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Evri opens Barnsley fulfilment centre after GBP £4m investment, creating more than 150 jobs and enabling 11.59pm next-day cut-off times.

Opera opens Neon browser to external AI clients, letting Claude and ChatGPT work inside live sessions with tabs, log-ins and page context.

Acclaim appoints former NiCE boss Paul Thomas as Senior Vice President, EMEA, and backs US launch with $34 million funding.

European workers embrace AI on the job, but most fear personal data is being used to train tools and many have already seen errors.

Progress Software adds AI search, personalisation and conversational tools to Sitefinity as enterprises seek more governed digital experiences.

Manchester fintech AccessPay lands majority backing from Accel-KKR to speed product development, widen enterprise services and eye acquisitions.

Gigamon dominates the deep observability race as AI and hybrid cloud traffic push the fast-growing sector towards USD $2.1 billion by 2030.

Blue Yonder survey finds supply chain leaders are less confident for 2026, with geopolitical shocks exposing slower response times despite rising AI investment.

Eptura deepens Microsoft 365 integration as it targets large firms with AI-powered desk, room and collaboration tools for hybrid workplaces.

InDebted names Rob Young UK managing director as debt recovery firm steps up push in Britain's £60 billion consumer debt market.

Cloud Security Alliance survey finds 75% of organisations claim confidence in unstructured data security, but coverage and visibility remain patchy.

Oracle and NetSuite unveil restaurant operations platform for chains, uniting inventory, scheduling and cash management with AI across 110 countries.

UK workers say hybrid meeting tech failures are wasting time despite employers' AI and office upgrades, a survey finds.

Law firms in US and Canada face rising admin drag as LEAP research finds AI and automation could unlock profitability through fewer manual tasks.

SAP Concur rolls out AI-driven expense automation, policy rule creation and new travel features across Microsoft, Amex and Visa integrations.

Red Hat and Google Cloud broaden OpenShift tie-up with built-in console access, easier billing and new virtualisation support for mixed workloads.

Harness says its AI tools tackle the post-code bottleneck as it lands No. 24 on Fortune's 2026 innovation list, alongside rapid growth and new funding.

Businesses boost AI training and new roles as risk frameworks and workplace oversight lag behind adoption, Gallagher survey finds.

Mediaocean taps Innovid veteran Guy Kuperman to drive strategy, partnerships and AI-led integration across its ad tech portfolio.

Senior managers lag executives on AI plans, with 63% of leaders expecting redundancies within six months, Orgvue research finds.