Insights & Resources

In 2025 the average organisation scrapped 46% of its AI proofs of concept before they reached production. A lot of that is buying the wrong kind of supplier. Here is how the two actually differ.

Gartner predicted at least 30% of generative AI projects would be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025. Here is what a UK AI consultancy should actually hand you, per engagement type, with price bands and the artefacts you keep.

Large language models are now the most-deployed AI in British business, at 18% of firms, yet the average adopter runs just 1.6 tools. Nine UK generative AI consulting companies, compared honestly.

MIT found 95% of generative AI pilots produce no measurable return. Almost none of that is model quality. Here are the ten questions to put to an AI assistant development team before you sign, and the answers a team that ships actually gives.

76% of enterprise AI use cases are now bought rather than built, up from 53% a year earlier. Yet 78% of builders expect to build more in 2026. Both are true. Here is how to sort your own list into four buckets.

Chasing money you are already owed costs a UK business owner 86 hours a year. Here is what AI can safely take off a credit controller's desk, where the human has to stay, and what the Commercial Payments Bill changes.

Only 31% of UK organisations have a policy covering AI use and shadow AI (IBM, 2025). A practical 30-day plan to find out what your people are actually using, and route it somewhere safe.

Veracode tested 100+ models on 80 coding tasks: 45% of the code contained an OWASP Top 10 vulnerability. Here is how to audit an AI-built app before it meets real customers and real data.

The EU AI Act reaches UK companies that sell into the EU, and 2 August 2026 is still a live date. Here is what applies now, what moved to 2027 and 2028, and the six things to do in the next 90 days.

MCP reached more than 10,000 public servers in its first year. Here is what it means for a UK business: what it costs to connect Claude to the systems you already run, and the four controls to get right first.

Nearly 80% of companies bolt AI onto processes they never redesigned. Human-in-the-loop is how you keep control. A UK mid-market guide to where the human belongs in an automated workflow.

Gartner expected 30% of generative AI projects to be abandoned after the demo by the end of 2025, often on cost. The bill you miss is not the licence, it is the run. A UK mid-market guide to AI total cost of ownership.

Top procurement teams get 3.2x ROI on AI, the rest get 1.5x. The difference is where they automate. A practical guide to supplier onboarding, spend and renewals for UK mid-market teams.

Nearly half of workers never use AI at work, and only 7% of companies have scaled it. The gap is not the model, it is adoption. A practical playbook for UK and Ireland mid-market teams.

Gartner expects 60% of AI projects without AI-ready data to be abandoned. The model is rarely why automation fails. The data is. How to check whether yours is ready, and fix it before you build.