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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 …

Shadow AI Health Check. Find out where AI is already in your business - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Shadow AI Health Check. Find out where AI is already in your business

Shadow AI Health Check. Find out where AI is already in your business. In a recent blog I wrote about the hidden risk of “shadow AI” in small businesses.I was …

Why shadow AI without an AI strategy puts your SME at risk - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Why shadow AI without an AI strategy puts your SME at risk

Why shadow AI without an AI strategy puts your SME at risk. Earlier this month I shared a short video on shadow AI. It got a lot of reaction. People …

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 …

The Hidden Risk in Your Business: Shadow AI - Richard Taylor Consultancy

The Hidden Risk in Your Business: Shadow AI

The Hidden Risk in Your Business: Shadow AI. AI adoption is growing fast, but not always in the way you’d expect. According to recent research from Microsoft, 71% of UK …

Use AI to Record, Summarise and Circulate Meeting Minutes Automatically - Richard Taylor Consultancy

Use AI to Record, Summarise and Circulate Meeting Minutes Automatically

How to Use AI to Record, Summarise and Circulate Meeting Minutes Automatically. Meetings are essential, yet writing up minutes, extracting action points and sharing follow ups takes time. What if …

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 …