Professional services stories
The move adds 1,500 professionals and deepens a cross-border model as firms race to meet client demand for seamless regional support.
Large organisations will be able to push AI out of pilot mode as Tech Mahindra and ServiceNow scale a multi-year enterprise deployment deal.
Partners will get higher rebates and simpler certification rules as Cohesity shifts its channel push towards services-led security sales.
The overhaul gives ISS a narrower private-sector focus in Britain and Ireland as it targets faster growth in Ireland and tighter contract management.
Firms in law, consulting and accountancy are being hit hardest, with attackers exploiting old flaws to reach sensitive client data and networks.
Ransomware groups are keeping up pressure on smaller rivals, with mid-market firms still making up 73% of victims across North America and Europe.
The update is designed to cut repeat prompting by carrying lawyers' drafting style, citations and case context across matters and Office apps.
Technology strategy across Freeths' 12 UK offices will now be led by John Jones as the firm steps up investment in secure systems.
The pre-seed funding will help the AI start-up add more than 20 UK jobs as it builds software for legal and professional services.
Internal testing is already cutting security response times from 40 minutes to seven, as Interactive prepares to sell the same AI methods to customers.
Law firms get a single workflow for research, drafting and verification as the updated system reaches US users, with Canada and Britain to follow.
The funding doubles the accounting software group's total raised to more than USD $200 million as customers adopt AI tools for finance teams.
Accounting firms could cut manual steps as transaction-level risk analysis is built into a single audit platform used for planning and reporting.
AI-driven workflows are set to speed intake, conflicts checks and billing for regulated firms as they juggle growth and tighter compliance demands.
Operators of ageing heavy industrial assets could spot hidden corrosion and cracks earlier, reducing the risk of failures and unplanned outages.
Financial advisers risk being overlooked as clients increasingly use generative AI and search engines to pick firms, the company says.
Seven internal promotions broaden Mowery & Schoenfeld's tax and advisory leadership as the Illinois firm marks its 30th anniversary.
Small businesses can now take bank-to-bank payments in SwipeSimple, with invoices and links handled alongside cards in one system.
The US advisory firm is formalising years of AI investments with a dedicated unit that will test tools inside its accounting and client work.
Australian founders are losing time worth more than AUD $92 billion a year to routine admin, dragging on productivity and growth.