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Alibaba missed forecasts as profits slumped despite stronger cloud growth. The results revived a wider market question: how long investors will keep rewarding AI narratives when core commerce remains under pressure.
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Flexible workspace demand is now rising beyond London, Orega argues. As it approaches 25 years in business, the operator says regional economies and mature hybrid-working strategies are driving demand for premium office space with shorter commitments.
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The UK jobs market may look flat, but the latest ONS data prompted a sharper message from employers and labour market specialists: hiring is getting harder, entry routes are narrowing, and younger workers are bearing the brunt.
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Bank Rate stayed put as markets weighed inflation and conflict. Property and business leaders said the hold offers short-term stability, though energy prices, borrowing costs, and wider geopolitical risk are still feeding caution into investment and household finances.
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Private AI deployments are putting storage architecture under pressure now. Scality-backed research suggests object storage, governance, and performance are becoming central constraints as AI moves into production.
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Cellebrite has launched a collaborative AI investigations management platform globally. Guardian Investigate is aimed at helping agencies coordinate evidence, tasks, and oversight across high-pressure cases.
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Jitterbit has topped G2’s enterprise iPaaS implementation ranking once again. The company says faster go-live times and earlier ROI continue to separate its Harmony platform from category averages.
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UK payroll teams face mounting strain at financial year-end again. CloudPay says integration complexity and legacy systems are still slowing modernisation at a moment when payroll is under closer scrutiny.
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Clevertouch is formalising martech training as complexity deepens industrywide further. Its new lovemartech Academy combines platform training, research, and university-backed collaboration for marketing teams under pressure to get more from existing systems.
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Starling has launched its tax reporting tool before deadline changes. The bank is giving sole traders and landlords early access to HMRC-recognised software before quarterly digital reporting begins.