AI Strategy & Consulting

The EU AI Act reaches UK companies that sell into the EU, and 2 August 2026 is still a live date. Here is what applies now, what moved to 2027 and 2028, and the six things to do in the next 90 days.

Gartner expected 30% of generative AI projects to be abandoned after the demo by the end of 2025, often on cost. The bill you miss is not the licence, it is the run. A UK mid-market guide to AI total cost of ownership.

Nearly half of workers never use AI at work, and only 7% of companies have scaled it. The gap is not the model, it is adoption. A practical playbook for UK and Ireland mid-market teams.

78% of employees use AI tools their employer hasn't approved. Shadow AI is already in your building. Here's what an AI governance policy should contain, who signs it off, and how the EU AI Act reaches UK firms.

Gartner expected up to 30% of generative AI projects to be abandoned after the proof of concept. Most stall because the PoC proved the wrong thing. Here is a fixed six-week plan to run one that reaches production.

Worldwide AI spending will near $1.5 trillion in 2025, and 72% of leaders now track returns. A practical UK framework for measuring the ROI of an AI implementation, from baseline to payback.

MIT found 95% of enterprise AI pilots produced zero measurable impact. A Claude AI operating system is the layer that moves AI from a stalled pilot into daily operations.

Just over half of NHS trusts have invested in AI, yet many partners have never read a clinical-safety standard. How to choose a healthcare AI consulting partner who understands NHS and CQC rules.

AI use by Irish enterprises jumped from 8% to 20% in two years. Now every company needs a partner who can build, not just pitch. A practical map of the five kinds of AI firm in Ireland and how to choose.

For a Microsoft 365 company, choosing between Copilot and ChatGPT comes down to licensing, where your data sits, and who actually uses it, not model quality. Here is how to decide, and where Claude fits.

Third parties featured in 30% of breaches last year, yet only 15% of UK businesses review supplier risk. Send these 21 questions to any AI vendor before you sign.

One in six UK businesses use AI, but only 7% have built anything agentic. Here is how to tell an AI development company that ships production software from one that ships a demo.

The Model Context Protocol hit 97M monthly downloads and 10,000+ active servers in a year. Here is how to choose a Claude AI agent and MCP development company in the UK and Ireland, and spot agent washing.

Over 40,000 firms have applied to Anthropic's Claude Partner Network, but very few have actually put Claude into production. Here is how to tell a real Claude implementation partner from a certificate, and choose one for a UK rollout.

95% of enterprise AI pilots deliver no measurable return (MIT, 2025). This is the phased AI implementation roadmap UK companies use to move a pilot past the demo and into production in about 90 days.

Gartner expects at least 30% of generative AI projects to be abandoned after proof of concept. A tight proposal and statement of work is what keeps the delivery risk with your supplier, not you.

Gartner expects around 30% of GenAI projects to be abandoned after the pilot, and rollout is usually why. A step-by-step Claude Enterprise implementation checklist: SSO, SCIM, permissions, connectors, training and governance.

Named UK AI consulting firms compared for 2026: what each is best at, where each is wrong, and what the Accenture-Faculty deal changed. No paid placements.

An independent AI consultant charges £500 to £1,200 a day; an in-house hire starts near £70,000. Here is how UK firms choose between a consultant, a consultancy and building a team of their own.

Anthropic now takes 40% of enterprise LLM spend to OpenAI's 27% (Menlo Ventures, 2025). For a business buyer, Claude vs ChatGPT comes down to governance, admin control and rollout, not market share.

More than 80% of AI projects fail, twice the rate of normal IT work (RAND, 2024). The difference between a partner that ships and one that stalls is visible in the proposal. Here is how to read it.

Claude Enterprise is a seat fee plus usage at API rates: from $20 per seat in June 2026. Here is the official Anthropic pricing, how token billing works, and the rollout costs a UK company should budget.

MIT found 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots deliver no measurable return. The variable you control is who you hire: ten questions to ask a generative AI consulting firm before you sign, with what a good answer sounds like.

Three enterprise AI platforms, three pricing models: Microsoft 365 Copilot at $30 a user, Claude Enterprise from $20 a seat plus usage, ChatGPT Enterprise quote-only. A procurement comparison for UK buyers, June 2026.