served as the Bank’s chief data officer and oversaw analytics, will join the ONS in early August [...]
Amazing AI becomes latest Aquis-listed firm to adopt Bitcoin reserve policy June 24, 2025 Amazing AI has seen its stock rocket after the fintech firm became the latest Aquis-listed business to adopt a Bitcoin treasury policy. The US firm, which offers consumer loans, said it will “strategically allocate” capital generated from its business operations and future fundraisings, with the aim of maintaining a treasury consisting of both traditional cash [...]
UK industrial strategy labels cyber a key frontier technology June 24, 2025 Cyber security has been named one of the UK’s highest-potential “frontier” industries in the government’s new industrial strategy, which outlines plans to boost economic resilience through investment in cutting edge tech sectors like AI, semiconductors and quantum computing. The strategy, published Monday, places cyber at the heart of both national security digital infrastructure and enabling [...]
Amazon’s £40bn investment to create nearly 10,000 jobs June 24, 2025 Amazon will invest £40bn into the UK in the next three years as it looks to boost production and delivery capacity, creating 9,500 jobs in the UK. The investment will provide funds to build four new robotic fulfillment centers, as well to refurbish the media giant’s film studios in Berkshire. The three already-announced high-tech warehouses [...]
UK’s competition watchdog sets its sights on Google search June 24, 2025 The UK’s competition watchdog has proposed designating Google with ‘strategic market status’ after an investigation earlier this year revealed market issues. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had “heard concerns” that Google’s search advertising costs are higher “than would be expected” in a “more competitive market”. It will also look into the transparency [...]
Cannes Lions: Ad agencies are subsidising their own AI displacement June 24, 2025 It may have been all smiles at Cannes, but behind closed doors the future of AI poses a huge threat to ad agencies, writes Paul Armstrong.
Cambridge science has global ambitions and London is our departure lounge June 24, 2025 Cambridge is seizing a unique moment to amplify the global impact of its world-leading research by opening a new office in London’s tech hub, aiming to build stronger connections, embrace entrepreneurial risk, and better integrate academia with investors, says Jim Glasheen From discovering Newton’s law of gravity, to laying the foundation for computing, to unlocking [...]