Analysis: What do Starmer’s reforms actually mean – and can they work? March 15, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has announced his reform plans to make the British state more “innovative and effective”. The Prime Minister unveiled a series of new measures on Thursday, including the headline abolition of NHS England – the arms-length body which runs the NHS in England. But Sir Keir also spoke about his broader ambitions to [...]
Tech secretary Peter Kyle asks ChatGPT about UK businesses, AI and podcasts March 14, 2025 The UK’s technology secretary Peter Kyle has asked ChatGPT questions about UK businesses, artificial intelligence (AI) and even what podcasts he should appear on. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request submitted by the New Scientist magazine revealed Kyle, who leads the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has been making regular use of the [...]
AI agents: meet your new (cheaper) colleague March 13, 2025 The rise of AI agents is reshaping the workplace as their potential to redefine numerous job roles increases. Across various business sectors, firms are integrating these ‘agents’ to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance decision making. As adoption accelerates, traditionally human roles are becoming progressively automated. Meanwhile, other roles are evolving at a similar rate [...]
Week in Business: Will Starmer Slash the State? March 13, 2025 Javier Milei, Elon Musk, and now Keir Starmer? The PM says he wants to reform the state - just don't call it austerity.
Nvidia stock: cheap as chips? March 13, 2025 Nvidia’s stock has dropped this year, making it one of the cheaper options among its tech rivals. While many investors are concerned about increasing competition and potential trade policy effects, others see it as a strong buying opportunity. The stock market’s AI darling has dropped 14 per cent in 2025, bringing its valuation down to [...]
PensionBee: Losses slashed as US expansion helps revenue surge March 13, 2025 PensionBee has hailed a “transformative year” for the listed business as it slashed its pre-tax loss and grew its revenue by almost £10m as it expanded into the US. The company has posted a pre-tax loss of £3.1m for 2024, down from the £10.5m loss it reported for 2023. New figures filed with the London [...]
The new model of American success: Win at all costs March 13, 2025 America has always been a hyper-individualistic society, but in the turbo-charged Trump era something has changed, says Lewis Liu “What happened to your country?” “Surely most Americans don’t agree with what is happening?” Every single non-American I’ve encountered over the last six weeks has asked me questions like this. Over the past month, I’ve spent [...]
Lessons from the dot-com bubble, 25 years on March 13, 2025 While it’s tempting to compare the current excitement around AI to the dot-com bubble of 2000, it would be wrong to draw too many parallels, says Brad Holland As one market reporter quipped in Summer 2000: ‘pity the poor technology investor’. After the past fortnight’s trimming of US financial markets, some might think this observation has proven [...]
Keir Starmer to pledge red tape rollback in bid to ‘reshape the state’ March 12, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer is expected to pledge to slash red tape for businesses in a bid to “reshape the state” of the UK amid what he will call a new “era of instability”. The Prime Minister is set to make an announcement on Thursday about his plans to reform the British state, cut regulation, and [...]
Five years on, has Covid really changed the way we work? March 12, 2025 With this week marking five years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Julia Turney asks whether the world of work has really changed.