Business & Tech

Researchers work out how to control 2D semiconductor growth for future chips

Korean boffins use oxygen to stop crystals forming in the wrong places, aiming to get tech to commercial sector by 2030

"Talk more politics" - Munich's CDO on open source in the public sector

"Whenever possible, open source software is the default," the CDO told Open Source Summit Europe.

Irish property group frontrunner in Poundland rescue talks

Irish property investor Martin Property Group is reportedly the preferred backer of a management-led takeover of Poundland, in a deal that could safeguard almost 12,000 jobs.

Starting Out: The art of revision, Part 2 – Using video content

Books are regarded as essential resources when studying for exams. Aspiring advisers working for their Level 4 diploma with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), for example, can buy study texts for each unit, from R01 to R06.

Milton Keynes Tech Week 2026 set to bring tech leaders together for a second year

Starting today, Milton Keynes Tech Week 2026 returns for its second year, bringing together technology, creative and business leaders from across the region for five days of events from 12 to 16 October.

When you just need to build a tiny desktop app: TinyJS

How a micro JavaScript runtime uses native OS webviews to shrink the desktop footprint.

Celebrating the brilliant pragmatism of TCP/IP, the wiring of the world

Nothing this old should scale this well. Yet here these words are

PPI reveals scale of UK’s £18.7bn lost pensions problem

More than three million pension pots worth at least £18.7bn remain lost in the UK, according to new research from the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). The findings, published in the PPI's 'Lost Pensions: The scale of the challenge' survey, show the average lost pension pot

Raspberry Pi Desktop catches up with Debian 13 after 4-year wait

Want a lightweight GUI OS for an old PC? Try this first

Steve Webb: What auto-enrolment can teach us about social care

Most of the risks in our lives can be pooled with other people. Whether it is the risk of our car being written off in an accident, our house burning down or even our pet needing expensive treatment by a vet, we can pay a

To save paper, mainframe tech ruined a week of work

While three bosses looked on, our hero made a very expensive mistake

Bodycare launches newest Studio Store concept at Merry Hill

Bodycare has opened its newest Studio Store concept at Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill.

John Lewis boss latest to warn warehouse tax would trigger closures

John Lewis Partnership chair Jason Tarry is the latest in a slew of retail leaders to warn that increasing taxes on large retailers could lead to further high street closures.

HSBC Group CTO Mario Shamtani on rationalising container platforms and "hollowing out" mainframes

The Morning Briefing: The UK’s £18.7bn lost pensions problem; What auto-enrolment teaches us about social care

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FIS launches agentic AI suite for the office of the CFO

Banking technology vendor FIS has built an agentic AI suite designed to help CFOs manage collections, liquidity, risk and cash flow.

Former Wrexham goalkeeper visits Brickfield Rangers as part of M&S campaign

Former Premier League and Wrexham goalkeeper Ben Foster visited young players at Brickfield Rangers FC alongside M&S senior nutritionist Sophia Thistlethwaite.

New Look reopens newly refurbished Stoke-on-Trent store

New Look has reopened its newly refurbished store at Festival Retail Park, Stoke-on-Trent, with a weekend of exclusive rewards and in-store experiences for shoppers.

Retailers ramp up Christmas recruitment

Retailers are preparing for the busy festive trading period, with tens of thousands of temporary roles opening across stores, warehouses, distribution centres and customer support operations.

Foster Denovo revenue rises 15% to £49.3m in 2025

Foster Denovo has reported a 15% increase in revenue to £49.3m for 2025, marking its ninth consecutive year of growth. The financial advice group recorded EBITDA of £9.1m, following investment in business integration and artificial intelligence (AI) automation.

Tesco to hire 28,000 Christmas staff in festive recruitment drive

Tesco has confirmed its plan to recruit more than 28,000 temporary workers across the UK as it gears up for what it expects to be a busy festive trading period.

Tesco to bring influencer content into stores in retail media shake-up

Tesco has announced that it is introducing a host of influencer content across its stores, website and app. It unveiled the new offering at its Tesco Media Upfront event last week, with brands able to feature influencer-led videos across its network of more than 3,800 digital…

Move over Christmas? Halloween’s growing grip on retail

With celebrations stretching across October and younger shoppers spending more on parties, decorations and experiences, is Halloween becoming a major trading period in its own right for UK retailers?

AI systems are fully capable of carrying out nightmare attacks against infrastructure and nobody's ready

Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'

Schuh names former Footasylum boss Nick Scott as finance chief

Schuh has appointed former Footasylum finance boss Nick Scott as its new chief financial officer, replacing David Gillan-Reid after 28 years in the role.

SBI Group and Mesh prep digital asset JV

Japan's SBI Group is teaming up with crypto infrastructure provider Mesh Connect and Money Forward on a digital asset joint venture.

HPE's networking boss says AI will handle all trouble tickets without humans in two years

And you'll trust agents to do that for the same reason you no longer worry about automatic transmissions

Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers

Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites

Runtime: Anthropic throws open source a token gesture

+ Mistral's Big Boy model, and Atlassian centers its services around a new hub.

ASOS cyber incident: industry reacts

On Tuesday 06 October, digital fashion retailer ASOS confirmed that a hacking incident had accessed basic personal information including names and contact details. The ASOS website and app still operated as normal, with no current disruption to any aspects of operations.