Accenture ‘links staff promotions to use of AI tools’
Consulting firm keen to increase uptake of technology and is reportedly monitoring adoption by workforce
Global Counsel calls in administrators, blaming Peter Mandelson ‘maelstrom’
Advisory firm has lost string of clients despite efforts to cut ties with co-founder after Epstein revelations
UK manufacturing still beset by low orders and price pressure, says CBI
Industrial trends survey shows firms are expecting to raise prices, with order books well below average
Oil prices rise amid fears of US strikes on Iran – as it happened
Both the US and Iran embark on military posturing amid a stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear programme
‘Made in Europe’ EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns
Nick Thomas-Symonds says move could also create unnecessary UK-EU trade barriers and increase costs
Is Tim Wilson an ‘inflation nutter’? Why the new shadow treasurer’s RBA comments are making waves
Liberal MP claims the Reserve Bank has been soft on inflation. Labor says questioning the RBA’s dual mandate amounts to a ‘plan for higher unemployment’
Airbus suggests split solution for Europe’s faltering fighter jet programme
Aerospace firm proposes two separate warplanes amid dispute over who leads €100bn project
Rights groups urge airlines to halt ‘one in, one out’ deportation flights
British and French activists write to Air France, AlbaStar, Titan and Corendon airlines over ‘shameful involvement’
‘DEI is dead, equality isn’t’: experts chart path forward amid Trump’s culture war
Two law professors outline strategies for equality’s survival in a Trumpian post-DEI era in new book How Equality Wins
MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts
Exclusive: Cross-party group ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets
Ebay buys Depop for $1.2bn in effort to lure younger shoppers
Deal agreed to acquire British secondhand fashion resale app from Etsy as eBay attempts to fend off Amazon
Centrica boss to get £3.6m bonus despite sharp fall in profits
Chris O’Shea will receive a total of £4.7m despite British Gas owner suffering a shareholder rebellion
If Keir Starmer is ousted, Labour could still win the next election. Here’s how that would work
Once a PM is seen as hapless, there is no way back. But Labour has good plans – and with the political landscape fragmented, it could yet prevail, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
Ministers must end ‘barking mad’ restraints on civil service pay, union leader warns
Exclusive: Prospect boss Mike Clancy cites problems retaining technical and digital experts
Bill Gates cancels keynote speech in India amid questions over Epstein ties
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder pulls out of India’s AI Impact Summit to ‘ensure the focus’ remains on event’s ‘key priorities’