
Adviisa has raised £425,000 to expand its business memory platform. The Cambridge company will invest in product development, team growth and wider adoption among businesses and professional advisers.

BMC has appointed Tarun Chopra to lead mainframe transformation globally. The former IBM executive will oversee its Intelligent Z business as AI adoption expands across mission-critical enterprise systems.

Teciem has added two executives to its London leadership team. The appointments strengthen technology and customer functions as the treasury and capital markets software company develops following its separation from Finastra.

Deloitte’s global revenue rose while technology consulting growth slowed sharply. The professional-services group reached $74.5bn in revenue, while its Technology & Transformation operation expanded more slowly as AI changes both client demand and consulting delivery models.

NATS has identified the software defect behind September’s major disruption. The preliminary investigation traces the failure to a rare sequence inside the UK’s air traffic system, with a permanent fix now undergoing safety testing.

Scotland has tightened planning controls on large data centre developments. Mandatory environmental assessments above 50MW have been followed by a temporary pause on hyperscale decisions while national guidance is prepared.

Britain is deepening its defence reliance on SpaceX satellite services. The Ministry of Defence has acquired around 1,500 Starshield and Starlink terminals, highlighting the gap between current operational needs and longer-term ambitions for sovereign communications infrastructure.

Computacenter has raised expectations after delivering record first-half trading results. AI and digital infrastructure demand helped lift gross invoiced income to £8.93bn, while the company now expects at least £380m of adjusted profit before tax this year.

Gamma has reported growth while its takeover remains firmly live. First-half revenue increased 4% to £330m, led by stronger German performance and service-provider growth, as the communications group progresses towards a recommended £1.015bn acquisition by Epiris.

VodafoneThree has launched dedicated 5G capacity for business customers nationwide. The network slice separates enterprise traffic from consumer demand and introduces committed performance as a more explicit feature of mobile connectivity.