The latest corporate news on Microsoft in the UK
Microsoft has opened a new office in Manchester as part of a plan to build a “strong base” in the north of England. The company has 100 staff based in Manchester and they will use the seventh floor of NEO, a 12-storey building in the city centre built by commercial … Read more »
A butterfly recorder from Northern Ireland has beaten hundreds of thousands of data experts to be named the second-best Microsoft Excel user in the world. Sam Millar (above right), who lives in Belfast, took home a cheque for $3,500 after he was named runner-up in the Excel category of the … Read more »
Microsoft has joined a UK-wide group that aims to enable older adults to remain in their own home and reduce the country’s £20 billion annual social care bill. The technology company has teamed up with the Agile Ageing Alliance (AAA), a social business made up of more than 600 private … Read more »
More than 100 people from Microsoft, SwiftKey, Microsoft Research and LinkedIn have taken part in this year’s Pride in London. It was the ninth year that Microsoft has taken part in the annual event, which attracts tens of thousands of participants and more than a million spectators. Staff were joined … Read more »
A new Government service that gives companies more control over their apprenticeship schemes in a bid to boost skills has been launched using Azure. The Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), an Executive Agency of the Department for Education (DfE), has unveiled the apprenticeship service, which is designed to be … Read more »
Microsoft’s vision for AI (artificial intelligence) is about people. It’s about amplifying human ingenuity through intelligent technology that will reason with, understand and interact with people and, together with people, help us solve some of society’s most fundamental challenges. This was the message shared earlier today at an event in … Read more »
The UK’s history of embracing technology and innovation means its capital is well placed to benefit from the “fourth industrial revolution”, the Chief Executive of Microsoft UK has said. Cindy Rose was “optimistic” about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud computing could change people’s lives for the better. However, … Read more »
Police have arrested four people in the UK as part of an operation to crack down on fraudsters who pretend to work for technology companies such as Microsoft. A 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old women were held by Surrey and Sussex Police’s Cyber Crime Unit in Woking on suspicion of … Read more »
London Tech Week featured conferences, showcases and forums aimed at helping startups, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, students and companies. Microsoft was a headline partner of the event, which featured speakers such as Cindy Rose, the company’s UK CEO, and Ben Medlock, the founder of SwiftKey. Here’s what happened: … Read more »
Microsoft has celebrated the release of the Surface Studio, Surface Laptop and Surface Pro in the UK by holding a rooftop event at John Lewis in Oxford Street, London. Those who attended, including celebrities such as singer Una Healy, could try out the new Surfaces and see artwork created on … Read more »
Four teams from the UK have won places at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup final, where they will battle it out with developers from across the world for prizes worth more than $200,000. The students will join 50 other teams at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, in the US, next month to present … Read more »
Skype has unveiled the next generation of its popular service, with new features to help people chat, call and share. It has been completely rebuilt, giving users the power to personalise their experience on mobile and desktop. One feature of the new Skype allows people involved in a conversation to … Read more »
Online shoppers can now get money off music, films and Microsoft products just by using the company’s search engine, after its loyalty scheme was launched in the UK. Microsoft Rewards gives people points for searching the internet with Bing, as well as shopping at the firm’s online store, taking daily … Read more »
This week on Windows, we’re coming to you from Microsoft Build in Seattle to talk about what’s coming for Windows 10. … Read more »
By Anna Smee You don’t need to be a tech expert to know there’s a digital skills gap in the UK, costing our economy billions of pounds every year. If we look at society more broadly, a Government report suggested there is a wider skills gap that could result in … Read more »
Tamer Ozmen is Services Lead at Microsoft UK, helping companies across the country digitally transform to improve how they work. We sat down with him to talk about his role, his aims and his favourite bit of tech. Name: Tamer Ozmen (@tamerozmen) Role: UK Area Services Lead Lives: London Family: … Read more »
The technology sector needs men and women who have passion and energy as well as digital skills, the head of Microsoft UK has told schoolgirls. Cindy Rose spoke to hundreds of students at Microsoft’s UK headquarters as part of a DigiGirlz event, which aims to encourage more young women to … Read more »
This week on Windows, we look at all the news from the big Microsoft education event, including the debut of Windows 10 S, Surface Laptop, big education updates for Microsoft Teams, Hololens and more. … Read more »
Our #MicrosoftEDU event starts at 2:30pm (UK time) today. When technology and education come together, possibility becomes reality. #MicrosoftEDU pic.twitter.com/gEo8Volfr1 — Microsoft (@Microsoft) May 2, 2017 … Read more »
An application that makes it easier for people to donate money to charity has won its creators a place at the Imagine Cup final, where they will compete to win $100,000. Donaco uses artificial intelligence to place pop-up boxes next to relevant news articles that allow readers to instantly give … Read more »
A US-based charity that provides free lawyers to children in immigration courts has branched out into the UK. Kids in Need of Defense, which was founded by Microsoft President Brad Smith and actress Angelina Jolie, will use professional lawyers in this country to give legal advice and representation to tens … Read more »
Microsoft is hiding eggs on its online store that give shoppers special offers, as part of a spring sale. Two eggs will be placed in different locations on the Microsoft UK Store this weekend, which will give customers promotional codes that they can use when buying products. One code will … Read more »
Prime Minister Theresa May has hailed the “amazing work” being done by Microsoft, during a recent visit to the company’s UK headquarters. The PM reiterated the country’s “valued relationship” with the technology firm after being shown how artificial intelligence and products such as mixed-reality headset HoloLens allow businesses and organisations … Read more »
Microsoft recently held its first ever Women’s Wellness event, which focused on how to keep your mind and body fit and healthy inside and outside the office. Those sharing their thoughts included Olympic gold-medal-winning hockey player Crista Cullen, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Clare McDonnell and Microsoft UK’s Senior Human Resources … Read more »
Companies in the UK are suffering from a cloud skills gender gap that could harm their business as firms transform to meet the demands of a digital world, research by Microsoft has found. The survey of technical and IT leaders – entitled Microsoft Cloud Skills Report: Closing the Cloud Skills … Read more »
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