UK businesses have just four weeks to put a statutory data protection complaints process in place before the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 takes effect on 19 June 2026. Here’s what SMEs must do.
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How a 50-person start-up beat TikTok at the IPO – with Lord Sugar in its corner
An Isle of Man fintech start-up has beaten TikTok at the UK Intellectual Property Office, winning a two-year trade mark fight backed by Lord Sugar’s Trade Mark Wizards, and TikTok has been ordered to pay costs
Barclays crowns Fractile and Isomorphic Labs in inaugural AI 100 as Britain’s tech race intensifies
Barclays Eagle Labs names Oxford chip pioneer Fractile and DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs among Britain’s top AI start-ups, as UK AI funding tops £8.3bn.
Smart glasses are ‘an invasion of privacy’, yet Meta is shifting them by the million
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have sold seven million pairs and command 80% of the AI eyewear market, but a wave of covert filming, lawsuits and looming facial recognition is fuelling a fierce privacy backlash. What it means for British businesses and the wider tech sector.
Amazon’s drones touch down in Darlington in UK delivery first
Amazon has quietly opened a new front in the battle for ultra-fast delivery, becoming the first retailer in Britain to drop parcels by drone after a limited launch in Darlington, County Durham.
E-invoicing: A mandate that marks the end of “digital later”
For many leaders, digital transformation has long been something to tackle when time allowed, after the next funding round, after the next product launch, after the next operational fire was put out.
Simply Business becomes first UK broker to put small business cover inside ChatGPT
Simply Business has become the first UK broker to launch a small business insurance app inside ChatGPT, giving sole traders and SMEs instant indicative quotes in seconds.
Cook hands Apple’s reins to Ternus as engineering chief prepares for top job
Tim Cook will become Apple’s executive chairman on 1 September 2026, with hardware engineering chief John Ternus taking over as CEO after a unanimous board vote.
Meta to axe 8,000 jobs in May as Zuckerberg bets the house on AI
Meta is preparing to cut roughly 10% of its global workforce from May, with further redundancies later in 2026, as Mark Zuckerberg pours hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence.
Finance chiefs sound alarm over Anthropic’s ‘mythos’ AI model amid cyber-security fears
Finance ministers, central bankers and Barclays’ chief executive warn that Anthropic’s new Mythos AI model could expose critical vulnerabilities in the world’s financial systems.
Britain’s gaming industry needs a power-up or risks losing its crown to France, Ireland and Australia
Britain’s video games sector risks losing talent and IP to France, Ireland and Australia without urgent government action on tax reliefs and scale-up funding, warns Blick Rothenberg.
Government doubles down on gaming with £30m funding package as sector eyes global growth
The UK government has unveiled a £30m funding package for video game developers, doubling support for the sector through its Creative Industries Sector Plan and Industrial Strategy.
UK firms risk being left behind as AI adoption gap widens, warns PwC
British companies are spending less on AI and seeing weaker returns than global leaders, with PwC warning the next 12 months are critical for UK firms to close the gap.
Google takes on Opentable with AI that books your dinner in seconds
Google has launched an AI-powered restaurant booking tool in the UK, pulling real-time availability directly into search and threatening platforms like OpenTable.
Don’t fear AI job losses – invest in training, urges Google’s UK boss
Google’s UK managing director Kate Alessi dismisses fears of AI-driven mass unemployment, arguing that upskilling the workforce is the priority as the tech giant launches a £2m training initiative.
