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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Argentine President Javier Milei secured a decisive victory Sunday in midterm elections, expanding his control of Congress and giving his government fresh momentum to push forward with deep spending cuts and sweeping free-market reforms. The result gives Milei’s libertarian movement a boost and marks another sharp turn for one of Latin America’s largest and most volatile economies. Milei’s party, La ...
History is being rewritten on the White House grounds, where a new formal ballroom is rising in place of the East Wing. The project has become a political lightning rod, as images of its construction reignite debate over President Donald Trump’s imprint on the nation’s most iconic address. While the White House has hosted countless ceremonial events, it has never ...
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said the next Democratic presidential nominee must vow to demolish President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, proposing the pledge a litmus test for the party’s 2028 contenders. ‘Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE,’ Swalwell wrote on X ...
There appears to be no end in sight to the current government shutdown, with Democrats and Republicans still far from striking a federal spending deal nearly a month into fiscal year (FY) 2026. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed and thousands have been laid off. Certain federal services have also paused due to lack of funding. It ...