ICON selects Microsoft as a preferred technology partner to power AI-enabled clinical development June 22, 2026 ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) today announced that it has selected Microsoft as a preferred technology partner – further advancing ICON’s previously announced plan to invest in digital innovation and AI over the next three years. This partnership incorporates an enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot along with an enterprise-grade cloud, data and AI infrastructure to [...]
PwC UK chief swipes global role in international shake-up June 19, 2026 The UK boss of PwC has been appointed to head up a larger role in the Big Four firm’s global network as the consultancy looks to centralise decision-making and reshape its international executive structure. Marco Amitrano will take up the new position on 1 July in addition to his current post leading the professional services [...]
GoldenSource and InvestOps Research Reveals Weak Data Foundations Are Putting AI Outcomes at Risk, Slowing Growth and Costing Investment Managers Billions June 17, 2026 GoldenSource today announced the release of a new report with InvestOps Insights, The Basis Point Blind Spot: How Weak Data Failures Quietly Undermine Performance, Growth, and AI Ambitions. Produced in partnership with InvestOps Insights and informed by 100 global buy-side firms, the report highlights a growing industry challenge: firms do not have an AI model [...]
‘Fantasy land’: AO World boss blasts Labour over employment costs June 17, 2026 The boss of AO World has hit out at the government after it shifted hundreds of jobs to South Africa in a bid to dodge soaring employment costs. John Roberts, chief executive of the electrical retailer, claimed the UK’s political class lives “in an economic fantasy land” and blasted Labour for forcing his company to [...]
Inaction on abusive legal actions is a SLAPP in the face June 16, 2026 Everybody should have the protection they need to speak to truth to power. That’s why we must reform Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, abusive legal actions used by powerful or wealthy individuals or organisations to stifle critical speech, say Baroness Stowell and John Whittingdale Like many others, we watched the King’s Speech last month with [...]
Adobe and LinkedIn target AI skills gap in marketing roles June 16, 2026 Adobe and LinkedIn have launched a new AI training programme for marketers as businesses accelerate their adoption of AI and demand for AI-skilled workers surges. Together, the firms are rolling out a free programme through LinkedIn Learning, Fortune reported, offering role-specific courses covering digital marketing, content creation, social media, communications, data and analytics. The launch [...]
Billionaire IWG founder Mark Dixon steps down as chief executive June 16, 2026 The billionaire founder of IWG has unveiled plans to step down as chief executive, ending his decades-long control of the serviced office group. Mark Dixon, the Essex-born entrepreneur who founded the London-listed company as Regus group in 1989, will transition into the role of chairman while chief transformation officer Christian Schmitz is to step into [...]
John Healey has delivered a fatal blow to Starmer’s premiership June 15, 2026 The defence minister’s resignation reveals the complete collapse of Keir Starmer’s authority, says Eliot Wilson The resignation of the Defence Secretary, John Healey, last week, with his Armed Forces Minister Al Carns a few hours behind him, was a very serious blow for Sir Keir Starmer. Let us be clear about the significance of this: [...]
Starmer agrees investment deal with Japan as EU deal questioned June 13, 2026 The UK government has agreed an £18bn investment deal with Japan in a bid to boost post-Brexit international ties but questions are now looming over Sir Keir Starmer’s “reset” deal with the EU. Starmer said “landmark agreements” with Japan on technology and life sciences would lift the UK economy and improve trade with the fourth [...]
Building a community of thriving professionals June 12, 2026 The debate about where people work has largely been settled. The new question is harder: why would anyone choose to come in when they don’t have to? Salary matters. Career progression matters. But the businesses winning the talent conversation right now have figured out something else: the quality of the environment you spend eight hours [...]