The blog

AI news for UK business, in plain English

Every Monday morning we take what actually happened in AI that week and turn it into something you can act on. What changed, what it means for a business your size. What you can safely ignore. No hype, nothing you need a computer science degree to follow.

It is written for owners and managers who are looking hard at the way their business runs. A bottleneck that will not shift. A process that has outgrown itself. A quiet sense that there has to be a better way of doing this. Every business has a pain point. The difficult part is working out which one to tackle first.

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This week

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The next five Mondays

What is coming, plus the week it lands. Subscribe below so each one arrives in your inbox the morning it goes live.

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Compliance

Making Tax Digital arrives: what quarterly reporting really means

HMRC put the figure at 864,000 sole traders and landlords. The rules started on 6 April. The first quarterly deadline is 7 August.

Publishing Monday 27 July

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The numbers

How many UK small businesses actually use AI? The honest answer

Survey headlines and official statistics tell two different stories. A straight look at who is using what, plus whether you are behind.

Publishing Monday 3 August

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Compliance

The UK has no AI Act. That does not mean there are no rules

No single AI law, but five regimes that already apply to you. What a small firm genuinely needs to have in order.

Publishing Monday 10 August

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Money

There is public money on the table for AI adoption

Innovate UK BridgeAI, Made Smarter, plus the AI Growth Zones. Where the money is and who can realistically get at it.

Publishing Monday 17 August

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Field service

AI agents went into production. What that means for a 12-van operation

Agents moved from demo to real work this year. What that changes for scheduling, callouts and paperwork.

Publishing Monday 24 August

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