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Directors are moving AI from experiments into boardroom governance plans. New IoD survey insights show artificial intelligence becoming a strategic control issue, not only a technology deployment question.
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The UK’s under-16 social media ban would reshape digital commerce. Platforms, brands, sports rights holders, and agencies face a tougher youth engagement environment as age assurance moves from niche compliance tool to mainstream digital infrastructure.
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Workspace control is challenging the aesthetics-led office design debate again. Research suggests employees perform better when workplace design gives them agency, choice, and practical support.
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Clear Channel is linking outdoor advertising spend to community outcomes. The new Clear Channel Impact product ties media investment to nonprofit support, storytelling, and measurement.
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Irn-Bru has topped a crowded World Cup advertising effectiveness ranking. System1’s findings show brand memory still matters when tournament campaigns chase fame, humour, and reach.
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Anthropic’s model shutdown has turned AI access into service risk. Users seeking refunds after Fable 5’s withdrawal have exposed deeper questions over continuity, governance, and procurement.
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Uber is tightening restaurant advertising around time-sensitive customer ordering decisions. Deal Drops and Reorder Rewards add urgency, loyalty, and retail media mechanics inside Uber Eats.
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Employment reform is reaching rotas, payroll, and manager decisions. The UK’s Employment Rights Act 2025 will test workforce planning, absence management, manager capability, and productivity in organisations that have relied on informal flexibility.
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Trust is now the decisive currency in modern sales conversations. Paulo Cunha, CEO of Pipedrive, argues that informed buyers expect transparency, low-pressure engagement, and human judgement alongside AI-enabled sales tools.
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Growth policy is moving from ambition into delivery pressure today. The BCC says ministers should test whether economic measures change real decisions on skills, AI, trade, finance, and scaling.