Contributor and Tech Writer, British Business Review
Mark Foster is a contributor and tech writer at British Business Review, covering UK startups, AI adoption, and the technology companies building Britain's next generation of scaleups. He reports on funding rounds, product launches, and the founders and engineers driving the UK tech sector forward.
He writes most often about what is already running in production — factory-floor AI, retail personalisation systems, licensed fintech — and how those deployments compare with the sector's public narrative.
Nielsen's $2.15bn acquisition of DoubleVerify puts ad verification at the centre of AI-driven media buying. What UK advertisers and agencies need to know.
From Tesco Clubcard to John Lewis's £800m AI push, UK retailers are betting on personalisation ahead of the trading period that decides their year.
Predictive maintenance adoption among UK manufacturers more than doubled in a year. Here's what the data shows — and why skills, not budget, is now the bottleneck.
London AI startups raised $12bn in the first seven months of 2026. Here's what's actually driving the city's AI cluster.
AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle will face direct UK financial-sector oversight under the critical third party regime.
One year into Britain's industrial strategy, the focus is shifting from policy commitments to whether high-growth sectors can attract sustained investment.
The UK has updated its Regulation Action Plan, putting pressure on regulators to reduce compliance costs while preserving core protections.