Bureau Veritas, CMA CGM and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute have launched a joint development project to explore how artificial intelligence and digital decision-support tools could be embedded on container ships without removing human control from the bridge. Announced at SMM in Hamburg,…
Britain’s recent economic resilience has put artificial intelligence back in the spotlight, not simply as a speculative investment theme but as a force increasingly embedded in business spending. Fresh official data showed the services sector doing much of the heavy lifting in UK growth, with…
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Rare earths sit at the heart of modern industry, yet their real vulnerability lies less in geology than in geography. They are used in electronics, electric vehicles, industrial motors, wind turbines, aerospace and defence, and magnets account for more than a third of demand by volume while representing over four-fifths…
When the NHS set out its net-zero plan in 2020, it did more than outline an environmental ambition. It also put procurement at the centre of one of the health service’s biggest decarbonisation challenges: the bulk of its emissions sit outside direct control, embedded in…
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The argument that procurement should fix its workflow before splashing out on AI is no longer just a consultant’s refrain; in 2026 it is showing up in the numbers. Boston Consulting Group’s May 2026 supply-chain report found procurement had the lowest AI adoption rate of the 13 business functions it…
Australia’s digital health agency reshapes My Health Record support amid rising usage and governance overhaul
After more than a decade with Accenture at the centre of My Health Record operations, Australia’s digital health agency is redrawing the chain of command rather than walking away from the supplier. The Australian Digital Health Agency has handed Accenture a fresh application support and…
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View AllWall Street’s shaky start to September has become a wider repricing of energy and rate risk, with the fallout now stretching well beyond one bad trading day. By Friday, average US diesel prices had hit a record $5.85 a gallon, while Axios reported that oil was moving back towards $100…
Ryanair has signalled that Europe’s winter airline market is heading for a squeeze, cutting two million passengers from its full-year target and trimming winter flying as fuel costs surge, while warning that carriers with weaker hedges may struggle to keep aircraft in the air if…

