Skills shortage stories - Page 14
AI misalignment costs UK firms billions in lost gains
Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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partner programmes
Misaligned expectations over workplace AI risk costing UK employers up to GBP £60 billion a year in lost productivity and savings.
Manchester firms delay growth plans amid volatility
Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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risk & compliance
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ai
Manchester's mid-sized firms are stalling investment and expansion, citing volatile costs, policy shifts and tougher access to finance.
Simbian touts AI SOC growth as automation race intensifies
Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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firewalls
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digital transformation
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cloud security
Simbian claims 15-fold customer surge as its AI-driven SOC agents vie to replace rules-based automation in the cyber defence arms race.
Delivery constraints now define Europe's data centres
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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hyperscale
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dc
Europe's data centres face surging AI demand but BCS warns grid, skills and planning bottlenecks now dictate where capacity can be built.
Scottish firms talk up AI but lack clear strategies
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
AI dominates Scottish boardroom talk, yet most organisations still lack clear strategies or ownership to turn enthusiasm into action.
MoD signs Red Hat deal to boost hybrid cloud and AI
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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virtualisation
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private cloud
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devops
UK Ministry of Defence signs Red Hat enterprise deal to standardise hybrid cloud, automation and AI platforms across Defence Digital Foundry.
ESG backs GeN+1 to boost UK data centre apprentices
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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devops
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hyperscale
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dc
ESG teams up with GeN+1 to expand UK data centre apprenticeships amid growing skills shortages in AI-driven digital infrastructure.
Leighton to manage eaga Trust's AWS cloud operations
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
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partner programmes
Leighton has secured a long-term deal to manage eaga Trust's AWS cloud, modernising its digital estate and boosting cost efficiency.
AI data centre demand set to exceed capacity by 2027
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
AI workloads are set to outstrip data centre capacity by 2027, as power constraints and skills shortages threaten expansion plans.
DXC opens London AI experience hub to drive co-creation
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
DXC opens a central London Customer Experience Centre to co-create AI and automation solutions with clients and expand its UK presence.
Bending Spoons launches €1.5m tech fellowship in Europe
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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saas
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edutech
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datacentre infrastructure
Bending Spoons unveils a EUR €1.5m fellowship, offering major scholarships and mentoring to top computer science students across Europe.
Tech roles top UK pay league as AI skills fuel rises
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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ai
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cybersecurity
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software development
Tech roles keep topping UK pay charts as AI skills drive a 9% rise in median salaries to GBP £48,595, outpacing wider wage growth.
UK bullish on quantum but skills gaps cloud outlook
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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hcm
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hpc
UK firms are bullish on quantum computing, but a talent squeeze and flat budgets threaten to slow progress from pilots to scale.
QA launches NVIDIA-backed Level 6 AI apprenticeship
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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hcm
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partner programmes
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genai
QA becomes an official NVIDIA training partner and launches a 19‑month Level 6 AI Engineer apprenticeship to tackle UK AI skills gaps.
Yokogawa links OpreX software with ANYmal inspection robots
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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iot
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iiot
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fleet management
Yokogawa is integrating its OpreX Robot Management Core with ANYbotics' ANYmal robots to automate hazardous industrial site inspections.
Survey finds enterprises race to agentic AI, lag on scale
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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public cloud
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rpa
Enterprises rush to adopt agentic AI via external platforms, but few have standardised, organisation-wide deployments in place yet.
CyberArk crowns PwC 2025 Global Partner of the Year
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
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pam
CyberArk names PwC its 2025 Global Partner of the Year as partner-led deals surge and certification-driven identity security gains pace.
NG Bailey to recruit over 70 apprentices across UK
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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hcm
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it services
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careers
NG Bailey will recruit over 70 apprentices across the UK, offering roles in engineering, building services, facilities and IT.
EC-Council unveils new AI risk & CISO training suite
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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supply chain
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ai security
EC-Council rolls out its biggest training expansion in 25 years, unveiling an AI risk credential suite and revamped CISO leadership course.
Fortinet unifies cloud risk signals in FortiCNAPP upgrade
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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firewalls
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data protection
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hybrid cloud
Fortinet updates FortiCNAPP to fuse network, data and runtime signals into one workflow, aiming to cut cloud tool sprawl and speed remediation.