NatWest research reported by ITPro finds 83% of London businesses say AI is delivering efficiency gains and 81% report stronger innovation, similar to the South East but ahead of the wider UK. Just 24% of UK AI adopters overall have reached an advanced stage where AI is embedded in core processes, with most limited to basic tasks like summarisation. Company size, not geography, is the bigger driver: firms with 100+ staff are nearly twice as likely to use AI as smaller ones (67% vs 36%). Findings are specifically about the UK regional AI adoption divide
