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The UK net zero economy has passed a new threshold. New analysis says it generated £105bn in gross value added last year and supported 1.1 million jobs.
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Haiilo is expanding Manchester as its fastest-growing regional UK office. The employee experience platform has increased headcount more than sixfold since 2024, alongside UK ARR growth of 55% and a 60% rise in customer numbers.
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UK growth forecasts now point to weaker investment and hiring. The BCC expects GDP to rise by 0.9% in 2026, with business investment falling 2.2% and inflation peaking at 3.8% by year-end.
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More UK founders are incorporating businesses outside traditional office hours. New 1st Formations analysis found 31.6% of registrations in 2023–25 took place between 5pm and 9am, with lunchbreak incorporations also visible.
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May’s US dealmaking was shaped by infrastructure, AI, and scale. The largest transactions showed strategic buyers paying for assets tied to power demand, housing capacity, industrial controls, corporate travel, and healthcare pipelines.
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May’s UK dealmaking showed buyers paying for control and scale. Vodafone, EQT, Ingredion, E.ON, and JD.com shaped a month in which strategic infrastructure, public-market valuations, energy resilience, food ingredients, and retail platforms all drew serious takeover attention.
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Europe’s May M&A market favoured control, certainty, and strategic patience. The largest stories centred on contested assets, public-market discounts, private-equity pressure, and boards testing whether premiums were enough to justify surrendering independence.
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West England’s tech clusters face pressure to connect faster nationally. Tech West England Advocates says slow collaboration could limit global scale, despite regional strengths in advanced manufacturing, green technology, aerospace, and deep tech.
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A new partnership is linking more of Thames Valley tech. Reading Tech Cluster and Berkshire Tech Network say the agreement will expand regional connections, events, and collaboration.
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AI agents are pushing identity teams into a new control model. Ping Identity’s latest platform update focuses on agent governance, programmable identity, and trusted access controls as enterprises begin to manage more non-human actors across systems.