SME Online Forum: British Standards Institute

On 16 September 2026, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her State of the EU address. This annual speech, first introduced in 2010, is delivered before the European Parliament and is meant to ensure transparency in the EU's political life while highlighting the EU Commission's key priorities.

The CMA has published a policy paper ‘Public procurement in the national interest: Reflections from the CMA’, setting out findings from a two-year work programme on how competitive market dynamics can support UK economic growth and the government's industrial strategy.

Ofcom has published a call for evidence on women and girls' online safety, asking services, civil society, researchers and academics to submit evidence on how experiences of gender-based harm online have changed since the regulator's its "A Safer Life Online for Women and Girls" Guidance was published in November 2025.

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