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Vardonne Intelligence

Insights

A monthly brief on AI in UK organisations, a library of use cases in production, and reference guides kept current. Every figure is sourced and dated.

No.01 The brief · September 2026 More firms use AI. Few use it deeply. A third of UK firms with ten or more staff now use AI, up from one in eight in autumn 2023. One in ten of them uses it extensively. The gap worth watching is no longer adoption; it is depth, and the distance from a pilot to something the business runs on. Read the brief

Reference guides

Five pieces we keep current, each with a diagram and its sources.

  1. IThe production gapWhy pilots stop, what production means, and the five gates between an idea and a system the business depends on.
  2. IIAI governance for biddersThe Procurement Act 2023, PPN 017 on AI transparency, PPN 014 on Cyber Essentials, and the governance pack a bidder should hold.
  3. IIIThe AI registerA field-by-field template for the register every firm using AI should keep, with the data protection and management-system expectations behind it.
  4. IVBuild, buy or referA decision flow for configuring what you have, buying, referring to a specialist, or building, and the costs each one hides.
  5. VThe regulatory mapThe UK AI Playbook’s ten principles, data protection, and the EU AI Act’s reach and revised dates, on one page.

Use cases in production

24 systems in live use, 6 industries, each with its source, its reported outcome in the owner’s words, and what it takes.

11 of 24 publish a measured outcome, 5 publish usage only, 8 publish no figure
  • 11 publish a measured outcome
  • 5 publish usage only
  • 8 publish no figure

How this is made

Figures come from the primary source wherever one exists, and each is cited with its date. Where Vardonne has derived a figure, the page says so and says how. Commercial data is labelled as commercial. Analysis is marked as ours. A correction is made in place and noted; write to hello@vardonne.com if you find something wrong.

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