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Pearson lifts half-year profit & reaffirms guidance
Artificial Intelligence

Pearson lifts half-year profit & reaffirms guidance

Stronger cash generation and a 14% rise in adjusted operating profit left the education publisher confident enough to keep full-year guidance unchanged.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 31st Jul 2026
Pearson & AWS warn of UK AI skills gap in graduates
Artificial Intelligence

Pearson & AWS warn of UK AI skills gap in graduates

Only 14% of UK learners feel highly AI-ready, while employers say graduates need more than tool use to prove workplace competence.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Jul 2026
UK learners lag in AI workplace readiness, study finds
Digital Transformation

UK learners lag in AI workplace readiness, study finds

Employers say graduates can explain AI concepts, but many still lack the practical confidence needed to use the tools at work.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Jul 2026
Lean Transition secures GBP £200,000 to fuel AI growth
Manufacturing

Lean Transition secures GBP £200,000 to fuel AI growth

Lean Transition secures GBP £200,000 Midlands Engine loan to embed AI in Lean manufacturing software and accelerate global expansion.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
Cloudinteract expands to US, hires senior execs for growth
Hyperscale

Cloudinteract expands to US, hires senior execs for growth

CloudInteract expands its senior team amid UK growth and US expansion, targeting GBP £5M revenue by March 2026 and doubling its headcount.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Tue, 17th Sep 2024

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Pearson & Anthropic expand Claude certification programme
Digital Transformation

Pearson & Anthropic expand Claude certification programme

Demand for verified AI skills is rising as enterprises seek trusted Claude expertise, with Pearson now proctoring Anthropic's expanded certifications.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 4th Aug 2026
Gaia Learning raises GBP £400,000 for Bloom platform
Software-as-a-Service

Gaia Learning raises GBP £400,000 for Bloom platform

The funding will speed rollout of Bloom, a SEND platform aimed at helping schools evidence support for children with additional needs across the UK.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Jul 2026
Study: AI handles 37% of entry-level tasks in India
Human Capital Management

Study: AI handles 37% of entry-level tasks in India

Entry-level hiring is being reshaped as employers expect junior staff to supervise AI, while 61% in India struggle to find suitable talent.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Mon, 22nd Jun 2026
TCS & Pearson launch AI-driven workforce upskilling push
Digital Transformation

TCS & Pearson launch AI-driven workforce upskilling push

TCS and Pearson unveil multi-year AI learning alliance to help global employers close skills gaps and prove returns on technology investment.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Anthropic plugins accelerate the shift to AI agents
Software-as-a-Service

Anthropic plugins accelerate the shift to AI agents

Anthropic adds Claude plugins to Cowork, fuelling investor fears that agent-style AI could undermine traditional seat-based software.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Pearson warns AI gains hinge on urgent workforce reskilling
Digital Transformation

Pearson warns AI gains hinge on urgent workforce reskilling

Pearson says US could gain up to USD $6.6 trillion from AI by 2034, but only if employers urgently invest in reskilling and task-level redesign.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
AI agents race ahead of governance, security & trust
Data Protection

AI agents race ahead of governance, security & trust

AI agents surge into big business with scant oversight, leaving governance, security and trust frameworks struggling to keep pace.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
Pearson to deploy palm-print ID across global exams
Data Protection

Pearson to deploy palm-print ID across global exams

Pearson will roll out Redrock's palm-print ID across 20,000 global test centres and remote exams to tighten security and curb fraud.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
Salesforce unveils AI fluency guide for agentic workforces
Digital Transformation

Salesforce unveils AI fluency guide for agentic workforces

Salesforce launches an AI Fluency Playbook to help build 'agentic enterprises', guiding staff to work effectively with AI agents at scale.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
ServiceNow partners with NVIDIA, Siemens, & others on AI
Marketing Technologies

ServiceNow partners with NVIDIA, Siemens, & others on AI

ServiceNow has unveiled new partnerships with NVIDIA, Siemens, Pearson, and Snowflake to enhance AI capabilities and improve productivity across industries.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Fri, 25th Oct 2024

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Microsoft & Pearson unite for AI skills development
EduTech

Microsoft & Pearson unite for AI skills development

Microsoft and Pearson have formed a strategic alliance to enhance AI skilling and learning, addressing the urgent need for workforce readiness in an AI-driven economy.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Jan 2025
ServiceNow partners Republic Polytechnic for AI & cloud upskilling
Unified Communications

ServiceNow partners Republic Polytechnic for AI & cloud upskilling

ServiceNow partners with Republic Polytechnic to boost AI and cloud computing skills. Research predicts 361,000 new jobs by 2028, with 55,000 in tech roles.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Sep 2024