UK reduces electricity costs for selected manufacturers by up to 25%
→ Finance teams at eligible manufacturers gain up to 25% off electricity bills
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Western Europe
UK's FCA streamlines short selling reporting and market‑maker notifications
→ Compliance teams at UK investment firms get longer short‑position reporting windows
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UK's Competition and Markets Authority fines Automobile Association Developments £4.2m and orders £760,000 refunds to learners
→ Customer-relations teams must issue refunds to 80,000+ learner drivers immediately
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UK's MHRA approves single-dose 7.2mg Wegovy pen for adults with obesity
→ UK prescribers can issue the full 7.2mg Wegovy dose as a single weekly injection
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UK's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation issues general licence allowing insolvency payments for Prince Group
→ Insolvency practitioners can process Prince Group payments under a UK OFSI licence
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UK's ASA bans Lidl and Iceland HFSS ads
→ Brand marketing teams at UK supermarkets cannot run paid HFSS ads online
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EU doubles steel tariffs and halves duty-free quotas on imports
→ Export teams at UK steelmakers face doubled duties and sharply reduced quota access
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UK police incur threefold rise in kennelling and veterinary costs
→ Police finance teams face tripled kennelling and vet bills
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UK bans pornography depicting sexual acts between stepfamily members
→ Adult-content producers barred from making stepfamily sexual scenes
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EU activates biometric Entry/Exit System across Schengen borders
→ Border-control officers must register non-EU travellers' fingerprints and photos
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Close Brothers absorbs £320m car finance compensation charge
→ Equity analysts covering UK lenders see lower capital-strain risk
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UK's FCA bars Bazar Money Transfer Limited from providing regulated payment services
→ Payment operations teams using Bazar Money Transfer Limited cannot process regulated transfers
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