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UK small businesses have spent two hard years battling rising costs and flat demand. Now a quieter shift is draining the one thing they cannot afford to lose: their pipeline of new enquiries. As customers swap search results for AI answers, the businesses that AI does not name simply stop being found. Strategic communications consultancy

Chief Executive John Lee appealed to Uzbek businesses on Wednesday to use Hong Kong as a springboard to expand their operations into the mainland. He made the remarks at a business forum attended by Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, who is leading a delegation of senior officials and business leaders here for an official visit.

Homepage > News > Business > Japan firms back AI as China guards workers’ rights The popularity of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications is skyrocketing in Japan as the technology gradually becomes a pivotal part of business operations, with a growing number of companies acknowledging the technology’s benefits in a recent survey jointly conducted by publishing

Construction companies in the UK are the least likely to measure productivity compared with their international counterparts, a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has found. The RICS Construction Productivity Report 2026 reveals wide differences in productivity metrics and a persistent ‘optimism… The post One in five UK construction firms never measure

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Construction Dive’s Friday Punch List is a series dedicated to sharing major building headlines that contractors may have missed from the week. It was another big week for construction headlines. President Donald Trump adjusted tariffs on major building materials, and co ntech firm

YPO has launched what it said is the UK public sector’s first modular buildings framework compliant with the Procurement Act 2023, appointing 29 suppliers across 15 lots. The four-year framework gives public bodies a route to buy or hire modular buildings for education, healthcare, housing, justice and other uses. YPO said it was designed to

Envelope specialist FK Group Ltd and two of its subsidiaries have staved off administration for up to an additional two weeks after filing new court notices. Erroneous reports last month in trade, regional and national press outlets said that FK Group Ltd, FK Construction Ltd and FK Facades Ltd had already entered administration. However, Construction

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has widened its active probe into suspected bid-rigging on school roofing contracts to cover activity by more firms. Its investigation now includes unnamed “additional parties”, the watchdog announced yesterday (29 January) in a statement. The probe. launched in December, was originally focused on roofing and other construction-related contracts funded