Business strategy stories
Weaker demand and rising wage costs are leaving most SMEs in a holding pattern, with few planning to add staff over the next year.
Data centre demand and decarbonisation pressures are set to shape Alfa Laval's UK and Ireland growth strategy under Alessandro Bracco.
More firms are tying AI spending to measurable results, yet just 7% have established a return on investment, KPMG says.
Demand for specialist AI and technology freelancers has climbed sharply as companies across Europe plug skills gaps and move projects to production.
Most disruptions clear in minutes, but a small number of long outages can still leave sites unreachable for hours and mask real downtime.
Demand in education and commercial computing is being shaped by partners, as ASUS singled out winners across Australia and New Zealand at a Singapore summit.
Most finance chiefs still need sharper strategic, people and commercial skills before boards will back them for the top job, a survey found.
Disconnected procurement and logistics data is leaving finance chiefs exposed to slower decisions, hidden costs and weaker forecasts across businesses.
The move adds senior advertising experience as the travel media company seeks to expand internationally and turn first-party travel data into ad revenue.
Only 28% of Australian workers say leaders are aligned on AI strategy, underscoring a governance gap as adoption races ahead.
Customers moving ageing identity systems to the cloud could cut migration time and engineering effort, SailPoint says, with no extra fee.
Control over data, governance and AI accuracy is becoming a boardroom priority as Gartner says the shift could reshape enterprise strategy by 2030.
Nearly half of Canadian business leaders are testing AI without seeing returns, as firms struggle to embed the technology into daily operations.
Only 23% of firms say staff are fully ready for AI, even as spending and deployment surge ahead of training and governance.
Despite widespread pilots, only 17% of Malaysian financial institutions have scaled strategic AI initiatives, a new report says.
The Leeds consultancy is adding 15 AI roles as clients grapple with data and governance hurdles that keep pilots from reaching production.
Rising demand for data centre power is putting a spotlight on AVK, after Deloitte Private named it among the UK's Best Managed Companies for 2026.
The gap leaves many retailers exposed, as most feel pressure to adopt AI yet fewer than half have a clear plan for doing so.
Brands entering UK mobile via MVNOs need clear differentiation and top-level backing, or their launch is likely to struggle.
Most large companies have shifted AI into live use, but senior leaders remain split on whether it will drive hiring or cuts.