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Practical technology news for small businesses, from AI and cyber security to digital tools and online regulation.
South Yorkshire has landed a major hydrogen investment that could matter well beyond the region’s biggest factory gates. The government and Great British Energy say they will back Sheffield-based ITM Power with a combined £86.5…
UK businesses that rely on memberships, software plans, refill boxes, food subscriptions or other repeat-billing models have just had an early warning shot from government. The Department for Business and Trade has confirmed a tougher…
Patent news is easy to ignore if your business is not inventing anything new. But for product startups, engineering firms, design-led manufacturers, specialist software businesses and smaller companies hoping to protect an idea before pitching…
The CMA says it will investigate Microsoft’s business software ecosystem and is pushing Microsoft and Amazon on cloud switching barriers. For UK small businesses, the practical issue is not Westminster process but whether your contracts,…
UK small businesses are being asked to check their Companies House details after a security issue in the WebFiling service exposed a narrow but uncomfortable risk: some logged-in users may have been able to see…
A new level 4 AI and automation apprenticeship is open to employers across the UK. For small businesses, the opportunity is not just hiring talent but fixing repetitive admin, joining up systems and building AI…
Lloyds Banking Group has apologised after some customers using the Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland apps were briefly shown other people’s transactions instead of their own. For small businesses, that is more than…
A new Scotland defence growth deal points to fresh opportunities for smaller engineering, manufacturing and supply-chain firms.