Issue 4 of Business Quarter is live

Issue 4 of Business Quarter is live

Our latest digital magazine is now available to read. Issue 4 features JS Pelland of Eland Cables, alongside new pieces on AI infrastructure, green goals, careers, cyber resilience, financial supply-chain risk, data, leadership, and marketing.


We have published Issue 4 of Business Quarter, led by our cover profile with JS Pelland, executive director of Eland Cables.

The Q2 2026 edition looks at the operating work behind growth, from infrastructure and workforce capability to risk, data, leadership, and brand visibility. Pelland’s cover profile traces his route from Montreal to London and into Eland Cables, where growth has been shaped by cable testing, stock depth, logistics, supplier relationships, grid connection, and service reliability.

Our big issue asks whether AI growth and green goals can coexist, examining the power demand, cooling requirements, data centre footprint, Scope 3 emissions, supplier exposure, and energy claims behind digital expansion.

The issue also includes our quarterly leadership moves and market snapshot, alongside contributor pieces from Charlotte Livingston of Weavr on embedded finance in employee benefits, Fauzia Syed of Rabat Business School on capability-led hiring in the age of AI, and David Morgan of the Career Development Institute on career management as working lives become longer and less linear.

Technology and risk coverage includes Glen Williams of Cyberfort on cyber resilience beyond insurance, Craig Gravina of Semarchy on the data foundations needed for AI, and Justin Kuruvilla of Risk Ledger on supply-chain risk in financial services.

Elsewhere, Matt Huntly of Sampl and Lee Rorison of Seriös Group discuss scale, data, accountability, and quality, while Amrit Sandhar, Natalie Mackenzie, Madeleine Barnes, Heather Delaney, and Nicolaas Kroone cover compassionate leadership, sleep, fractional marketing, search visibility, and content localisation.

Click here to read the latest edition of Business Quarter.



  • Fragmented data slows AI loyalty gains

    Fragmented data slows AI loyalty gains

    Financial services companies are building AI upon fragmented customer data. AND Digital research finds infrastructure gaps are limiting personalisation, raising costs, and increasing concern that poor experiences will drive customers away.


  • Hundredth hire marks business focus tipping point

    Hundredth hire marks business focus tipping point

    The hundredth employee appears to mark a management pressure point. New Adobe analysis links growing headcount with coasting, organisational friction, and a greater need for formal structures, clear accountability, and trained managers.


  • Global hiring index exposes statutory cost divide

    Global hiring index exposes statutory cost divide

    Global hiring costs diverge sharply once statutory obligations enter calculations. A 192-country index places the UK in the lighter half while exposing major differences in social contributions, notice, and severance.