Apple has lost a major competition case in the UK after the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled that the company abused its dominant position in the digital app marketplace by overcharging millions of iPhone and iPad users for apps and in-app purchases. The tribunal found in favour of Dr Rachael Kent, a senior lecturer at King’s College London, who brought the collective action lawsuit Kent v Apple on behalf of nearly 36 million UK consumers...
Women working in the technology sector have been urged to trust their instincts, back their ideas, and challenge barriers to change, as industry leaders gathered at the first Inspiring Women in Technology event in Birmingham. The event, hosted by the School of Coding & AI (SOC), brought together innovators and senior professionals from across the Midlands to discuss how women can turn the challenges of AI into opportunities for leadership and impact. Suki Gill, (pictured)...
The Tide everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, have revealed a powerhouse lineup of female founders shortlisted for the UK’s leading awards celebrating women in business. Now in their 22nd year, the awards have championed women transforming industries and communities since 2003. This year’s finalists — selected from nearly 1,000 entries nationwide — span every sector from healthcare and technology to hospitality, manufacturing and creative industries, representing the full breadth of the UK’s entrepreneurial...
His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has seen its annual wage bill rise by £29.4 million over the past year, driven by an increase in senior-level employees, according to new research from the Global Payroll Alliance (GPA). The analysis shows that HMRC’s core workforce grew by 3.6 per cent between August 2024 and August 2025, with full-time equivalent positions rising from 64,580 to 66,880. While much of the expansion was at mid-level grades, the most...
The United States and China have reached a final agreement on the sale of TikTok’s US operations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Sunday, marking a breakthrough in a long-running dispute over the video-sharing platform’s ownership and data security. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, Bessent said the transaction would be formally endorsed by President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in Korea later this week. “We reached a final...
JPMorgan Chase, the world’s largest bank by assets, has approved the use of its in-house artificial intelligence system to help employees write annual performance reviews — a move that underscores how rapidly AI-generated content is being integrated into corporate workflows. According to the Financial Times, the US banking giant has launched a large language model (LLM) tool that enables staff to generate draft reviews based on prompts, streamlining a process that can be notoriously time-consuming...
The new Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Peter Kyle MP, has vowed to leverage AI and accelerate deregulation as central pillars of the government’s strategy to reignite economic growth. Addressing more than 200 technology and business leaders at the UKAI Conference at the University of Sussex, Kyle drew parallels between government and corporate leadership, arguing that Britain must “innovate its way out of crisis” rather than rely on austerity or caution. “Look at...
The bosses of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains have warned that food prices could rise again if Chancellor Rachel Reeves increases taxes on the retail sector in her forthcoming Budget. In a joint letter to the Treasury, executives from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose, M&S and Iceland cautioned that households would “inevitably feel the impact” of any increase in business rates or other levies on the industry. “Given the costs currently falling on...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has stopped short of ruling out an income-tax increase in next month’s Budget, amid reports that she is considering breaking a key Labour manifesto promise to balance the nation’s books. Asked directly about Treasury discussions first revealed by The Guardian, Reeves said she would “continue to support working people by keeping their taxes as low as possible”, but declined to repeat her earlier categorical commitment not to raise income tax, National Insurance...
