
British voters want faster artificial intelligence adoption with stronger safeguards. ICS.AI found widespread concern about national readiness alongside support for productivity gains, improved public services, and clearer governance.

Sopra Steria’s growth accelerated as strategic technology demand strengthened further. AI, cybersecurity, digital sovereignty, defence, and aerospace supported higher first-half revenue and an upgraded annual outlook.

Ofgem is tightening grid access rules for speculative data centres. Proposed commitment fees could reach £712,500 per megawatt as the regulator seeks to remove undeveloped projects from Britain’s congested connection queue.

Finance leaders are increasing AI spend while tightening control expectations. Basware research shows AP adoption running ahead of governance maturity.

Abnormal AI is extending behavioural security beyond the inbox layer. New tools cover identity, AI governance, and candidate infiltration risk.

Morrisons is testing AI inside the weekly grocery shop journey. Instacart’s Caper smart trolleys have launched in Preston.

GSK is shifting UK research deeper into Cambridge’s life sciences cluster. The £400m investment will move more than 1,000 scientists.

CAF Bank’s online outage has exposed specialist banking resilience pressures. Charities were pushed towards phone banking after a software-linked vulnerability.

Ofcom has moved directly against Openreach’s latest fibre discount proposal. The regulator says targeted pricing could weaken long-term broadband competition.