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Insurance innovation training is moving beyond the London market base. EDII will launch Digital Minds Embed North in Leeds this October with Markel as its partner.
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Tesco is moving store pricing further into digital operations systems. Electronic shelf labels will reshape pricing accuracy, labour allocation, promotions, and customer trust across grocery retail.
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Most UK businesses are missing from AI-generated commercial recommendations online. LLM Listed says 87% of analysed UK businesses failed to appear for primary commercial AI search terms, despite many continuing to invest in traditional SEO.
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Executives still rely on instinct when data arrives too late. Confluent research finds 82% of UK leaders feel forced to choose between fast and informed decisions as data access, timeliness, and confidence remain persistent barriers.
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A new UK payments scheme has entered the market. UKPI’s launch gives commercial variable recurring payments a framework to challenge cards and direct debit in recurring transactions.
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Adobe research links student AI use to digital enterprise growth. The study found 26% of Gen Z students have launched online side hustles, compared with 3% of Gen X at university.
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Asda is turning to Ocado for online grocery infrastructure upgrades. The partnership will use Ocado’s Smart Platform across ecommerce, store fulfilment, delivery planning, and aggregator orders from 2027.
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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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Precisely is bringing governed customer communications workloads directly onto AWS. The release gives regulated enterprises a way to modernise customer communications in the cloud while keeping data, workflows, and compliance controls inside their own AWS environments.
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SGS has launched Sami to sharpen business carbon reporting workflows. The platform brings emissions data, analytics, and action planning into one system as organisations seek more reliable carbon management.