Crowe survey finds 80% of UK manufacturers now using or trialling AI
Crowe and the Confederation of British Metalforming find AI use among UK manufacturers up from 52% to 80%, with 72% engaged in or exploring defence work.
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Robert Half says AI-written applications are slowing UK hiring
Almost half of UK employers in a Robert Half survey say AI-generated CVs are a real problem, and two-thirds of hiring managers say screening for them adds time to recruitment.
Employers are starting to promote on AI fluency
Bonuses, rankings and review criteria increasingly turn on tool use. A UK employment lawyer says it is lawful, but the fairness questions are unresolved.
Most UK bosses think shadow AI is already in their firm
A survey of more than 1,000 UK decision-makers finds 88% believe unapproved AI is in use, and 51% fear staff are pasting sensitive data into those tools.
Iceland claims 80% less loss from AI camera system
The frozen food chain has layered vision AI onto existing store cameras across 1,000 sites, and is now exploring facial recognition to bar repeat offenders.
UK bosses hit an autonomy cliff when AI touches money
Expleo research finds trust falling from 73% for summarising documents to 43% once AI is signing off financial or budget approvals on its own.
Half of UK small firms see no place for AI in their business
Novuna research finds 31% of small business owners already use AI while 48% either have no plans to or think it irrelevant, with sharp regional splits.
Nobody has worked out how to price AI services yet
Goldman Sachs expects token consumption to rise 24-fold by 2030, leaving vendors unable to quote fixed prices for services whose costs move monthly.
Hundreds of shared Claude chats turned up in search results
User conversations with Anthropic's chatbot, including CVs and corporate research, were indexed by search engines after people used the share link feature.
KPMG finds firms rushing into AI but unable to prove value
KPMG's Q2 2026 AI Pulse finds adoption accelerating even as almost half of businesses pause or scale back projects after deciding the cost outweighed the value.
Computacenter set to double profit as AI demand surges
Computacenter expects first-half adjusted pre-tax profit to roughly double to £163m, driven by AI-related projects in the UK and hyperscale demand in North America.
UK firms shift AI focus from pilots to trust and results
Technology executives say the AI debate in UK enterprises has moved from adoption to trust, as time spent verifying AI output erodes the productivity it promises.
EU AI Act Omnibus extends high-risk deadlines to 2027, widens SME relief
The EU's 7 May AI Act Omnibus agreement extends high-risk AI system deadlines to December 2027 and extends SME compliance simplifications to mid-caps up to 750 staff.
European Wealth Managers Fight Back Against AI Disruption Fears
St James's Place, Schroders, and Lombard Odier defend their business models as US fintech AI tax tool sends wealth management shares tumbling.
Tesco Signs Three-Year AI Partnership with Mistral to Transform Retail Operations
UK's largest supermarket partners with French AI startup Mistral to develop AI tools across internal workflows and customer service systems.
Moonpig Reports 6.7% Sales Boost as AI Transforms Card Design and Customer Service
The greeting card company credits AI-powered design tools and personalisation features with driving increased customer spend and resolving a third of all customer queries.
UK Power Networks Achieves 480% ROI with Microsoft Copilot Rollout
Energy distributor reports 96% adoption rate and significant productivity gains after deploying 1,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licences across operations.
UK Fintechs Eye US Bank Acquisitions Through AI-Powered Integration
British fintechs including Revolut and Starling explore buying US banks, using AI and automation to overcome legacy system challenges and regulatory complexity.