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At the Farnborough Airshow 2026, techUK convened defence leaders from government and industry to discuss how international collaboration can deliver at pace.

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.

It was announced today that pubs, bars, restaurants, music venues and other licensed premises across England and Wales will be able to introduce digital proof of age for alcohol sales under new rules coming into force on 15 September.

Welcome to Local public services innovation focus week! This week will feature blogs from techUK members in the run up to our Local public services innovation summit 2026 on Tuesday 15 September.

Lucy Yu's independent review into AI deployment in electricity networks, "The Grid We Need Now", was published alongside Government's "Vision for an AI-enabled clean energy system". Together, these two publications represent a significant milestone in policy development relating to how AI is applied within energy, ahead of a strategy from Government due later this year (2026).

The UK SPF Cluster 4 workshop brought regulators, operators and technical specialists together to debate whether the rules that govern sharing between GSO and NGSO satellite systems are still fit for purpose. With WRC-27 approaching, the conversation has moved beyond “incumbents versus newcomers” into a more complex question: how to protect existing services while enabling the next phase of satellite connectivity.

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Latest GDP figures (11 September) show that the tech sector is continuing to drive the UK's growth. Ahead of the Budget, techUK is calling on the Chancellor to double down on tech adoption.