Inline Insights

This week's Top 3: New open data rules for UK bus services, Romania considers emergency ban on ride hailing, Prague taxi drivers strike over ride hailing reforms

The old optimism about technology and its benefits has been replaced by an increasingly widespread perception amongst the public and policymakers that the technologies of the recent past may now be making things worse whilst those of the future pose ever greater threats to privacy and security. Such perceptions will undoubtedly lead to ever more political and regulatory hurdles, which means that it is more important than ever for tech companies to have the tools to navigate this environment and shape the debate. Here are seven ways a public affairs agency can help you do just that.

This week's Top 3: The UK's new strategy for urban mobility, Germany to speed up new transport law, and the European Commission publishes its transport scoreboards

The publication of the UK Government’s Urban Mobility Strategy heralds significant regulatory changes that will have an impact across the mobility sector. Here we provide the headlines and you can download our full briefing.

This week's Top 3: Madrid calls for car sharing firms to share data, Uber settles last UberPOP case, latest stats on EU transport.

This week's Top 3: Czech Government to significantly deregulate the taxi trade, Cabify finds a way around the rules in Catalonia, and emergency fines for unlicensed taxi drivers in Romania.

This week's top 3 stories: The decline of dockless bikes in the UK, electric scooters debated in Dublin, and Germany's ride-hailing proposals clarified.

This week's top 3 stories: Germany to reform transport laws to allow ride-hailing and ride-sharing, on-demand bus trials in London, and Berlin is to launch its own MaaS app.

Rapid technological transformations driven by US and Chinese companies are posing a serious challenge to Europe's policymakers. Third way politics looks set to shape much of the regulatory response.

 In the latest sign of ramping up political interest in immersive technologies, the House of Common's Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee has announced an inquiry dedicated to finding out more about the sector, and determining possible avenues for future regulation.

This week's top 3 stories: New UK regulations for taxis, private hire and ride hailing, new restrictions on app-based ride hailing in Poland, and over 8,000 electric scooters are coming to the streets of Madrid.

This week's top 3 stories: UK review of regulation of micromobility "within weeks", another week/another regulation for ride hailing in Spain, and a crackdown on the gig economy is promised in Geneva. 

The coming year is set to be an important period for online platforms in Europe. Having previously paid little regard to online platforms, EU policymakers are now laying the foundations for a more definitive approach to regulating this growing sector of the economy.

After all the talk about GDPR implementation last year, we are starting to come to the crunch point where companies' data practices are being tested by the regulators. The results could create continued regulatory headaches for data-intensive businesses.

The many and varied ways in which drones have already been deployed to aid the public sector are often overlooked. Some of the most significant examples include emergency services, environmental monitoring and protection, and infrastructure maintenance and inspection.