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July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26
Frustration as Post Office Horizon replacement contract signing delayed again

If signed off, cloud-based EPOS system will replace controversial Horizon software from Fujitsu
July 16, 2026 16 Jul'26
Palantir: Can anyone else do what it does?

Palantir is a US defence-intelligence company, born from the CIA's venture arm that now operates inside the UK public sector. We examine the claim that its technology does what no other supplier can
July 15, 2026 15 Jul'26
Prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham takes aim at outsourcing

Soon-to-be-appointed prime minister adds weight to government’s existing plan to ‘end era of outsourcing’
July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26
PAC raises more questions over Capita’s role in government

Report demands answers on Capita’s suitability to run HR and payroll services to 250,000 civil servants

July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26
PAC worried shared services strategy set to fail

The committee says Cabinet Office has no clear plan or timeline for achieving its predicted £4.3bn in savings from the strategy, as it continues to be delayed and suffers from lack of departmental buy-in
July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26
Scottish Building Society subscribes to embedded AI to begin a new journey

Oldest remaining building society becomes first customer to sign up to embedded AI offering from current supplier SBS
July 13, 2026 13 Jul'26
Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter

Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services.
July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26
Capita to lose money on pension debacle but ‘has government’s private parts in its grip’

Joint select committee grilling reveals that the tech Capita planned to use to increase process automation did not work
July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26
UK’s largest businesses dangerously exposed to cloud outages

British businesses, particularly those in the FTSE 100, are dangerously dependent on large cloud providers, with hypothetical large-scale outages at AWS or Azure regions likely to cause major economic damage, according to the Cyber Monitoring Centre
July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26
Capita civil service pension contract ‘prime candidate’ for insourcing, says government minister

Minister said the government will make Capita pay for the government resources used to support it on pension administration scheme

July 06, 2026 06 Jul'26
Capita’s rush to hit civil service pension deadline risking errors, say staff

Staff working on Civil Service pension administration transition concerned over pressure forcing unnecessary risks
July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26
Data dive: Kill switch and catch-up – can Europe close the sovereignty gap?

As the US demonstrates it can wield an AI ‘kill switch’, the EU and UK unleash a wave of sovereign tech measures. Can state-led industrial policy bridge a $2tn revenue chasm?
July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26
Danske Bank extends AWS agreement for next phase of transformation

Danish multinational bank and cloud service giant will work together on GenAI initiatives as part of the bank’s transformation strategy
July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26
Union calls for insourcing of pension contract as Capita ‘shit show’ goes on

Outsourcer had until 30 June to fix issues with Civil Service Pension Scheme administration deal it took over in December 2025, but problems persist
June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26
Post Office delays signing Horizon replacement for third time

The Post Office has extended standstill period before formally signing contract for new EPOS system
June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26
India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff

Indian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year
June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26
Met Palantir pilot: The DPIA that raises more questions than answers

We examine the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Metropolitan Police’s Palantir Foundry pilot, and the governance gaps it exposes around surveillance, transparency and staff consultation
June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26
Former Post Office legal boss referred to disciplinary council

Post Office general counsel, who led court case against subpostmasters, failed to appear at statutory public inquiry
June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26
Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses

Some 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs
June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26
Roundtable: UK tech chiefs on agentic AI, workforce culture and tokenomics

Tech leaders from THG Ingenuity, Kingfisher, Rightmove and Deloitte speak at the Google Summit London about the transition to agentic systems and the rising focus on token costs
June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26
nLighten CEO Dawn Childs on edge datacentres and sovereignty

We talk to the CEO of nLighten about the limits of the UK power grid, why that makes ‘edge’ datacentres a good idea, and navigating contemporary data sovereignty requirements
June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
UK government publishes guidelines to ‘end era of outsourcing’ – will IT be in scope?

New strategy will see UK government apply Public Interest Test to outsourcing contracts worth £1m or more
June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
nLighten completes £15m refurbishment of Bristol ‘edge’ datacentre

European datacentre operator doubles potential AI-ready power capacity to 1.2MW with dry cooling at Bristol site as part of a wider £100m-plus UK modernisation programme
June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
Google Cloud boosts for enterprise agentic at London Summit

Hyperscaler prioritises process automation in UK showcase, with frontier models, agent platforms and development tools to the fore, with customers such as Unilever in the spotlight
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
HSBC pens artificial intelligence deal with Google Cloud

HSBC and Google Cloud agree a multi-year contract to support UK bank’s adoption of artificial intelligence
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
Post Office delays signing Horizon software replacement contract

