UK hits Big Tech with online safety crackdown July 25, 2025 The UK’s biggest tech platforms are under new legal pressure from Friday as sweeping new child protection laws come into force, requiring firms to deploy strict age verification for harmful content – or face fines of up to £18m, or 10 per cent of global turnover. The new rules, part of the government’s long-trailed Online [...]
Evri: Boom in bedroom CEOs drives best-ever parcel deliveries July 23, 2025 Evri has delivered record results thanks to a boom in second-hand sellers sending parcels with the logistics giant. The parcel delivery company, which was acquired by private equity firm Apollo from Advent International in 2024 for £2.7bn, has revealed that its volumes increased by 11 per cent in the year to 1 March, 2025, to more [...]
Sport England boss Boardman asks Ofcom to act on Lionesses abuse July 22, 2025 Sport England chair Chris Boardman has written to regulator Ofcom to raise concerns about online abuse of the Lionesses during the Women’s Euros. It comes after England defender Jess Carter on Sunday revealed she would step back from social media following online racist abuse she received throughout the tournament. Boardman has written to Ofcom chief [...]
BT back in court as landline customers seek to revive £1.3bn class action July 15, 2025 Reps of a class action against BT seeks to overturn a court ruling that sided with the telecoms giant.
Peter Kyle says UK could overtake US in tech amid record startup growth July 15, 2025 Technology secretary Peter Kyle has said the UK is positioned to “overtake America” in key areas of tech, as a new wave of regulatory reforms aims to fast-track innovation and attract investment across AI, fintech and biotech. In an interview on the UKTN Podcast, Kyle argued that the UK is now creating “the best regulatory [...]
MPs slam Online Safety Act as ‘not up to scratch’ July 11, 2025 The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is failing to protect the public from the spread of harmful misinformation and must be urgently overhauled, MPs have warned in a damning new report. In findings published Tuesday, Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (SITC) said the OSA – which began to take effect earlier this year – [...]
Ofcom relaxes Royal Mail delivery targets to cut costs July 10, 2025 Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver first and second class letters more slowly after its delivery targets were slashed by the communications watchdog in a bid to cut costs. From the end of July, Britain’s postal service will be allowed to deliver second class letters on alternate weekdays, Monday to Friday, instead of six [...]
Rolex sponsored Wimbledon stars made to pay for own watches July 9, 2025 A Rolex sponsorship or ambassadorial contract is widely seen as a must-have endorsement by aspiring young tennis players, yet such deals can prove to be a mixed blessing. Such is the value and scarcity of the Swiss luxury watches that their endorsement department operates a strictly enforced tier system, with only their A-list clients such [...]
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 strike £343m deal June 30, 2025 Vodafone has received a boots worth £343m from Virgin Media O2 just a few weeks after its mega merger with Three was finally approved. Virgin Media O2 has agreed to pay £343m for a tranche of mobile spectrum from Vodafone UK in a deal which is hoped will help shore up its network capacity amid [...]
London’s 5G rollout is being strangled by a failed legal model June 27, 2025 London’s position at the bottom of Europe’s 5G performance rankings is the direct result of a failed telecoms access policy that has deterred investment, triggered mass litigation, and paralysed rollout. The Electronic Communications Code (ECC), reformed in 2017 to cut costs for mobile operators, removed the requirement to pay market rents for infrastructure sites. Instead, [...]