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Britons are trading screens for shared summer experiences this year. Mastercard says spending is moving towards travel, food, and live events as consumers cut back on gadgets, streaming, and other purchases to spend more time offline.
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Internal comms teams still struggle to prove commercial impact clearly. Oak Engage found strong respect for the function, but weak measurement, heavy information overload, and widespread use of unofficial channels across organisations.
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Europe’s biggest listed companies face a widening futureproofing deficit today. A new DAX-AEX benchmark says environmental and social costs continue to weigh heavily on long-term value across some of the continent’s largest businesses.
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EU lawmakers have provisionally delayed key AI compliance deadlines further. The proposed changes would push back rules for many high-risk systems, while advisers say governance work should continue without delay.
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Menopause support is becoming a retention issue for employers nationwide. Pertemps says poor workplace support is pushing some mid-life women towards leaving employment ahead of new reporting requirements in 2027.
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ServiceNow is widening control over AI across enterprise technology estates. New controls, integrations, and observability features extend governance across models, agents, identities, and cloud services as more deployments move into production.
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SAP has struck two deals to strengthen enterprise AI foundations. The Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions bring open data infrastructure and tabular model research closer to SAP’s analytics, automation, and agentic software stack.
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UK businesses are scaling AI faster than their safeguards mature. New research points to widening gaps in governance, data readiness, and workforce skills.
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Signicat has added product leadership before Europe’s identity rules tighten. Emma Bauer joins as chief product officer as digital identity providers prepare for heavier cross-border compliance demands.
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Amplify brings full online ranges into stores without bespoke builds. One iota’s Shopify-native kiosk app lets shoppers browse the full catalogue in-store and complete purchases on their own phones.