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Microsoft Licensing update from 1 November 2025 restores Teams in suites worldwide and alters enterprise and Teams pricing for purchasers.
The Future of Trusteeship campaign offers new online guidance and a financial health check tool to help charity trustees strengthen oversight, improve resilience and free up time for frontline work.
The Local Government Association says councils must lead delivery of the Keep Britain Working recommendations, using local partnerships, training and pilot funding to help people into sustainable work.
Manchester Metropolitan has hit its £2 million fundraising goal for the First-Generation Scholarship programme, supporting more than 1,000 scholars and boosting social mobility through targeted bursaries and wraparound support.
The British Chambers of Commerce is urging the Autumn Budget to prioritise trade competitiveness and targeted support for exporters, offering practical measures members can use to boost market access and supply chain resilience.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will raise the charity audit threshold to £1.5m and increase independent examination limits, a change due from 1 October 2026 that should cut regulatory burden and save the sector an estimated £47m a year.
New UK sandboxes and Growth Labs give universities clearer, faster routes to test applied AI with industry and the public sector, helping research teams move prototypes into safe, evidence-based pilots.
New BCC research shows 35% of UK SMEs now use AI, up from 25% in 2024, signalling a practical shift in how small businesses apply AI tools to boost productivity and compete.
The LGA has welcomed the government’s new £5 billion Pride in Place programme, which gives councils funding and powers to revive high streets, acquire derelict premises and boost community spaces across hundreds of neighbourhoods.