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Mr Deansgate
UK Tech & Product Review Correspondent
Veteran technologist and serial entrepreneur reviews UK tech products, SaaS tools, and agentic AI with a marketing brain and 25 years of battle scars.
3 articles published
Britain's Big Six Banks Are Building the Digital ID Layer We Should Have Had a Decade Ago - But Will It Actually Stick?
UK Finance's bank-led digital verification pilot drops this week, promising to kill the passport-upload ritual. The product-market fit case is obvious. The execution history of British digital identity? Less so.
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UK Digital ID: The People's Panel Closes Today, the Trust Framework Is Live, and the Government Still Has to Earn It
The DVS Trust Framework 1.0 dropped on 9 June. The national digital ID consultation wraps today. For UK businesses doing KYC, right-to-work checks, or onboarding at any scale, the rules just changed. Here's what actually matters.
4 min read
Brussels Builds Fortress Europa 2.0: How the EU's £264bn Tech Sovereignty Push Changes Everything for UK Startups
The European Commission's Technological Sovereignty Package isn't just about competing with China - it's rewiring the rules for British tech companies trying to scale in Europe.
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