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Mark Tarre
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Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.

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Global executives meeting round table clean energy alliance scene

LF Energy adds tech giants as board, membership grow

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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LF Energy brings Apple, Microsoft and Shell onto its board as membership surges and event attendance hits records across three continents.
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Crew Clothing rolls out Cegid platform across brands

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Crew Clothing rolls out Cegid Retail Store Excellence across 217 UK stores, unifying operations and boosting multi-brand visibility in real time.
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Genie Goals' Life Goals book spotlights eCommerce AI

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Genie Goals' latest Life Goals book showcases 75 eCommerce campaigns, spotlighting AI-driven innovation from global and challenger brands.
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Klaviyo boosts EMEA growth, names Europe-based Co-CEO

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Klaviyo posts 48% EMEA revenue surge, names Europe-based Co-CEO Chano Fernández to spearhead international and AI-driven retail push.
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AI now seen as essential by European finance leaders

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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AI has shifted from experiment to existential need in European finance, with most leaders fearing profit loss or obsolescence if they lag.
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CEEK warns brands: win machine trust or vanish by 2026

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Brands must build “machine trust” by 2026 or risk vanishing from AI-led discovery as CEEK warns creativity alone will no longer secure visibility.
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Cybersecurity burnout puts UK organisations at risk

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Burnout and alert fatigue among UK cyber teams are quietly eroding defences, leaving organisations exposed as attacks intensify.
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Exacta Group targets GBP £25m turnover on export push

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Bristol's Exacta Group eyes GBP £24-25m turnover by 2026 after a 34.5% revenue jump and rapid export-led expansion in key global markets.
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Shoplifter alerts more than double in 2025 - Facewatch says

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Facewatch says UK retailers' facial recognition alerts more than doubled to over 500,000 in 2025 amid rising theft and abuse in stores.
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Isle of Man seeks health tech for 2026 Innovation Challenge

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Isle of Man opens 2026 Innovation Challenge to global health tech teams, offering a testbed to trial tools for care at home and in communities.
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PebblePad buys myday to expand global education reach

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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PebblePad acquires student portal myday in its first NorthEdge-backed deal, creating an edtech group serving over 200 institutions globally.
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Widdop launches first Softies direct-to-consumer site

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Widdop launches its first direct-to-consumer eCommerce site for Softies plush toys, marking a major digital shift for the 140-year-old brand.
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Global fintech funding climbs 21% as UK takes second spot

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Global fintech funding jumped 21% to USD $53 billion in 2025, as the UK secured second place worldwide with USD $3.6 billion.
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White & Case rolls out Legora AI platform worldwide

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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White & Case selects Legora as a strategic AI partner, rolling out its platform to lawyers in 43 offices across 29 countries worldwide.
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Blue Yonder unveils AI upgrades for retail supply chains

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Blue Yonder rolls out fresh AI tools to tighten retail planning, boost fulfilment accuracy and speed up warehouse and logistics decisions.
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British Army backs new three-year drone engineering degree

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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The British Army is backing a fast-track drone engineering degree at NMITE to train specialists in autonomous military and civilian systems.
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AI workloads force Kubernetes shift to autonomous SRE

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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AI SRE, GPU-aware schedulers and autonomous ops are set to overhaul how large enterprises run Kubernetes clusters by 2026.
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Unapproved peptide ads surge across online platforms

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Unapproved peptide ads and listings have surged across online platforms since 2020, raising fresh concerns over consumer safety and oversight.
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Logitech issues manual macOS patches after apps fail

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Logitech users on macOS must install manual patches for Options+ and G Hub after an expired certificate stopped both apps from launching.
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Columbus, Infor extend M3 CloudSuites push in UK

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Columbus deepens Infor alliance to drive UK roll-out of M3 CloudSuites, backed by fresh hiring and a plan to double customers by 2027.