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AI can do the typing. It can't sign the accounts.

AI can do the typing. It can't sign the accounts.

Back in January, a UKBF member called @Byzantium put up a complaint that'll sound familiar to a lot of business owners. He does his own books in Excel, properly - a chart of accounts matching what...

Lord Moore Lord Moore
Technology
What I Wish I'd Known Before Using AI in My Business

What I Wish I'd Known Before Using AI in My Business

Somewhere between the headlines promising AI will transform everything and the frustrated forum posts from people who've been let down by it, there's a more useful conversation to be had. Not "is...

Ozzy Ozzy
Sales & Marketing
Is AI Making the Internet Worse?

Is AI Making the Internet Worse?

It started with a comment about music. @JEREMY HAWKE , a courier business owner from Exeter and long-standing UKBF member, mentioned in passing that he'd been listening to something he enjoyed...

Ozzy Ozzy
Technology
The AI Divide: What UKBF Members Really Think in 2026

The AI Divide: What UKBF Members Really Think in 2026

Every few months on UK Business Forums, a thread appears that refuses to die. The "AI does have its uses" discussion — started back in February by long-standing moderator @fisicx — has now passed...

Ozzy Ozzy
Technology
AI, Virtual Influencers and the Copyright Minefield: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

AI, Virtual Influencers and the Copyright Minefield: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

I'll be upfront: this article was written with the assistance of an AI. The irony of asking Claude to write about AI and intellectual property is not lost on me, and I think it actually...

Ozzy Ozzy
Technology
AI and Your Business: Useful Tool, Not a Magic Wand

AI and Your Business: Useful Tool, Not a Magic Wand

There is no shortage of noise around artificial intelligence right now. Barely a week passes without a headline telling small business owners that AI will either transform their operations or make...

Ozzy Ozzy

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