Manufacturing businesses today are facing significant challenges: Rising costs Labour shortages Supply chain disruptions Compliance requirements Increasing customer expectations With all of this pressure, many manufacturers know they need to modernise their systems, but don’t know where to start or how to do it without disrupting operations. At Target Integration, we specialise in helping manufacturers…
Baringa, the UK-based management consultancy, recently published its Top 10 Technology Trends reshaping financial services report, and its central argument deserves the attention of every mortgage broker, wealth manager, and credit union operating in the UK and Ireland today. The message is direct: legacy technology is no longer just a cost problem. It has become…
IFEX 2026 has officially wrapped up, and what a fantastic few days it was. From the moment the doors opened, there was a real energy across the exhibition floor. It was brilliant to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new food and drink manufacturers, and have open conversations about the challenges and opportunities shaping the sector…
UK and Irish manufacturers are facing rising costs and economic uncertainty. Despite these challenges, the focus is shifting towards strategic growth, digital innovation, and diversification. The Executive Survey 2026 from Make UK, in association with PwC UK, highlights a wave of optimism among manufacturers, with nearly two-thirds of companies believing that the opportunities ahead outweigh…
There is a peculiar tension at the heart of how we talk about artificial intelligence today. On one side, you have the headlines; breathless, urgent, occasionally apocalyptic. On the other, you have the engineers and developers quietly building these systems, rolling their eyes at the coverage before getting back to work. The gap between those…
Somewhere between the dot-com crash of 2000 and the NFT collapse of 2022, investors learned a lesson that apparently needs relearning every decade or so: not every transformative technology produces proportionate returns, and not every high valuation reflects genuine underlying value. AI is now the subject of that same uncomfortable question. Is the current wave of investment…
When most people interact with an AI tool, they experience it as software. You type something, a response appears. It feels lightweight, instant, almost ethereal. That experience is a remarkably effective illusion. Behind every AI interaction is a chain of physical infrastructure that is neither lightweight nor cheap: vast data centres consuming industrial quantities of…
There is a version of the AI conversation that happens in boardrooms and at industry conferences, and there is a version that happens in development team stand-ups and code review threads. These are not the same conversation. The boardroom version tends to be about transformation, competitive advantage, and strategic positioning. The development team version tends…
Artificial intelligence has moved far beyond simple chatbots and scripted automation. Modern AI agents can complete real tasks inside real systems with accuracy, speed and consistency. They can analyse data, connect with applications, trigger workflows, and support human teams across finance, operations, manufacturing, customer service and much more. For many organisations the question is no longer whether they should…
The development landscape is experiencing transformative changes. From groundbreaking protocols standardising AI integrations to revolutionary shifts in how developers write code, the tech ecosystem is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Our dev team has been closely monitoring these developments, and here’s what’s capturing our attention this month. The Model Context Protocol: A USB-C Moment for AI The Model…
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