Cooper Is Live, and the Renewal Price Just Went Up 25%
Cooper is live, and the renewal price just went up 25% On 13 May 2026, Simpro Group switched on Lightning, an AI-native operating platform…
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There’s Still No UK AI Act: Here’s the Regulation That Actually Applies to Your Business
Every few months another headline asks where Britain’s AI Act has got to. The honest answer is that it isn’t coming, not in the…
New UK Rules on AI Decisions Are Live: The Data (Use and Access) Act Explained for SMEs
What actually changed on 5 February 2026 Section 80 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 came into force on 5 February 2026…
The Amazon v Perplexity Ruling: What the First Agentic Shopping Case Means for You
A courtroom just answered a question every online retailer will face On 4 August 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco…
Selling Inside ChatGPT: What Agentic Commerce Means for Small UK Retailers
The shopping trip that starts and ends in a chat window Something changed in how people shop online this year, and most small retailers…
ChatGPT Ads Just Went Pan-European: What UK Businesses Should Do With Their Head Start
Today, ChatGPT ads landed in 31 more European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. It is OpenAI’s biggest advertising rollout since…
Google AI Mode Passed 1 Billion Users: Is Your Business Showing Up in It?
Sundar Pichai stood up at Google I/O 2026 and said something that should get the attention of every UK small business still treating a…
Kling 3.0 vs Seedance 2.0: Cheaper, Audio-Native AI Video for UK Small Businesses
Six months ago, a decent 30 second video advert meant booking a crew, a location and a day of your week, then waiting for…
Is Higgsfield Reliable Enough for Your Business? The New Production Stack Reviewed
We run this stack every day, so we are not guessing We get asked a version of this question most weeks now: is Higgsfield…
Google Gemini Omni: How to Make and Edit Marketing Videos Just by Talking
Google has quietly turned video editing into a conversation. Gemini Omni, launched at Google I/O 2026 and opened up to developers on 30 June…
Sora Is Gone: What the AI Video Shake-Up Means for Small Business Marketing
What actually happened to Sora In March 2026, OpenAI posted a short goodbye to Sora on X. By 26 April, the app and web…
Lovable 2.0 for Small Teams: What the Latest Update Actually Lets You Build
We build inside Lovable most weeks now, so when clients ask us what “Lovable went multiplayer” actually means for a five-person business, we can…
