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The C-suiteAgenda Can ChatGPT betrusted to authorour laws? Experts warn the use of AI mayundermine financial reportingHow economic pressures are The C-suiteAgenda Why paymentsecurity should be a Inside the industrial strategy ‘B Corp doesn’tneed to be perfect –just principled Distributed in Energy subsidies for heavy industries, new skills initiativesand a renewed focus on improving home-grown tech expertise Businesses are withdrawing support forthe certification. Can B Lab tighten its Payment security is now a strategic leadership priority, essentialfor building trust, ensuring compliance, preventing fraud and lion workers in “essential AI skillsby 2030. This is in addition to thepreviouslyannounced tech-firstskills programme, which will pro-vide £187m for better digital-skillseducationin classrooms and up- Contributors Sam BirchallStaff writer at Raconteur,focusing on the innerworkings of the financefunction and the trendsshaping the future offinancial leadership.Tamlin MageeSenior technology writer atRaconteur. He's interestedin big ideas shapingbusiness tech and theimpact of new technologieson people and society. mentrevealeditslong-awaitedindustrialstrategy.Included in the whitepaperare several flagship,inter-I high score in one category can offsetweakerperformance in another,which creates inconsistencies in de-fining what it means to be a B Corp. Devolved beyond simple buy-and-sell activity. Today, theyarecomplex ecosystems handlingdiverse payment methods and transac- The strategy outlines an AI adop-tion fund, which will facilitate thedevelopment of cutting-edge AI infirms that display high-growth po-tential, as well as a sovereign AIunit, which will work with the Brit-ish Business Bank to invest in data,compute and talent for UK AI capa- their parent company’s work withthe oil and gas giant Shell. Eventhough the agencies didn’t directlywork with Shell, B Lab insisted thatthe brand association was enough The government says the strategywill support some of the UK’s high-est-growth sectors. Eight in particu-lar are set to benefit: advanced man-ufacturing, clean energy, creative “Part of this effort includes the col-lection and analysis of a greater amountof customer data to better understandand predict potential security threats,” phased out. Companies will instead The message was clear: performa- standards across seven core areas,from environmental stewardship tohuman rights.The hope is that this shift will pro- Energy is central to the industrialstrategy and action on this frontwillbe welcome news for re-source-intensive industries. Whole-sale electricity costs in the UK arehigh, especially compared with the Marketplaces are also investing addi-tionallegal and technical resources the start of 2025 have renewed thedebate about whether B Lab is stick-duce more consistent standards forB Corps by creating entry barriers Lastly, the government will estab-lish quantum hubs in Glasgow andEdinburgh to help ready the coun-tryfor quantum computing,andprovide funding for skills related to security tools are increasingly essen-tial.“The effectiveness of one’s AIversusthat of potential attackersbecomes crucial,” says Skwarczek.G2A.COM, for example, has deployedForter to block fraud and optimise pay-ments for its 35 million users globally.The solution uses AI to detect pat-terns across vast datasets and makereal-time identity-based decisions forknown and unknown forms of fraud,helping to secure transactions whileminimising friction for customers.By following these steps, leaders canembed payment security deeply intoorganisational governance, making it acentral consideration in decision-mak-ingprocesses and aligning it withbroader business objectives.This reduces the chance of customertrustloss and reputational damage,and protects against costly penaltiesfromdata breaches and regulatorynon-compliance.Asecure,scalableenvironmentis now a crucial differentiator in anincreasingly competitive marketplace, work,how they’re enforced andwhat happens when companies fallshort. Case studies, third-party au- Industrypartners,such as theQuantum Strategic Advisory Board,AIEnergy Council,and CyberGrowth Partnership, will play an im- Through a new industrial compet-itiveness scheme, such costs will becutby£40 per megawatt hour.Other energy-intensive sectors willenjoyreduced electricity network Design and illustrationKellie JerrardJames Lampard attention of the leadership team. Thestrategyhighlightsthestrength of the UK’s cybersecurityindustry,calling Darktrace,NCC tory must be developed.“These strategies not only protect cus-tomers, users and their transactions, but Achieving robust securityTo effectively embed payment security Commercialproduction managersAlex DatcuAudrey Davy speed up grid connections for heavy book energy capacity in advance.Further details on eligibility will beannounced pending an upcomingconsultation,but the announce-ingtech.The industrial strategyprovides further deta