Small Business (SMB) stories - Page 25

The UK's updated Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will extend compliance to many SMEs, urging them to bolster defences and improve cyber resilience by 2025.

Candura teams up with cloud accounting provider iplicit to modernise UK mid-market finance, targeting firms reliant on outdated ERP and finance systems.

A survey reveals 57% of UK small businesses use AI to boost efficiency, with 84% seeing it as beneficial rather than a threat to growth and operations.

Jen Easterly, former US cybersecurity chief, joins Huntress advisory board as firm expands with USD $1.5bn valuation and boosts AI cyber defence services.

ANNA Money used an AI agent to fully register a UK business account online, completing all identity checks and payments autonomously in a groundbreaking test.

L'Oréal UK and Ireland is the first beauty firm appointed National Ambassador to aid UK SMEs in strengthening cyber resilience and combating cyber crime.

SonicWall launches its Generation 8 platform with nine new firewalls and an embedded cyber warranty covering up to USD $200,000 for enhanced MSP cybersecurity services.

One in five UK SMEs face survival mode amid rising tech and skills gaps, with smaller firms hit hardest across all regions, Employment Hero reports.

Nearly 40% of Australian employees feel pressured to be 'always on' despite Right to Disconnect laws aiming to protect after-hours work boundaries.

Xero is set to launch a redesigned navigation and homepage, shaped by customer feedback, enhancing usability with customisable, insight-rich features.

WiseBee has raised USD $2.5 million to enhance its AI-driven cyber defence platform, targeting mid-sized firms across Europe and the US.

JetBrains has launched Kineto, a no-code platform letting anyone create custom apps in 20 minutes by simply describing their idea in plain language.

AppSignal now offers expanded OpenTelemetry support, enabling SMBs to monitor Go, Java, PHP, Ruby, Elixir, and Node.js applications with ease.

Fake pharmacies and AI-powered scams surge in UK cyber threats, with over 5,000 bogus sites and a 340% rise in financial scams targeting users.

A survey shows UK small accounting firms split between cloud and in-house IT, with many favouring office servers despite growing cloud adoption.

Over half of UK senior business leaders plan no AI adoption in the next year, citing cost, security fears and trust issues, says a boxxe survey.

Most UK firms see the move to Windows 11 as a chance to upgrade to AI-capable PCs, boosting security and workplace productivity, Dell and Intel report.

Pipe has launched four AI agents to speed up small business funding, automating fraud checks and payments to cut decision times from weeks to minutes.

UK payments firm yetipay has raised GBP £3.5 million to fuel growth and new products for hospitality and retail, boosting annual revenues sevenfold.

Check Point unveils Quantum Spark 2500 firewalls with Wi-Fi 7, 5G, and AI security, targeting SMBs facing a 61% rise in cyberattacks and boosting MSP support.