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Lead Story·Frank Mason · Construction & Trades Desk

Two-Thirds of Construction Firms Now Use AI - But Only 19% Have Got Past the Pilot Stage

RICS's biggest-ever AI survey finds the industry has crossed the adoption threshold, then largely stopped. A global quantity surveying congress this week showed exactly where the technology is actually being put to work.

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Two-Thirds of Construction Firms Now Use AI - But Only 19% Have Got Past the Pilot Stage
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Nathaniel Frost

£456m Civil Service AI Training Deal Hands KPMG and EY Their Biggest Government Win Since 2012

The Cabinet Office has awarded the largest single Big Four consulting contract in over a decade to KPMG and EY, to train civil servants in AI and digital skills. The government that pledged to cut consultant spending by £1.2bn has now handed two firms more than that ceiling in a single award.

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Olivia Lett

Verse.ai Tops PropTech Breakthrough Table as AI Lead Conversion Becomes Letting's Fastest-Moving Battleground

The 6th annual PropTech Breakthrough Awards named Verse.ai Overall PropTech Company of the Year on 18 August - a signal that omnichannel AI engagement, not valuation wizardry, is now where the sector's credibility is being won. Meanwhile, UK trademark filings in the financial and real estate services class are down sharply, hinting at a market that is consolidating around proven players rather than minting new brands.

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Lorraine Mill

The AI Commerce Rankings Are In: Small Retailers Are Winning the Agent Era

New Q2 data from Digital Commerce 360 and ReFiBuy shows that your web-sales rank is no longer your AI rank - and the gap is wider than most operators expected.

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Sofia Marchetti

UK Dark Kitchens Bet on AI to Escape the Ghost Kitchen Graveyard

With Europe's dark kitchen market valued at $7.4 billion and climbing, UK operators are turning to AI-driven demand forecasting and multi-platform aggregation to solve the unit economics that killed the first ghost kitchen wave. But a sharp drop in food brand trademark filings suggests not everyone is buying the recovery story.

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Zara Okafor-Williams · 5 min read

The Agency Arms Race Is Eating Its Own Young

Eleanor Vance-Hartley · 5 min read

Getty v Stability AI: The Court of Appeal Question That Could Redraw UK Copyright for Every AI Model

Harriet Hallmark · 4 min read

When a Genre Prefix Isn't Enough: Demon Hunter v Netflix and the Multi-Class Brand Erasure Problem

Victoria Ashworth · 4 min read

$9.6bn In. Five Companies Out. UK AI's Funding Mirage Exposed

Frank Mason · 4 min read

RICS Sounds the Alarm: Construction Is Drowning in AI Pilots It Can't Graduate

Nathaniel Frost · 3 min read

HMRC's MMTAR Phase Two Is Live: Tax Advisers Have 90 Days Before Sanctions Bite

Priya Kapoor · 5 min read

SaaSpocalypse Rebound Hides a Structural Fault Line: Infrastructure SaaS Pulls Away as Per-Seat Pricing Collapses

Olivia Lett · 3 min read

EliseAI Targets $3.7bn Valuation With $300m Raise as Leasing Automation Bets Keep Scaling

Lorraine Mill · 4 min read

The Machine Will Buy It: UK Consumers Signal AI Checkout Readiness - But Brands Are Unprepared

Dr. Cassandra Voss · 5 min read

The Auditor Is the Vulnerability: One 35-Person Firm Tested Every Major AI Lab, and All Three Got Hit

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

MarginEdge's $80M Bet: The Restaurant Back-Office AI Race Gets Serious

Sarah Kim · 4 min read

Class 45 Filings Down Nearly Half as IPO Overhaul, Fee Hike, and Series Mark Abolition Converge on Legal Services Brands

Mr Deansgate · 6 min read

Dunelm's 'Ask Dunelm' Is the UK's Agentic Retail Moment - But Can It Survive Contact With a Real Customer?

Harriet Hallmark · 3 min read

UKIPO's September AI Overhaul: What Brand Owners Must Do Before the Digital Countdown

Frank Mason · 3 min read

CIOB Fires Its Shot as MHCLG Built-Environment Professions Consultation Closes

Nathaniel Frost · 4 min read

All Four of the Big Four Have Now Been Caught Selling AI Slop as Thought Leadership

Olivia Lett · 3 min read

Breezemove's £160k Raise Is Small. The Transaction Backlog It's Targeting Is Not.

