HMRC hands Salesforce 15-year contract to bring AI into tax services
The HMRC Salesforce contract, worth up to £2bn over 15 years, will move legacy tax systems onto one platform with AI tools to triage taxpayer queries.
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The HMRC Salesforce contract, worth up to £2bn over 15 years, will move legacy tax systems onto one platform with AI tools to triage taxpayer queries.
Rejoining EU could add up to 6 per cent to UK output in the long run, Goldman Sachs says, as it sets out options for Andy…
Accounts for the ChatGPT owner's British subsidiary show £258m in costs for OpenAI UK staff in 2025, about £2.3m per employee including share awards.
IMF forecasts show the UK tax burden reaching a peacetime high of 41.9 per cent of GDP, the fastest rise in the West, ahead of John…
Retailers were due to use a pre-Budget retail summit with John Healey to warn that further taxes on shops would be passed on to shoppers and
Royal Mail resignations are running at almost 400 postmen a week, the CWU claims, warning of Christmas delivery delays as the postal service hires temps.
Jonathan Reynolds says decisions on Chinese EV tariffs rest on the UK interest, not EU pressure, and denies Britain is a back door to the single…
John Healey is reportedly preparing an online marketplace VAT crackdown that would make platforms such as Amazon and eBay collect tax owed by sellers.
AI minister Kanishka Narayan warns a major AI cyberattack on the UK is inevitable and urges AI labs to strengthen safeguards before releasing new models.
Reports of Bumble takeover talks valuing the dating app at $1bn sent its shares up almost 50 per cent, with a deal with Ithaca possible this…
The GE Aerospace Prestwick aircraft repair site is to get a new 55,000 sq ft building in a £57m expansion the company expects to create about…
The Cabinet Office IR35 liability stands at £38.5m after HMRC concluded the department failed to take reasonable care with its contractor tax affairs.
Susie Ma, the Tropic Skincare founder and 2011 Apprentice finalist, has replaced Touker Suleyman on BBC's Dragons' Den and has filmed the next series.