Lot 2 of the contract to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon EPOS system has still not been signed off
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
Cabinet Office states Capita set to miss Civil Service Pension Scheme deadline

Outsourcing firm’s botched takeover of civil service pension administration has seen scheme members experience financial hardship
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
NHS trusts operating on fewer patients with Palantir FDP, warns Foxglove

Around 30% of English hospitals that use Palantir’s FDP tools for scheduling are carrying out fewer procedures than before adoption, according to data from campaign group Foxglove
June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26
Swedish industrial AI deal exemplifies Indian software fix to AI threat

As India does big deals in the Nordics, the sub-continent’s role for the artificial intelligence age begins to become apparent
June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26
Fujitsu exits hardware business in ASEAN in IT consulting move

Fujitsu is walking away from its legacy hardware business in the region and pitching itself as a supplier-neutral technology consultant to help customers cut through the AI hype
June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26
Councils exit 10-year Capita deal to boost decision and project velocity

Two councils that were once part of a five-council group outsourced to Capita take back control of their IT to allow for decision-making and IT projects that aren’t bound by the slowest member
June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26
Scale of Synnovis breach widens as Essex NHS Trust comes forward

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS body to confirm data on its patients was stolen in a 2024 ransomware attack on lab services partner Synnovis
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
Fujitsu staff apply for voluntary redundancy in droves as morale plummets

Post Office IT scandal supplier’s voluntary exit scheme is oversubscribed as hundreds of staff want to make a break
June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26
Data dive: Mapping the UK public sector’s hyperscale dependence

UK government and local authorities have built critical infrastructure amid a web of US hyperscaler cloud and other providers, which brings risks of exposure to a narrow set of non-UK suppliers
May 28, 2026 28 May'26
Carnival cruise line confirmed as latest ShinyHunters victim

Travel company Carnival Corporation confirms the extent of an April 2026 supply chain breach that was claimed by ShinyHunters
May 28, 2026 28 May'26
Ministers refused to sign off £563m Capita contract amid civil service pension disaster

The ramifications of Capita’s botched Civil Service pension contract continue as politicians distance themselves.
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Datacentre dive: AI factory power draw changes the grid calculus

We look at energy as the key driver – and bottleneck – in development, and why water use is less of an issue now datacentres use liquid cooling over air cooling
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Datacentre dive: Do AI datacentre physics make on-premise unviable?

Does substantial GPU power draw and liquid cooling mean the end of the on-premise datacentre? We look at the AI factory revolution and find that a hybrid path for enterprises will likely still exist
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Datacentre dive: From rust belt to megawatt AI factory

We visited Terawulf’s Lake Ontario 750MW datacentre development. Photos and recordings weren't allowed, so we took notes and wrote them up in more traditional ways
May 26, 2026 26 May'26
Sir Alan Bates questions UK government commitment to Post Office criminal investigation

The UK government needs to increase funding for police investigation of Post Office scandal crimes, or face a five-year delay
May 21, 2026 21 May'26
Fujitsu finally thrown out of Post Office in £500m Horizon replacement deals

Accenture wins contract to take over running of controversial IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal, with One View Commerce brought in to deliver new retail software
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
Bradford datacentre with heat reuse gains planning consent

Deep Green’s 5.6MW AI datacentre will take 24 months to build and will link up to an energy centre to heat buildings across Bradford city centre via pre-laid pipes
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal

Services giant is bidding to take over existing Post Office Horizon operations alongside fellow IT giant IBM
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Data dive: Power grid data shows birth of AI in UK datacentres

Electricity supply utilisation ratios show datacentre developer ‘land grab’, capacity switch-ons, the coming of Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, and usage ramping during training runs
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis

Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London
May 08, 2026 08 May'26
Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution

IT supplier will pay bonuses to UK staff again this year as it continues to hold back contribution to costs of Post Office scandal
May 08, 2026 08 May'26
Node4: AI and agentic the future, but culture the key to unlock it

UK mid-market supplier showcases the three stages of AI – assistance, co-work and orchestration – but faces a reality in which most users have yet to arrive at first base
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Cloud revenues up 35% YoY in a hot market that’s accelerating

Synergy Research figures put Q1 cloud revenues at $129bn. Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft and Google have 63% of the world market, which shows an acceleration delta of 13%
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Umbrella companies not working for IT contractors, survey finds

IT skills market impacted as contractors forced to use umbrellas or opt out altogether, while tax compliance remains deeply uncertain, with late payments and payslip inaccuracy rife