The hiring landscape is about to experience profound change. New research warns that by 2030, as many as one in ten CVs could be entirely AI-generated. While AI offers promising efficiencies for candidates to craft their applications, this shift brings significant implications for how employers attract, assess, and ultimately hire top talent.
The findings of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) latest report quantifying the career and earnings impact of motherhood in England are sobering. According to the data, the average mother loses an estimated £65,618 in earnings over five years after having her first child. For a second child, the figure rises by another £26,317, and for a third, £32,456 more is lost.
When the global telecom industry gathers in Paris for Network X 2025 (October 14 – 16), attendees can expect more than keynote speeches and panel debates. This year’s edition unites the sector’s most influential players under one roof with an interactive expo floor and new event features. From AI-powered broadband networks and 5G monetisation to sustainable infrastructure and satellite connectivity, leading technology sponsors, live demonstrations and dynamic stage presentations will showcase the innovations shaping Europe’s digital future.
As Prime Minister Keir Starmer leads an international trade delegation to Mumbai this week alongside India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, new efforts to boost export opportunities for Britain’s 5.6 million small businesses are also high on the agenda.
e-Residency Estonia was introduced in 2014 as a way to provide non-residents secure access to its digital public services and transparent business environment. Since its launch, the programme helps over 110,000 people and their businesses operate regardless of location, and has generated over €213 million in revenue for the Estonian state budget from taxes and state fees.
No matter which retail executive you talk to, the reaction is the same: “I didn’t think that was possible yet.” While most headlines in tech are dominated by copilots, a quieter but deeper shift is happening in enterprise AI: the rise of agentic systems that don’t just assist, but act. And it’s catching many executives off guard.
The UK and India-based medical travel startup, The Medical Travel Company (TMTC), has raised €3.8 million to bring a new full stack medical solution, offering UK patients world class and affordable treatments in India.
A study released today (7th October 2025) reveals the core traits shared by billion-dollar startup founders across the UK, Europe and North America. Developed in partnership between VC firm Ada Ventures and behavioural scientists at Synaptiq, the study analysed how founders communicate to find a clear psychological profile behind unicorn success. These findings stand to reshape how VCs assess potential, making it easier to spot talent fairly and consistently, without bias towards background or identity.
Workplace mentoring and coaching are now essential drivers of business performance, staff retention, and employee wellbeing in the UK, according to a major new report from the Association of Business Mentors (ABM). The findings show that over two-thirds of businesses have seen a positive impact on overall business performance from their mentoring and coaching programmes, and a further 60% attributed an improvement in employee wellbeing to their programmes.
British workers and jobseekers will be forced to compete with a surge of 100,000 virtual AI employees that will enter the workforce before the end of 2026.
Monumo, the deeptech company coupling AI and machine learning (ML) with traditional engineering expertise to redesign the electric motor, has announced a significant commercial breakthrough, successfully delivering for multiple international companies. This progress signals a critical tipping point for the company, as its technology has now been proven to deliver superior, low-cost motor designs in record time.
Following a massively successful inaugural event, Good Hope FM’s ‘Warrior Woman Awards’ will be joining forces with the phenomenal WomenIN Festival 2025, delivering the biggest celebration of women that the Mother City has ever seen and rocking Cape Town on 13 to 14 November at Newlands Cricket Ground.
Datamonk, the agentic AI-powered platform automating medical imaging data migrations, has announced a total of €1.6 million in funding to address one of healthcare IT’s biggest challenges: moving and cleaning decades of medical imaging data.
With capabilities of AI advancing every year, its potential to address challenges once thought unsolvable is rapidly expanding, from the possibility of curing genetic diseases to transforming urban mobility or enabling green data centres. With the global AI market set to reach $4.8 trillion by 2033 (UNCTAD), the race to deploy AI for critical sectors has never been more urgent. Against this backdrop, GITEX GLOBAL 2025 convenes as the world’s largest tech and AI event, with this year’s edition highlighting significant developments in biotech, physical AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and data centres.
The crucial question of how small businesses can effectively scale was given fresh focus this week, as some of the UK’s smallest and most ambitious businesses came together to explore new routes to growth.
Insurgent, a new venture studio, has officially launched to back startups building sustainable, purpose-driven businesses where commercial success, customer value, and planetary health align.
While most founders claim how hard it is to build in the UK, millions of pounds are burned on infrastructure costs alone. The UK is a homeland for 2,300 VC-backed AI startups, including 20 AI unicorns. Europe’s biggest AI market, has reached a combined historical market valuation of $230 billion in Q1 2025 and may lose leadership to one of the highest electricity costs in the EU, rising data and infrastructure costs alone.
Experience shows that when we protect business purpose, performance follows. So, how do you hold fast to your values while pushing for higher returns? It starts by refusing to treat growth and values separately.
There’s a silent cost to leadership that no one talks about enough. It’s not burnout. It’s not decision fatigue. It’s identity loss.
Nearly all (95%) UK business leaders say they are committed to building a culture of learning, according to Pluralsight’s 2025 Tech Skills Report, but the research reveals a stark gap between this intention and the reality for learners.
