Unit4 launches "AI for Your World", a commitment-free initiative for the mid-market. Jul 09, 2026, 03:00 ET LONDON, July 9, 2026 /CNW/ - Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organisations, today announced that new and existing Unit4 ERP customers can trial its AI capabilities built for their service-centric industries, commitment-free, if they register before December 2026. Unit4 intends to empower the mid-market to harness AI for innovation, reduction of manual, repetitive tasks, improve decision-making and build tangible business use cases for AI, giving time back for work that matters most. At the end of the initiative on 31st August 2027, customers can either move to a subscription for Unit4's AI capabilities or stop using the technology, but Unit4 believes ongoing experimentation is crucial to fulfill AI's potential for the mid-market. As part of "AI for Your World," customers will have access to its Advanced Virtual Agent (Ava) which responds to natural language requests through tools such as Microsoft Teams, bringing tasks to users and providing guidance and insights without the need to switch applications. The AI capabilities will work across the whole Unit4 ERPx platform, covering finance, HR and people, procurement and project management processes. Customers will have full access to Unit4's AI tools with a generous fair use cap, set high enough to enable everyday use without exceeding the limit, meaning there are no surprise costs. To use these AI capabilities with no commitment to buy a subscription, new and existing customers must sign up before 31st December 2026 and can stop using it at any time before the deadline of 31st August 2027. "The mid-market has always been an engine of growth for economies around the world, and we want to help build a new generation of AI-enabled mid-market champions," said Simon Paris, CEO, Unit4. "The "AI for Your World" initiative underlines our commitment to helping our customers experiment with AI functionality without concerns about contractual obligations. We believe this commitment-free approach will be a trigger to accelerate innovation and productivity, giving teams time back for the work that matters most." The Unit4 approach to AI is built around four principles: * Designed for your world: Most ERP systems record what has happened. ERPx understands what it means because of its 40 years of industry context which is built into its foundations, not bolted on. That's what makes it a system of reason: customers go live faster on pre-built vertical workflows and get an ERP that reasons from the meaning up, not one they must configure from scratch. * You stay in control: Governance is built into the architecture, not bolted on afterwards. Every action stays inside your rules, enforced by a policy, threshold and delegation engine, as well being attributable to a named human and fully reconstructible. This makes audits painless, while data is protected through tenant isolation, data residency and no public-LLM training. * It gets smarter over time: ERPx learns the more it is involved in tasks, so every cycle (engagement, grant, term, payroll) feeds the model, per-tenant and in-jurisdiction. Ava orchestrates agents across finance, projects and people for one co-ordinated view and vertical pattern recognition ensures problems surface early. * Built for what's next: AI is constantly evolving, which is why Unit4 has designed its approach to be model agnostic. The business context layer sits apart from any single model, so new capabilities plug in instead of forcing a rebuild, while the control plane absorbs new regulators and governance frameworks. "AI will only be effective for mid-market organisations if it is embedded in an intelligent core that is fluent in the language of our customers' industries," added Claus Jepsen, CTO, Unit4. "They have a head start using our AI with ERPx because it has been designed with their needs in mind. It becomes smarter the more involved it gets in work, ensuring institutional memory lives in the system and accelerates productivity. It is auditable and data is protected so our customers can be confident of compliance with regulatory frameworks, and it is model-agnostic to avoid lock-in to one LLM approach." About Unit4 Unit4's next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions power many of the world's mid-market organisations, bringing together the capabilities of Financials, Procurement, Project Management, HR, and FP&A to share real-time information, and deliver greater insights to help organisations become more effective. By combining our mid-market expertise with a relentless focus on people, we've built flexible solutions to meet customers' unique and changing needs. Unit4 serves more than 4,700 customers globally across a number of sectors including professional services, nonprofit and public sector, with customers including Southampton City Council, Metro Vancouver, Buro Happold, Devoteam, Norwegian Refugee Council, Global Green Growth Institute and Oxfam America. For further information visit www.unit4.com. SOURCE UNIT4 Paul Tasker, SVP Marketing, [email protected], +447483978946

Unit4 has launched "AI for Your World", allowing new and existing ERP customers to trial its AI capabilities commitment-free if they register before December 2026. The initiative runs until 31st August 2027, after which customers can either subscribe or discontinue use. The offering includes access to Unit4's Advanced Virtual Agent (Ava), which responds to natural language requests through tools like Microsoft Teams. The AI capabilities work across Unit4's ERPx platform, covering finance, HR, procurement and project management processes. Unit4 CEO Simon Paris said the mid-market has been "an engine of growth for economies around the world" and the company wants to help build "a new generation of AI-enabled mid-market champions". The commitment-free approach aims to accelerate innovation and productivity whilst eliminating concerns about contractual obligations. Unit4 serves more than 4,700 customers globally across professional services, non-profit and public sectors.