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The Bank of England has launched a consultation clarifying how central counterparties could accept tokenised forms of eligible collateral, a step that could speed up cross border collateral flows and reshape UK wholesale markets while raising new operational and legal challenges.
Britain’s competition regulator has proposed designating Microsoft with strategic market status in its business software ecosystem, a step that could spur rules on bundling, AI tools and cloud licensing and reshape how UK firms buy productivity software.
From September 27, 2026, new EU rules on environmental claims formally take effect across the bloc, while UK regulators are stepping up enforcement under existing consumer protection law. Companies selling into Europe or using sustainability claims in the UK face clearer blacklists, stricter substantiation tests and higher risk of enforcement action.