Quest for data solutions fuels surge in Q1 M&A deals
City of London streets might be deserted but the Covid-19 stampede to embrace data-driven solutions has sparked a major rise in M&A…
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Data platform set up by ex-Just Eat chiefs plots growth
An automated data collection and analytics platform, launched by two former JustEat chiefs in 2017, has raised £1.1m to fund…
Microsoft $20bn deal for Siri creator boosts health blitz
Microsoft is beefing up its artificial intelligence expertise for healthcare companies with the eye-watering $19.7bn (£13.3bn) acquisition of Nuance Communications,…
Hegarty hails ‘magic of data’ in Genie freelance start-up
Sir John Hegarty, the man who once grumbled that “data creates nothing; but creativity has all the time”, appears to have…
Publishers’ first-party data ‘to be new media currency’
A double whammy of stricter data protection legislation and fears over gaining consumer consent is opening up a major opportunity…
DMA calls on Scots politicians to back data manifesto
DMA Scotland is calling on candidates in next month’s Scottish Parliament elections to demonstrate their support for the industry body’s…
HMRC hunts data boss to boost analytics and insight
HM Revenue & Customs is hunting for a chief data officer to head up its 90-strong team and strengthen the…
Go Inspire looks to Harman to drive expansion strategy
Former Royal Mail Group managing director of media Jonathan Harman has joined Go Inspire in a key non-executive role as…
REaD Group signs InfoSum deal to boost data matching
Data and insight company REaD Group has signed a partnership with identity infrastructure provider InfoSum to make REaD’s UK-wide permissioned…
Call to relax laws on data sharing to boost the economy
The Government’s plan to put data at the heart of its economic growth strategy has been boosted by a new…