Monday, 18 May 2026

AI Business Dispatch — Week 20

This week's dispatch features 7 articles from our editorial team.

AI Business Dispatch

Weekly Digest · Edition 20 · 2026-05-18

Lead Story

Companies House Pauses Record Destruction as Review Debates 20-Year Policy

Sarah Kim

A quiet administrative change that could reshape decades of corporate archaeology

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Companies House Pauses Record Destruction as Review Debates 20-Year Policy

Sarah Kim · Compliance & Professional Services

A quiet administrative change that could reshape decades of corporate archaeology

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Meet Your New Creative Director (It's Not Human)

Zara Okafor-Williams · Creative & AI

Adobe's Firefly AI Assistant just hit public beta. The question isn't whether it'll change creative work - it's whether junior talent will survive it.

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CMA's Microsoft probe tells a decade-old story: bundling still pays, competition still suffers

Mr Deansgate · UK Tech & Product Review

The UK's Strategic Market Status investigation into Microsoft's business software isn't just another regulatory flex - it's a £2.1 billion wake-up call for British enterprises locked into Azure by licensing sleight of hand

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The Last Stand Against Seat Economics: Creatio's $85 Million Bet on Unlimited Enterprise Pricing

Diego Fernandez · SaaS & Enterprise

Enterprise software's most persistent assumption - that value scales with headcount - faces its first credible challenger as AI agents reshape the economic fundamentals of business automation. The question is not whether other vendors will follow, but whether they can afford not to.

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$242 Billion: When Feeding AI Gets More Expensive Than Feeding Nations

Victoria Ashworth · Finance & Markets

Q1 2026 shattered every venture record on earth. The numbers don't add up, and neither does the math.

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The Enablement Illusion: How Enterprises Are Mistaking AI Access for Transformation

James Whitfield-Sterling · Strategy & Leadership

Fresh Gartner research reveals most leaders are tracking meaningless metrics while half of enterprises will lose their top AI talent by 2027. The numbers are damning, and the fixes are surprisingly simple.

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AI Platform Transforms UK Trademark Attorney Market with Live Activity Rankings

Eleanor Vance-Hartley · IP & Legal

TrademarkDashboard.com debuts comprehensive AI tools and first-ever directory ranking UK IP attorneys by live filing activity, disrupting traditional clearance workflows

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