Edinburgh the UK’s second biggest hub for tech start-ups
Edinburgh is the UK’s second largest hub for fledgling technology companies, according to a body that promotes investment in Scotland. Read Complete Article
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Trade mark reform and ‘living wage’ among big changes for retailers
FOCUS: New EU trade mark rules, changes to the minimum wage laws and a new regulatory regime for internet payments are among the legal and regulatory changes retailers need to […]
Continue Reading →‘Out’ vote in referendum would introduce regulatory uncertainty, but increased lobbying opportunity, says expert
FOCUS: Businesses in highly regulated industries such as financial services or air transport may have to submit to a whole new regulatory process or move to another EU country if […]
Continue Reading →Three promises to work with rivals if merger approved
CK Hutchison, the owner of the Three mobile network, has promised to work with its rivals on sharing mast networks to maintain competition in the UK market if the European […]
Continue Reading →‘Discriminatory’ telecoms rules impacting on competition, innovation and consumers, says mobile industry body
Existing telecoms laws are “discriminatory” and have a negative impact on competition, innovation and consumers, a mobile industry body has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Europe introduces rules to fight falsified medicines
New safety measures are to be introduced to the packaging of medicine in Europe, including a unique identifier and tamper-evident features. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Case not yet made for ‘bulk personal datasets’ under UK surveillance laws, says committee
The UK government has still to demonstrate that intelligence and security agencies in the country need to obtain ‘bulk personal datasets’ (BPDs) to preserve national security, a parliamentary committee has […]
Continue Reading →European Commission to use cloud-based infrastructure to host its systems
The European Commission has awarded contracts to a number of suppliers of cloud-based services ahead of moving some of its systems to the cloud later this year. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Businesses can expect German competition authority to take a more active interest in online markets, says expert
Businesses can expect Germany’s main competition authority to take a more active interest in online markets in future, an expert has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Scottish oil and gas industry to focus on supply chain as part of refreshed strategy
Scotland should aim to become a worldwide ‘centre of excellence’ for oil and gas related services including subsea technology, digital services and decommissioning, according to a new strategy for the […]
Continue Reading →Agreement aimed at delivering superfast broadband connectivity to new build homes as manufacturers highlight internet needs
BT-owned telecoms network infrastructure business Openreach and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) have agreed a deal to deliver ‘superfast’ broadband connectivity to new build homes. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →High-frequency trading to be caught by extension of accountability rules, FCA says
Algorithmic and high-frequency traders will be subject to new rules intended to make it easier for regulators to hold them personally accountable for failures, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has […]
Continue Reading →Virgin Media calls on Commission to allow O2, Three merger
Virgin Media has called for the European Commission to allow CK Hutchison, owner of the Three mobile network, to buy O2. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →China outspends EU on research and development
China spent more on research and development as a percentage of GDP than the European Union in 2014, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Read Complete […]
Continue Reading →EU legislation could force countries to allocate 700 MHz spectrum band to mobile services by mid-2020
New legislation could force EU countries to make sure the 700 MHz band of spectrum is made exclusively available for mobile services by the middle of 2020. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →UK wins support from nine other EU countries on reforms to EU telecoms rules
Calls the UK government has made to the European Commission on reforming EU rules on electronic communications have won support from nine other EU countries. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Ofcom raises concerns over Three/O2 merger with EU regulator
The UK’s telecoms regulator has raised concerns with the European Commission over the proposed merger of Three and O2. The Commission is currently reviewing the transaction under its merger control […]
Continue Reading →Communication providers should not have to decrypt messages encrypted by others under new surveillance laws, say MPs
New UK surveillance laws should not impose obligations on communication providers to decrypt messages sent over their networks if they have not added the encryption to those messages, a committee […]
Continue Reading →UK raises concern about EU consumer law plans on trade of data for digital content
The UK government has warned that EU proposals to extend consumer protection rules to businesses that supply digital content for free in return for access to consumers’ data could “unduly […]
Continue Reading →Most of the world still dependent on cash, new research finds
Most people in the world are still dependent on using cash for making basic payments, meaning that benefits such as reduced costs and greater speed of transactions are being missed […]
Continue Reading →UCL launches £50m investment fund to help commercialise research
University College London (UCL) has set up a £50 million investment fund, which it will use to support its academics whose research “has commercial potential”. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →UK legislates to support ratification of Unified Patent Court reforms
The UK government has prepared legislation to give effect to EU legislation on the unitary patent and to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which backs the creation […]
Continue Reading →No new ‘competition rulebook’ necessary for big data age, says EU commissioner
There is no need for new competition rules to be drawn up to account for the importance of data to businesses in today’s digital age, the EU’s competition commissioner has […]
Continue Reading →Guidance not regulation will help the collaborative economy, says UK government
More guidance should be issued on how existing legislation applies to the so-called ‘collaborative economy’, the UK government has said. Read Complete Article
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