Digital Skills stories

EcoVadis expands workplace AI rollout with Google Cloud, using Gemini Enterprise to automate internal tasks and train staff to build custom agents.

Microsoft steps up New Zealand AI push with 200,000 more people to be trained as chief technology officer Sarah Carney says the real challenge is winning trust.

Capgemini says UK reindustrialisation plans are ahead of the world, but spending is set to halve as firms turn more selective and tech-led.

TCS, University of Cincinnati and Salesforce launch three-month AI training scheme to fast-track graduates into paid roles and full-time work.

Flashpass secures USD $4.1 million seed funding from J2 Ventures and others as it expands training tools and prepares a job-matching launch.

Only 14% of Global 2000 firms have a clear AI strategy, with research warning many are deploying tools faster than accountability and workforce training.

Tech bosses urge wider recruitment, earlier coding education and a rethink of what counts as technical excellence to open senior roles to women.

UK enterprises press ahead with AI deployment as 94% warn of sprawl, while integration issues and legacy data remain major hurdles.

EY deploys agentic AI across 160,000 audit engagements, backed by Microsoft, as it launches new assurance services and training.

Kyndryl Foundation extends Canadian grant to JEDI, supporting IT and cybersecurity training for Indigenous students amid a growing cyber skills gap.

Women in tech are being urged to back themselves and enter the room before they feel ready, as leaders call for faster progress and greater representation.

Whatfix study says firms risk USD $10.9m a year from weak digital adoption as AI investment outpaces staff use of new tools.

KPMG survey finds most executives will keep pouring money into artificial intelligence through a recession, with USD $186 million planned on average next year.

NIIT MTS secures fourth straight Fosway Strategic Leader nod as the learning services business wins praise for its AI-first approach and global reach.

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

Major UK and US professional services firms are shelving AI projects as skill shortages bite, exposing a gap between tech spend and staff readiness.

CFOs rank AI skills and market shocks as top threats, as talent shortages, rising costs and geopolitical turmoil squeeze finance teams.

China and the US are racing ahead of the UK in adopting AI-led, software-defined factories, raising fresh fears over British competitiveness.

Alteryx relaunches its Academy with personalised AI learning paths and new credentials as demand for analytics upskilling accelerates.

UK bosses vastly overestimate how often staff use AI at work, with big gaps over daily use, task delegation and who actually benefits.