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Hawk has strengthened its UK commercial team with senior appointment. Former Yahoo executive James Fenn joins the Azerion-owned demand-side platform as enterprise business director, targeting advertisers, agencies, and omnichannel growth.
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Employee experience programmes risk overlooking workers during technology-led transformation efforts. A Designit poll puts employee input and people-first design ahead of hybrid working and personalisation among perceived transformation blind spots.
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Hayward Wright has appointed a manager to support national expansion. Mia Mahoney joins from Gowling WLG after the accountancy group broadened its footprint through acquisitions in Birmingham and Yorkshire.
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ALT is opening Manchester operations as its regional expansion accelerates. The Glasgow-founded media agency has appointed two senior hires and plans further recruitment as it establishes its second city base.
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A £10m hospitality grant scheme has opened for applications nationwide. The three-year programme will support new ventures, training, vacant-premises reuse, productivity projects, and community pub diversification.
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AJ Bell is reshaping its board through planned succession changes. Craig Gentle and Steve Langan are joining as three existing non-executive directors prepare to leave the investment platform.
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ENRC has settled litigation linked to Britain’s abandoned corruption investigation. The confidential agreement with the Serious Fraud Office and Dechert closes a long-running dispute over conduct surrounding the former criminal probe.
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Battery storage cyber-risk modelling puts multibillion-pound UK exposure in focus. Centrii’s GRIDLOCK analysis estimates sharply different attack risks under alternative security postures, although its headline probabilities and financial losses are simulated scenarios rather than forecasts.
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Online services report substantial compliance work under Britain’s safety regime. Ofcom’s first business survey highlights staffing, technology, and financial pressures as companies implement duties under the Online Safety Act.
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Diginex has changed chief executives amid acquisition integration and restructuring. Archana Kotecha becomes interim CEO as the sustainability RegTech group also pursues a transaction requiring Nasdaq change-of-control approval.