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Bank of England keeps rates steady after a narrow Monetary Policy Committee vote. The decision highlights deepening divisions among policymakers, reassures lenders and investors, and signals that interest rate cuts remain possible later this year.
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IMed Group has appointed Spencer Keegan to lead talent acquisition. The regulatory consultancy is expanding recruitment services alongside international growth, adding permanent and contract hiring capabilities to support medical and health technology clients across Europe and beyond.
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UK organisations face mounting difficulty proving AI’s environmental impact. New research shows enterprises remain confident in AI’s sustainability potential, but lack the emissions data required to evidence progress against environmental targets.
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AI trust remains a major barrier to enterprise cybersecurity adoption. Uptycs says its new Juno AI Analyst replaces opaque security copilots with verifiable, evidence-based investigation grounded in real cloud telemetry.
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Large enterprises overestimate payroll readiness despite automation, AI, and integration ambitions. New research from CloudPay shows budget constraints, legacy systems, and governance barriers are slowing real-world deployment across enterprise payroll operations.
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UK fiscal headroom has already been exhausted, according to new forecasts. Fresh analysis from NIESR shows weak growth, rising unemployment, and higher labour costs are eroding the Chancellor’s budgetary margin, prompting warnings from business leaders about the impact on hiring and investment.
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Lloyds Banking Group appoints Ajneet Jassey as its new London ambassador. The bank has named the senior legal executive to focus on housing delivery, business growth, and technology engagement across the capital.
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Anthropic’s legal AI debut rattles European data and software stocks. Shares in major European data, publishing, and legal software companies fell sharply after Anthropic launched a legal productivity tool for in-house counsel, raising fresh concerns about AI-driven disruption to high-margin professional information businesses.
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One million people missed the self-assessment tax deadline. HMRC reported 27,456 taxpayers filed in the final hour before the deadline. Those who missed it face an automatic £100 penalty, with additional penalties for continued non-compliance.
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The EU introduces voluntary carbon removal certification standards. The European Commission has launched its first voluntary certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals, setting clear standards for technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere, facilitating certification and investment in these projects.
