UK AI job ads up 51% to 100,000, but London dominates, Accenture says
Accenture counts about 100,000 UK AI vacancies in six months, up 51%, with London listing six times as many as Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester.
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SRA consults on writing AI into the standards expected of solicitors
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is consulting until 3 December on updating its competence statement and SQE legal knowledge, with a new focus on AI.
Durham University and Microsoft open North East AI skills centre
Durham University has opened an AI Skills Centre of Excellence with Microsoft, starting with students and staff before widening to local businesses and public bodies.
South Wales chip cluster grows jobs as IQE rides AI demand
Compound semiconductor employment in south Wales rose 14% in a year to 3,140, while Newport's IQE supplies hardware for AI data centres. The AI minister wants more.
Over half of UK firms say AI has created jobs, Lloyds finds
The Lloyds Business Barometer reports 54% of firms adding AI-linked roles, but adoption splits sharply by turnover and by whether a firm trades abroad.
Scottish manufacturers use AI daily but 68% train nobody
Scottish Engineering survey data shows 72% of firms have staff using AI regularly, while two-thirds provide no formal training and only 5% have a strategy.
AI is splitting the UK jobs market by experience level
Indeed figures show senior and AI-linked software roles growing while manufacturing postings sit 58% below 2022, leaving new entrants squeezed.
AI will not trigger a jobs collapse, Adecco argues
The world's largest staffing firm says AI is reshaping tasks rather than destroying jobs, and warns firms not to gut entry-level roles that feed talent pipelines.
London employers warn of a widening AI skills gap
BusinessLDN survey finds the share of employers saying their workforce has the skills they need fell from 63% to 50% in a year, as Khan accepts taskforce plan.
Staffordshire targets £2bn AI boost to county economy
Staffordshire County Council has set out plans for AI to add around £2bn to the county's economy by 2030 through SME support and skills programmes.
Reeves to launch City 'skills compact' for the AI era
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce a financial services skills compact committing City firms to retrain thousands of UK staff for AI, covering some 500,000 workers.
Clerical and high-tech jobs most exposed to AI, study finds
An Engineers Ireland study says clerical and high-tech workers are most at risk from AI, with about 110,000 Irish jobs vulnerable to automation.
UK workplace AI use doubles, but the gains cluster at the top
Google-backed research says UK workplace AI adoption has reached 73%, yet the career rewards concentrate among a 15% 'trailblazer' minority, exposing a widening skills gap.
Most UK firms use AI while calling it irrelevant — report
An HCR Law and CyNam study finds most businesses use AI daily despite 80% deeming it irrelevant, with only 11% of workers trained to use it safely.
Welsh college sets out AI pledge for staff and learners
Coleg Cambria has launched an AI Pledge built on five principles, among the first such frameworks in Welsh further education, keeping humans in the loop.
Half of London firms report an AI-era skills gap
A survey of 2,043 London business leaders finds just 50% believe their workforce has the skills needed for the AI era, down from 63% a year earlier.
UK firms embrace AI but managers lack skills, CMI warns
A Chartered Management Institute study of 1,000 UK managers finds only 5% report transformational AI gains, with most firms stuck in the pilot phase.
London leads UK AI adoption as the regional gap widens
DSIT data shows London firms adopt AI at 20% versus a 16% UK average, raising fears the productivity gains will concentrate in a capital already pulling ahead.
Labour unveils AI bootcamps to protect young workers
Liz Kendall has launched AI bootcamps, a £20m jobs alliance and tech training for 400,000 pupils, pledging to make AI 'work for workers' at London Tech Week.
Most UK workers feel overwhelmed by the pace of AI
Henley Business School research finds 61% of UK workers feel overwhelmed by AI's pace, even as adoption spreads and shadow AI use grows.
India's AI skills shift reshapes global hiring with UK parallels
Multinationals are hiring more selectively in India's global capability centres as AI reshapes roles, mirroring the AI-skills gap UK firms are wrestling with.
EY says 74% of UK consumers use AI but trust still lags
An EY survey finds 74% of UK consumers used AI in the past six months, but only 14% are comfortable with fully autonomous agent-led AI systems.
University of South Wales students among first in UK to gain new AI qualification
USW has co-developed an Applied AI for Business accreditation with the IOEE, embedding AI literacy into its Business and Management degree from September 2026.