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(Sharecast News) - UK companies are increasingly hiring temporary workers instead of permanent staff because of low confidence in the economy and higher cost pressures, according to a report. Recruiters reported a strong increase in offers of temporary roles in May, according to new research from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). - Guardian
Bogus insurance claims worth more than 230m were detected by the insurance firm Aviva last year as scammers tried new tricks including using artificial intelligence to fake car accident scenes, documents and to exaggerate damage. The insurer identified more than 18,400 suspect claims across its brands in 2025, with a combined value of 233m. The fraud claims level was a record for the insurer, although this was the first year that it included the Direct Line brands it acquired last summer. - Guardian
The private equity firm founded by investor Guy Hands is among prospective bidders for hundreds of venues being sold by Britain's biggest pub chain. Terra Firma Capital Partners, which Mr Hands founded in 2002, is said to be plotting a 300m offer for some 300 freehold pubs that have been put up for sale by Stonegate. - Telegraph
The billionaire tech exile behind one of Russia's biggest companies has pledged to invest almost 2bn in Britain's AI data centre building spree. Arkady Volozh, who co-founded Yandex and is worth an estimated $7bn, said he planned to more than triple the company's UK headcount and spend almost 1.7bn on three new data centres around the country. Mr Volozh will make the investment through his company, the 50bn US-listed AI giant Nebius, which was carved off from Yandex in 2024 in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - Telegraph
Hybrid Air Vehicles, a government-backed aerospace business aiming to "transform what aircraft can do'', has been delayed in securing the 310 million it needs to reach commercial production despite securing more than 1.6 billion worth of orders. The Bedford-based company, which has developed the Airlander, a hybrid of an aircraft and an airship, said in newly filed accounts for 2025 that it had a $7 billion sales "pipeline" and $2.2 billion (1.65 billion) worth of reserved orders. - The Times
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