United Kingdom: Technology

Healthcare sits at the heart of the UK's critical national infrastructure, yet faces a perfect storm of sophisticated cyber threats, complex supply chains, resource constraints and growing reliance on digital technologies. This article explores why cyber resilience has become a board-level priority and what CNI designation means for organisations across the healthcare sector.

With tech leaders calling for a slowdown in AI development until safety guardrails are in place, the question has shifted from whether artificial intelligence needs governing to how to do it effectively. A recent panel discussion brought together experts from the ICO, Holistic AI, and Microsoft to examine where AI regulation stands today, what responsible adoption looks like in practice, and the practical steps organisations must take to navigate an increasingly complex compliance landscape.

The recent report by the Local Government Association (LGA) on digital maturity in children’s social services delivers a clear message. The sector has invested in modern analytical tools and enjoys broadly supportive leadership, but the foundations — data flows, data sharing, governance and service-specific strategy — remain dangerously immature.

As organisations move from AI adoption to integration, critical questions emerge about how technology reshapes work itself. Five emerging fault lines reveal how the same AI capabilities can produce vastly different outcomes depending on strategic choices about workload design, expertise development, worker autonomy, capability distribution, and value sharing.

How is artificial intelligence transforming the creative industries, and what skills will designers need to thrive in an AI-driven future? Industry experts from tangerine, terrible*, The Frank Co., and Cleo explore the evolving relationship between AI, sustainability, and human-centered design in this thought-provoking discussion recorded at the London Design Festival.

As artificial intelligence transforms ingredient discovery across pharmaceuticals, food, and biotechnology, companies face a critical challenge: when multiple organizations contribute data, AI models, and expertise to create new molecules and insights, who controls the resulting intellectual property? The answer requires rethinking traditional IP frameworks to account for datasets, model improvements, and experimental knowledge that may prove more valuable than the initial products themselves.

The European Union Digital Services Act (DSA) now applies to all digital "intermediary services" that provide users with access to online goods, services, and content.

Economic, technological and labor market developments are affecting pay practices across industries around the world, but the impacts being felt aren't all the same.

As we learned to appreciate over the past year or so, virtual goods are intangible assets that can be traded within a virtual economy...

Almost 7 years on from the UK Jurisdiction Task Force’s seminal report on the law of property relating to purely digital assets and 3 years on from the Law Commission’s own 2023 report on the subject, you would be forgiven for believing that we had reached the point of certainty with respect to how the English law treats digital assets such as crypto-currencies.

Cryptoasset firms face a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape as the FCA's authorisation gateway opens on 30 September 2026. With the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 laid before Parliament and the FCA's finalised PERG 18 guidance published within 24 hours, firms must navigate significant perimeter changes including new stablecoin payment exclusions.

The UK government's new Anti-money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy for 2026-2029 proposes bringing property developers within the scope of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, addressing a regulatory gap that has allowed some developers to operate outside AML requirements. A consultation launching in 2026/2027 will examine whether all property developers should face the same compliance obligations, with potential implementation as early as 2028/2029.