Friday, 9 October 2026
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The Brief

Channel news with a view. The facts, what it means and the quote that matters, in about three minutes.

NatWest Group

NatWest puts UK business AI use at 44% and finds size beats region

Nvidia

Nvidia moves AI agent containment out of the model and into the silicon

Meta

Meta opens an enterprise AI arm with MongoDB’s chief executive in charge

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cyber Essentials passes 61,000 certificates, mostly renewals

Digital Space

Digital Space promotes Wendy Broughton to chief sales officer

Cirata

Cirata warns 2026 breakeven may slip as one partner’s outlook changes

CyberMaxx

CyberMaxx buys Avertium to add Microsoft security skills

Sophos

Sophos survey says MSPs act as CISO for almost half their customers

Nebius

Nebius raises on-demand GPU prices from 1 October

HubSpot

HubSpot adds ChatGPT Ads campaigns to its CRM in beta

Openreach

Openreach prices its PSTN safety net and adds broadband retention

IBM

IBM buys UK defense security consultancy Logiq Consulting

TD Synnex

TD Synnex posts record quarter and pitches AI factories to the channel

Great Place To Work UK

Softcat, TD Synnex and Westcon-Comstor make UK tech workplaces list

Raspberry Pi Holdings

Raspberry Pi’s early memory buy pays off as first-half revenue rises 90%

Microsoft

Microsoft puts advanced Copilot work on metered credits

Revolut

Revolut pilots facial recognition checkout with 0% merchant fees

Meta

Meta gives Prospect access to 5,000 UK staff ahead of October law change

Civo

UK IT leaders want out of US clouds but only 15% have moved, Civo finds

Nscale

Nscale’s Loughton AI site slips as 315 data centers queue for the grid