Lorraine Mill · 3 min read

AI Beats Social for UK Shopping Discovery - But Brands Are Invisible Where It Counts

Sofia Marchetti · 3 min read

AI Goes Operational: UK Restaurants Shift from Pilot to Profit as Back-of-House Tools Hit Critical Mass

Zara Okafor-Williams · 5 min read

Adobe Just Moved Into the Room Where It Happens - And Nobody Asked the Designers

Eleanor Vance-Hartley · 5 min read

GEMA v. Suno: Munich Court's First European AI Music Ruling Puts Every Generative Platform on Notice

Frank Mason · 4 min read

Google Rolls an AI Van Into Screwfix: What the Trades Sector's Biggest Skills Push Means for Small Builders

Gideon Forge · 4 min read

China's Robot Army Picks Britain: Geek+ Fills the US Vacuum in UK Warehouses

Nathaniel Frost · 4 min read

BCG Crowns London World's Most Intelligent City. Now Consultancies Must Prove It Pays.

Dr Priya Anand · 3 min read

Seven in Ten Homecare Providers Now Use AI - But Only Half Have Any Written Policy to Govern It

Priya Kapoor · 5 min read

Microsoft's Supreme Court Gambit on Software Exhaustion Could Redraw the Licensing Architecture for Every SaaS Vendor in Britain

Olivia Lett · 3 min read

Rightmove's 46 AI Initiatives Drive 7% Revenue Gain - But New Homes Drag Forces Guidance Cut

Lorraine Mill · 3 min read

Amazon Business Hits $60B and the Buyer Is Now a Bot: What UK Sellers Must Do Next

Dr. Cassandra Voss · 5 min read

The Clock Ran Out Yesterday: EU AI Act Transparency Law Is Now Enforceable and Britain Has No Answer

Eleanor Vance-Hartley · 6 min read

The Trademark 100 Weekly: Tesco's All-Class Sweep, Walmart's AI Brand Push, and a Quiet Signal in the Class 42 Numbers

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

Radisson's AI Price-Match Goes Live: What It Means for the OTA War and UK Hotel Margins

Clara Pemberton · 5 min read

Voice Clones, Fake Donors and Gift Aid at Risk: How UK Charities Must Fight Back Against AI Fraud

Mr Deansgate · 4 min read

MHRA Draws the Line on AI Scribes: What the New NHS Ambient Voice Ruling Means for Every SaaS Founder Targeting the NHS

Sarah Kim · 4 min read

Today's the Day: EU AI Act Transparency Obligations Are Live, and Your Client Intake Form May Already Be Non-Compliant

Harriet Hallmark · 4 min read

AliExpress's €550m DSA Fine Is a Brand-Protection Wake-Up Call Across Every Nice Class

Victoria Ashworth · 4 min read

£4.56bn Quarter, 800 Trademarks: UK AI Investment Is Breaking Records. Its Brand Pipeline Is Not.

Harriet Hallmark · 4 min read

Delhi Court Backs OpenAI on Training Data: What It Means for Every UK Class 42 Brand

Olivia Lett · 3 min read

RICS Moves to Frame AI Valuations as Regulators Race to Catch AVM Adoption

Lorraine Mill · 4 min read

TikTok Shop Hits 300k UK SME Sellers - But Live Shopping's 55% Surge Masks a Brand Protection Crisis

Frank Mason · 3 min read

AI Eats the Build: Data Centres Muscle Out Housing as UK Construction Hits Two Speeds

Gideon Forge · 3 min read

UK's AI Manufacturing Roadmap Meets Its Hardest Test: An Order Book at a Six-Year Low

Nathaniel Frost · 3 min read

Billable Utilisation Hits Historic Low: Why Certinia Is Betting Acquisition Can Fix Consulting's Admin Drag

Sofia Marchetti · 4 min read

Fake Mould, Real Losses: AI Food Fraud Hits UK Restaurants as Brand Filings Crater

Dr Priya Anand · 4 min read

MHRA Publishes AVT Device Boundary Rules: What the Guidance Means for AI Scribe Suppliers

Nathaniel Frost · 4 min read

CFO AI Optimism Hits 73% - But Graduate Hiring Is the Quiet Casualty

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