Small increase in unemployment for Q3

The official unemployment rate was 33,7% in the third quarter of 2026, according to the quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter of 2026. There was an increase of 101 000 in the number of employed persons to 16,8-million, and the number of unemployed...

Partnering adds value in an AI-first world

Kathy Gibson reports from Sage Future for Partners in Amsterdam – ERP software partners are under immense pressure to change the way they do business. “We are at an inflexion point in the mid-market,” says Pieter Bensch, MD and executive vice-president: UK, Ireland...
Sage outlines blueprint for partner growth

Sage outlines blueprint for partner growth

Kathy Gibson reports from Sage Future for Partners in Amsterdam – Mid-market customers are under pressure to modernise their businesses using technologies like cloud and AI. This is driving Sage to reimagine what it can be and should be for its customers and partners,...

AMD builds the classical foundation for quantum’s future

A new codesign platform for quantum error correction from IBM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and AMD colocates IBM quantum computers with ORNL’s Umbra High-Performance Computing system. Umbra is composed of AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and 5th Gen AMD EPYC...

Nvidia CEO Huang affair could hand investors a rare buying opportunity

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair, which has already wiped billions off the world’s most important AI company, is likely to be seized on by savvy investors as a rare chance to buy into the chip giant at a discount, says Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group. Green’s...