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New GoVo platform aims to unlock unused UK volunteer hours
Human Capital Management

New GoVo platform aims to unlock unused UK volunteer hours

Royal Voluntary Service launches GoVo for Business to match unused UK staff volunteering hours with thousands of charity roles nationwide.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
Telecoms charter under fire as April bill rises loom
Unified Communications

Telecoms charter under fire as April bill rises loom

UK telecoms charter faces scrutiny as April bill hikes loom, with Ofcom complaints and consumer groups questioning value and service.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter boosts migration & federation
Unified Communications

Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter boosts migration & federation

Nextcloud's Hub 26 Winter revamp adds a faster file core, default migration tools and deeper federation for cross-organisation teamwork.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
The Trade Desk & THG link up on beauty retail data
Marketing Technologies

The Trade Desk & THG link up on beauty retail data

The Trade Desk links with THG to plug Cult Beauty and LOOKFANTASTIC shopper data into programmatic campaigns across the open internet.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Keyloop launches Kara AI to transform dealer support
Unified Communications

Keyloop launches Kara AI to transform dealer support

Keyloop introduces Kara, an AI assistant in its Customer Hub, to handle routine dealer support queries and free staff for complex cases.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Akeneo links with Stripe to power agentic commerce
Customer Experience

Akeneo links with Stripe to power agentic commerce

Akeneo and Stripe launch integration to pipe AI-ready product data into agentic checkout flows, cutting disruption for merchants.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Cybersecurity fears stall UK SMEs' digital ambitions
Data Protection

Cybersecurity fears stall UK SMEs' digital ambitions

Cyber fears are stalling digital plans for UK SMEs, with 42% naming security as the main barrier despite strong ambitions for 2026.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Hexagon tech powers Red Bull Ford's 2026 F1 engine build
Manufacturing

Hexagon tech powers Red Bull Ford's 2026 F1 engine build

Hexagon metrology tech underpins Red Bull Ford's first in-house F1 power unit as the team targets micron-level precision for 2026.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
UK founders see AI-first startups rising, trust costs soar
Data Protection

UK founders see AI-first startups rising, trust costs soar

UK founders tip most startups to be AI‑first by 2030 as they swallow a mounting 16% 'trust tax' on security and digital verification.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
UK warned over growing cyber threat to key services
Disaster Recovery

UK warned over growing cyber threat to key services

UK's cyber agency warns ageing infrastructure and SMEs face rising attack risk, urging urgent resilience upgrades and stronger regulation.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
UA92, Fujitsu boost funds to support women in tech
EduTech

UA92, Fujitsu boost funds to support women in tech

UA92 and Fujitsu launch GBP £101,000 package of bursaries and apprenticeships to help more women and non-binary people build tech careers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Digital live-in care on rise as councils miss support
Local Government

Digital live-in care on rise as councils miss support

Families are turning to digital live‑in care platforms as more older people miss out on council-arranged support, especially in rural areas.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Betfred boosts invoice processing with Proactis AI
Software-as-a-Service

Betfred boosts invoice processing with Proactis AI

Betfred reports 47% accounts payable efficiency boost after trialling Proactis AI Accelerator to enhance its existing invoice capture system.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Memgraph unveils Atomic GraphRAG to simplify LLM data
Large Language Models

Memgraph unveils Atomic GraphRAG to simplify LLM data

Memgraph launches Atomic GraphRAG, collapsing complex GraphRAG LLM pipelines into a single Cypher query to cut code and simplify retrieval.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
RETN opens resilient Tallinn-Cēsis Baltic backbone link
Disaster Recovery

RETN opens resilient Tallinn-Cēsis Baltic backbone link

RETN has activated a resilient Tallinn-Cēsis backbone link, boosting Baltic route diversity and keeping traffic flowing during fibre faults.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Water Direct launches WaterTight to boost UK resilience
Hyperscale

Water Direct launches WaterTight to boost UK resilience

Water Direct unveils WaterTight service and resilience index as report warns UK businesses face rising costs from water supply disruptions.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Bank of Beirut UK adopts Temenos core to drive growth
Digital Transformation

Bank of Beirut UK adopts Temenos core to drive growth

Bank of Beirut UK has gone live on Temenos core banking and payments to modernise systems and fuel growth in trade and corporate banking.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
AI tops 2026 industrial tech radar as maturity gaps grow
Robotics

AI tops 2026 industrial tech radar as maturity gaps grow

AI tops IoT Analytics' 2026 industrial tech radar as firms chase less mature trends while core connectivity and compute quietly solidify.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
StackAdapt links with Experian to power UK ad targeting
Data Protection

StackAdapt links with Experian to power UK ad targeting

StackAdapt partners with Experian to plug its identity graph and UK audience segments into the ad platform, boosting first-party data targeting.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2026