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In February 2026 techUK hosted our first Scottish Parliament Reception kindly sponsored by Leidos. techUK members were joined by Clare Adamson MSP, who kindly hosted the event, and Scottish Government Minister for Business, Richard Lochhead MSP.

Read techUK's latest white paper, including executive summary

Launched in March 2026, this year-long initiative will discover how the UK can lead on the development and deployment of Frontier Compute technologies. 

techUK is seeking insights (articles) to be published as part of our brand-new Frontier Compute focus.

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Welcome to this week’s update on the fast-moving world of global trade, digital policy, and transatlantic relations. Here’s what’s shaping the global agenda right now.

Historic UK–US Pharmaceutical Partnership Signals Step Change for Health Regulation, Innovation and Investment

The Smart Data Strategy and the Transport Data Action Plan outline measures on access, standards, and protection to drive innovation, growth and better outcomes across UK transport.

Guest blog from Lilia Christofi, Partner at PWC.

Understand how government plans to strengthen security for enterprise connected devices and what this means for product development, compliance and market access. Gain early insight into emerging requirements and position your organisation to shape and respond to the UK’s evolving device security landscape.

One year on from the launch of the Home Office’s Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Strategy, this session highlighted the progress made in putting RDI at the centre of the Department’s policy and operational work.

On 25 March, techUK hosted a session of the Interoperability in Security and Public Safety Forum.

Read our insight on Defra’s new Land Use Framework, which marks a significant step forward in how government approaches one of the country’s most constrained and contested resources: land.

On Tuesday 17 March, techUK hosted IASME and the Ministry of Defence for a webinar on the Defence Cyber Certification and Cyber Security Model v4.

In March, I had the opportunity to attend the RSA Conference in San Francisco for the first time.

The Get Britain Working White Paper, which was co-authored by the secretaries of state for DWP, DHSC, DfE, and HMT, sets out plans to set the country on a path to bring down economic inactivity and improve employment outcomes.

On 3rd March techUK was thrilled to be involved in a roundtable discussion hosted by Quantexa at its London QuanCon’26 event which also marked Quantexa’s 10th anniversary.

Guest blog by Rebecca Tyler, Head of Local Government & Education at SCC #LocalGovernmentReorganisation

Understand how DESNZ and Ofgem’s proposed reforms could reset cyber obligations across the energy system and impact your regulatory and commercial strategy. Shape techUK’s response and influence future requirements, ensuring your organisation’s priorities are reflected ahead of the consultation deadline.