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Weekly AI briefing for UK SMEs: 15 December 2025 - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Weekly AI briefing for UK SMEs: 15 December 2025

Weekly AI Briefing for UK SMEs: Why standing still is now the biggest risk AI continues to move at a pace that is difficult for many small businesses to keep …

Reflections from the UK Digital Economy Conference, Edinburgh - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Reflections from the UK Digital Economy Conference, Edinburgh

Last week I attended the UK Digital Economy Conference at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. It was a genuinely valuable event that brought together leaders from government, technology, academia and business …

Unlocking the UK’s AI Advantage for Small Business - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Unlocking the UK’s AI Advantage for Small Business

Unlocking the UK’s AI Advantage for Small Business. More than 5.4 million small and medium-sized enterprises represent over half of UK private-sector turnover. SMEs aren’t just part of the economy; …

Why the UK’s AI Momentum Is Good News for SMEs - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Why the UK’s AI Momentum Is Good News for SMEs

The UK’s AI Moment Why the UK’s AI Momentum Is Good News for SMEs. The UK now ranks as the world’s third largest market for artificial intelligence, behind only the …

Bridging the AI Gap – Why UK SMEs Can’t Afford to Wait - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Bridging the AI Gap – Why UK SMEs Can’t Afford to Wait

Bridging the AI Gap – Why UK SMEs Can’t Afford to Wait. In my last blog, The Hidden Risk in Your Business: Shadow AI, I looked at how artificial intelligence …

Why are Micro Businesses Are Still Slow to Adopt AI? - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Why are Micro Businesses Are Still Slow to Adopt AI?

So, why are micro businesses are still slow to adopt AI? AI has been in the spotlight again this week. The Financial Conduct Authority has promised to support innovation through …

HeyGen Update: Faster Downloads, Better Results - Richard Taylor Consultancy

HeyGen Update: Faster Downloads, Better Results

HeyGen update: faster downloads and better results. When I first started experimenting with interactive avatars, I wasn’t sure how far the idea would go. But the series of blogs I …

Why UK SMEs Can’t Afford to Fall Behind on AI - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Why UK SMEs Can’t Afford to Fall Behind on AI

Small businesses can’t afford to fall behind with AI. AI is no longer a futuristic concept reserved for tech giants. It is already reshaping the way small and medium-sized businesses …

Small Business? Just add AI for increased productivity and creativity - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Small Business? Just add AI for increased productivity and creativity

AI is no longer just for big tech companies. It’s quietly transforming the way small businesses work, from content creation and admin tasks to customer service and marketing. So if …

28 Languages and one chatbot that speaks them all - Richard Taylor Consultancy

28 Languages and one chatbot that speaks them all

28 languages and one chatbot that speaks them all Following the success of my last video – where I demonstrated how my avatar chatbot could respond naturally in both French …

My AI chatbot speaks in many languages - Richard Taylor Consultancy

My AI chatbot speaks in many languages

When I first added an interactive AI chatbot to my website, I wanted it to reflect me—my voice, my tone, and the kind of helpful advice I give to small …

How I built my own AI avatar chatbot – a step by step video - Richard Taylor Consultancy

How I built my own AI avatar chatbot – a step by step video

If you’ve ever wondered how I built my own AI avatar chatbot  – one that actually looks and sounds like you – then this video is for you. Recently, I …