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council moves to Unit4 from rivals. June 25, 2026 Unit4 has announced that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council has selected Unit4 ERPx and Unit4 FP&A to replace its legacy solutions. The contract, awarded in January 2026, had a value of just over £1 million and surprisingly only had a single tender. The project will see ERPX replace several legacy solutions. These are likely to include solutions from both Infor and TechnologyOne, which were in place in 2015, according to a Freedom of Information request. In replacing the legacy application, the Council aims to improve transparency and governance and also reduce its infrastructure dependency in a move to cloud-based Software. The Council also selected Embridge Consulting, Unit4's UK Public Sector go-to-market partner to lead the implementation. Embridge has a solid portfolio of successful public sector ERP implementations, including Warwickshire County Council and Surrey County Council. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is one of England's largest unitary authorities by land area, serving about 342,000 residents across 26 largely rural wards. It is also the area's largest employer, with more than 10,000 staff delivering over 600 services, including education, social care, housing, highways, planning and environmental services. Paul Simpson, Interim Executive Director of Corporate Resources, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, commented, "Moving to the Cloud is a significant step in modernising our finance systems and supporting the Council's wider transformation ambitions. By implementing Unit4 ERPx and Unit4 FP&A, we will have a flexible, integrated and data-driven platform that improves transparency, strengthens financial management and provides greater confidence in financial reporting. "This investment will help reduce manual administration, improve efficiency and allow staff to spend less time processing information and more time supporting services. Ultimately, it will help the Council make the best use of taxpayers' money and ensure resources are focused on delivering the services residents rely on." Why Unit4 and Embridge Consulting. East Riding recognised that the UNIt4 solution provides a modern and flexible platform that the Council could implement. It was not about retaining existing processes but modernising both the technology and processes to meet its commitments today and in the future. The Council recognised that the project was not just about implementing the technology it was a business transformation project that would include organisational change. It is an approach that Embridge Consulting uses for all its projects. Embridge Consulting states, "Technology provides the foundation, but it's how people adopt, use and evolve it that determines whether change delivers real value." As a business transformation consultancy, Embridge Consulting is well placed to deliver the change the organisation needs. The Council is aiming to develop a scalable, future-proof platform to support controlled transformation, improve data validation and move away from bespoke, heavily customised finance systems. East Riding will also benefit from Unit4's years of experience in the public sector, including Unit4's pre-configured packages and testing and iterative design, Daniel Chilton, Chief Experience Officer, Embridge Consulting. "Moving to the Cloud is not just a technology change. It requires organisational change, modernised processes and emotionally intelligent leadership to help people evolve with confidence. Through our Elastic Change approach, we'll support East Riding of Yorkshire Council with clear milestones and expandable services that help deliver tangible progress in manageable stages, while making effective use of resources." The project. Unit4 called out several benefits the Council will enjoy once the project is complete. * Fewer manual workarounds due to more intuitive, automated processes which support the Council's vision for on-going transformation * Less employees reliant on the finance team to provide information thanks to self-service reporting * A single secure source of all relevant organisational data to enable real-time availability of information and insights * Improvements in the accuracy and transparency of financial planning cycles, and enhanced graphical visualisations and dashboards. Embridge Consulting will guide the Council's transformation through its Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) model, a core component of the Elastic Change "Expandable Services" framework. Leveraging deep sector knowledge, technical excellence, and emotionally intelligent leadership, Embridge will facilitate a staged rollout that redesigns the financial operating model, specifically refining the chart of accounts, reporting structures, and data architecture. Details of the phasing have not been made public, nor were the timescales for the project disclosed. Christoffer Crona, SVP Global Sales Public Sector, Unit4, commented, "We are looking forward to working with East Riding of Yorkshire Council which has clearly understood the benefits of moving to the Cloud. "With policy around local Government reform in flux it would not be surprising for local authorities to postpone key decisions for IT modernisation, but East Riding of Yorkshire Council shows the importance of prioritising transformation strategies. The move to Unit4 ERPx and Unit4 FP&A will enable much more than simply adopting next-generation finance systems, it will help give employees back time to serve the public." Enterprise times: what does this mean. This is a significant win for Unit4 and, importantly, sees it replace competitor (if legacy) software rather than upgrading an existing customer to the Cloud. As a significantly sized council, other councils will also take note of the win and success of the project. There are still several councils yet to move to the Cloud, and this win may help Unit4 and Embridge Consulting win business in future tenders. What was surprising was the apparent lack of responses to the tender, which was awarded via the CCS Framework Agreement G-Cloud14.