Excel stories

Microsoft unveils Microsoft 365 E7 Frontier Suite, bundling Copilot and Agent 365 from 1 May at USD $99 and USD $15 per user.

Microsoft shifts Copilot from assistant to AI agents and unveils the E7 Frontier Suite to bundle automation, security and governance.

Anthropic upgrades Claude Cowork with private plugin marketplaces, richer admin controls and Office-linked workflows for enterprise teams.

London fintech Stacks raises USD $23m to scale AI-driven finance automation as it launches Flux tool for faster close and reporting.

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with major coding and computer-use upgrades, keeping pricing flat at USD $3 and USD $15 per million tokens.

Leadership and communication top 2026 workplace learning as employees prioritise human and business skills alongside rising AI adoption.

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.

Big banks and AI leaders signal they will layer new AI tools on top of, not instead of, core enterprise software systems.

Finance teams clinging to spreadsheets risk cash flow chaos, poor forecasting and lost talent as automated AR tools rapidly raise the bar.

Kaleidoscope.com urges UK firms to treat mid-January as the real start of Q1 planning, warning December forecasts are built on distorted data.

Finance teams ditch manual spreadsheets for integrated, real-time platforms as tighter 2026 reporting demands reshape core processes.

Solcoro has launched a real-time dashboard to help Jira Cloud users monitor system health and enhance performance globally with easy toolchain integration.

A study shows 63% of European firms are early in digitalising maintenance, despite 92% recognising the benefits of predictive, connected systems.

Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years as a vital tool for UK SMEs, with 88% of finance leaders endorsing AI to enhance rather than replace it.

Insurers urged to modernise spreadsheet use for Solvency II, adopting no-code platforms to enhance compliance and reduce risks in regulatory reporting.

Seventy percent of CFOs still rely on Excel for finance despite risks of costly errors, data breaches, and lack of control over critical financial data.

AI and automation boost retail analysts' roles and job satisfaction, but outdated data methods still hinder full benefits, says new Alteryx report.

Velixo has secured significant investment from Elephant in a Series A funding round, aimed at bolstering its ERP-connected reporting capabilities within Excel.

Sourcetable has launched the world's first AI-driven spreadsheet, promising to revolutionise data analysis for the 750 million global users of spreadsheets.

Researchers from HP have uncovered a rise in fake CAPTCHA challenges used by cybercriminals to install malware, exploiting users' increased online click tolerance.