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CCIA Statement on Healey’s Budget Speech, AI Development Opportunity

London – Alongside Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey’s Budget, the UK Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has published new forecasts for the impact of AI on the UK’s economic and fisca...
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CCIA UK Responds to CMA Investigation of Microsoft’s Business Software Ecosystem

London – The UK Competition and Markets Authority today announced the next stage in its Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation regarding Microsoft's business software ecosystem. This includes a...
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Survey Finds UK Data Regulation Costs Tech Businesses £5.3 Billion a Year

London –  UK data protection regulation costs UK technology businesses an estimated £5.3 billion a year in compliance and is holding back innovation and investment, according to a new survey commi...
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UK Consumers to CMA: Don’t Put App Store Safety and Security at Risk

London – The UK Competition and Markets Authority has just closed its consultation on new Conduct Requirements (CRs) that would constrain how the Apple and Google app stores protect consumers agains...
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CCIA UK Response to New Proposed Conduct Requirements for Mobile Ecosystems

London – The Competition and Markets Authority has proposed new conduct requirements for Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems, which would constrain their ability to control developers' “steerin...
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CCIA UK Responds to New Government Consultation on Prioritising Large, Domestic Media Organisations over Smaller, Global Creators in Video Platforms

London – The UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport announced it is “looking at options to ensure [Public Service Media] content is prominent, discoverable and promoted where ...
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CCIA UK Response to UK Announcing Online Restrictions for Teens

London – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce new restrictions on social media and other digital services including a social media ban for under-16s similar to that enacted in Aust...
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CCIA UK Response to CMA’s New Conduct Requirement

London – The Competition and Markets Authority has announced a new conduct requirement today that will, among other things, require Google to provide publishers with additional controls over the use...
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CCIA UK Adds a Senior Policy Manager

London –  The Computer & Communications Industry Association’s UK office is pleased to welcome new senior manager Charlotte Holloway.  Holloway has more than 15 years of experienc...
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CCIA Comments in Response to UK Publishing its Annual Digital Service Tax Collection Amounts

London – Today, the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs published its annual tax receipts for 2025-26, including the total amount made payable to its digital services tax (DST), which totalled £944m (aro...
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CCIA Response to UK Report on Resale Ticket Regulations

London - A review published by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that examines the live music market recommends, among a range of other measures, that the UK government take immediate steps to ba...
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CCIA UK Statement on UK Competition Regulators’ Cloud Services Investigation

London – The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced that it would not prioritise a Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation into cloud services, rejecting a recommendation...
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