AI & Gen AI research in the UK

An overview of research in AI & Gen AI consulting in the UK:

Gap in leader and practitioner perception of AI results leads to trust issues Seven-in-10 executive leaders judge their AI deployments successful, but only half of practitioners actually working with those tools agree.
25 August 2026
Sales and marketing misalignment preventing UK firms from hitting growth targets Fewer than one-in-ten B2B leaders are highly confident in hitting their growth targets, while less than a third say their sales and marketing is fully unified.
19 August 2026
AI credentials increase in M&A popularity as companies look to strengthen ‘defensibility’ The proliferation of AI is leading to businesses re-evaluating how they futureproof their operations.
07 August 2026
London the world’s ‘most intelligent city’ according to BCG AI benchmark BCG’s inaugural Intelligent Cities Index shows London tops a list of the world’s 61 largest cities, when it comes to deploying AI in support of their citizens.
06 August 2026
Employees need time to experiment, if AI implementations are to succeed Companies struggling to make the most of AI tools might have neglected the human side of business for too long, according to a new report.
30 July 2026
Klarus suggests pilots have helped mid-market identify key to AI implementation Nine-in-ten mid-market companies are now confident in their internal expertise across all areas of AI deployment, following extensive experimentation.
29 July 2026
Nine-in-ten UK businesses regularly use AI in work, leading adoption Businesses are finally making progress with their artificial intelligence implementation efforts – as more than three-quarters now say the technology is regularly used across their business.
28 July 2026
CFOs more optimistic about AI’s impact on business performance Deloitte’s latest survey of chief financial officers in the UK suggests they are becoming more optimistic about AI’s impact on business.
28 July 2026
Insurance sector must include every layer of organisation to succeed with AI changes As organisations of all kinds look to adopt AI tools in their operations, a new study has explored how CEOs and senior executives are approaching AI adoption in the insurance sector.
27 July 2026
UK struggling to keep pace with demand for specialist AI agent talent A new report from Malt claims that demand for expertise running AI Agents has increased rapidly in the last year
20 July 2026
CEOs stung by surprise costs begin scaling back AI initiatives A new study of corporate leaders has found that 42% regard the costs of operating AI as ‘largely invisible’.
15 July 2026
Agentic AI set to transform pricing strategies in grocery sector Grocers must get ready to compete for two fundamentally different types of online shoppers, Bain & Company has claimed: humans and AI agents.
14 July 2026
Leadership division a key barrier to AI success As organisations struggle to realise value, yet another study has found that just one-in-ten are actually using it at a “truly transformative level”.
09 July 2026
AI gives with one hand and takes with the other for entry-level roles Various sources contend that artificial intelligence is leading to an employment crunch for graduates.
01 July 2026
A third of professional services leaders say poor data is blocking effective AI adoption New UK research from Dayshape suggests professional services firms may have an AI readiness problem.
30 June 2026
Roland Berger says humanoid robot manufacturing could be $750 billion market by 2035 The preserve of dystopian science-fiction for the best part of a century, a new study from Roland Berger claims that humanoid robots are on the verge of moving from the prototype phase to industrial-
29 June 2026
CIOs signal operating model gap with their AI ambitions Nearly four-in-five UK technology leaders report strong or very strong demand for AI from their business, according to new research from technology consultancy Wavestone.
26 June 2026
Why 80% of AI projects are failing to deliver value Most large organisations are mistaking AI adoption for AI transformation in programme delivery, according to a new white paper from SmartCo.
25 June 2026
AI hiring and wages in UK surge as they outpace jobs market Specialist AI job postings surged by 61% in the UK during 2025, rising by 68,000.
23 June 2026
Women leaders more confident firms can handle AI disruption New data launched from global management consultancy AlixPartners has found a consistent gap between how women and men in senior leadership view AI.
22 June 2026
AI projects often don’t come past pilot stage, finds Valliance study As AI spending comes under scrutiny from investors, consultants are making the case that the fault may not be with the technology, but a poor understanding of how to measure impact on pilots.
09 June 2026
Three-quarters of finance leaders deploying AI tools in work A new report from KPMG claims three-quarters of finance teams are now using AI in their tasks.
28 May 2026
AI roll out could stall as public opinion remains divided Over the last three years, headlines have been dominated by excited coverage of the potential of artificial intelligence – but in spite of this, public support is far from unanimous.
19 May 2026
One-fifth of organisations account for three-quarters of AI-driven ROI New research suggests that while many firms are stuck in AI pilot mode, those pushing ahead account for 74% of all AI-driven returns.
08 May 2026
Bosses overlook organisational focus in AI adoption As the pace of AI adoption speeds up across the world, organisations are ramping up their investments into AI training and enablement for employees, but may be turning a blind eye to the impact that
04 May 2026
Deltek: Consulting firms move into the next phase of digital and AI maturity Professional services firms in the UK are entering a new phase of digital maturity, moving beyond experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) to embedding it throughout the project lifecycle, lea
22 April 2026
Culture and operational readiness are holding back AI roll-outs Two-thirds of organisations are investing heavily in AI, yet 61% of leaders say they now feel more pressure than a year ago to prove ROI from those investments.
22 April 2026
The future of consulting in the AI age: technology is ready, organisations are not As consulting firms pile pressure on partners to adopt AI into every aspect of their work, new research from Ajuno suggests that companies will not see the technology’s true benefits until they move
13 April 2026
Companies losing nearly 30% of all investments in business transformation Business transformation is a difficult process, with a mounting pile of research showing the majority of plans fail to deliver their intended value.
09 April 2026
Financial services firms find siloed data standing in the way of AI rollout New research, based on interviews with 400 senior executives across major financial institutions, has found that as the sector tries to scale its AI implementation, siloed data is the biggest barrier
19 March 2026
Most communications AI transformations trapped at experimental phase Having been swept up in the AI-ferver of the last three years, the majority of companies have sought to mainline the technology into their communication functions.
13 March 2026
Government must do more than lean on AI to restore public trust Trust in the UK government has fallen dramatically in the last year, with net trust at -50% when it comes to the state delivering the outcomes the public wants.
05 March 2026

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