AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoCloud Resilience: A Google Cloud outage disrupted UK banks, courts and delivery services, exposing the risks of relying on a handful of providers. Digital Payments: The UK watchdog wants Apple to offer rivals wider, cheaper access to iPhone contactless payments, potentially reshaping tap-to-pay competition. AI Infrastructure: Microsoft says its £22bn UK investment remains on track despite dropping an Essex data-centre project; power shortages are also delaying other major builds. Space: Satellite services underpin an estimated 18% of UK GDP, and the government says its new space and defence plans include £3.2bn to protect British jobs. Energy: Ministers approved North Sea gas project Jackdaw, citing energy security, but climate groups and engineers remain divided over its impact. Tech Skills: Lancaster University has joined a programme aiming to help 300 women into paid technology roles in fields including AI, cyber security and semiconductors by March 2027.
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