Regulatory Compliance

United Kingdom – October 23, 2026 -- The UK government is consulting on new legislation to strengthen the security and resilience of critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) serving the country, covering subsea cables, pipelines and interconnectors.

Government seeks views on two changes to fire-and-rehire protections

One consultation covers two proposed changes to fire-and-rehire protections, relating to benefits and expenses and to shift patterns. A separate consultation covers the revised code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement. A third seeks views on enhancing workplace protections against dismissal for pregnant women and new mothers.

The government has also published an updated implementation timeline for its Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Act 2025.

Global – October 23, 2026 -- A string of ride fires, including a blaze at Germany's Europa-Park that injured seven people, is sharpening the focus on fire-resistant materials in themed entertainment, where Massivit 3D is promoting its flame-retardant CIM-84 resin for scenic fabrication.

Incidents at Europa-Park, Carowinds and Orlando expose operators to direct and reputational costs

Direct costs of a park incident include halted operations, repairs, medical bills, workers' compensation and legal fees. Intangible losses weigh more heavily: lost goodwill, eroded customer trust and lower shareholder value. Beyond the Europa-Park fire, the industry points to a Ferris wheel fire in Orlando and a bumper car fire at Carowinds as examples of inadequate fire protection.

Arlington – October 23, 2026 -- RTX Corporation lets stakeholders send confidential, anonymous reports directly to its Audit Committee, its Board Lead Director, or a global helpline, with a stated zero-tolerance policy on retaliation.

Audit Committee receives accounting and internal control complaints through RTX Global Ethics and Compliance

Accounting, internal control, audit and other financial matters go to the Audit Committee. Submissions can be anonymous. RTX Global Ethics and Compliance reviews each communication and reports it to the committee. Written submissions go to the RTX Corporation Audit Committee, c/o RTX Global Ethics and Compliance, 1000 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209.

Global – October 22, 2026 -- KMS Lighthouse, a knowledge management platform provider operating in eight countries, applies a zero-tolerance policy on modern slavery across its own operations and supply chain, according to its statement last reviewed in December 2024.

Suppliers must pass a take-on assessment before signing contracts

Every supplier must complete a take-on assessment before entering a contractual relationship with KMS Lighthouse. The assessment identifies potential risk areas in the company's business and supply chains and leads to mitigating procedures, including monitoring, to minimise the likelihood of modern slavery and human trafficking.

London – October 22, 2026 -- Seekr has opened its first European office in Mayfair, London, to serve UK and European demand for AI that customers can govern, audit and run under their own laws. The office builds on the company's existing UK customer base and a growing pipeline across UK defence, FTSE-listed companies and regulated industries.

Seekr hires Palantir's Naief Al-Shibli to lead UK sales

Al-Shibli joins from Palantir as VP and UK General Manager. He will lead sales and grow the UK business. David Church becomes Managing Director of UK operations. Church has more than 40 years in European investment banking and has advised on data centre transactions across Europe.

Forward-deployed engineers will work inside customers' secure environments

The London team includes forward-deployed engineers who operate inside customers' regulated, secure and sovereign environments. Partners across Europe back them.

United States – October 22, 2026 -- Internova Travel Group has adopted a zero-tolerance modern slavery policy that covers independent travel advisors, agents and consultants as well as employees, directors and officers.

The policy applies to Travel Leaders Group Holdings, LLC, which does business as Internova Travel Group, and its subsidiaries. It follows the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and added guidance from the U.S. Department of Defense's Combating Trafficking In Persons Program Management Office (CTIP PMO). The company states that not all sections of the Act apply to it directly, but it has committed to meet stakeholder expectations.

Ottawa – October 22, 2026 -- Allen-Vanguard has published a board-approved statement committing to a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery across its own operations and all of its supply chains, in line with its disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act.

Allen-Vanguard operates from Canada and the United Kingdom

The company supplies customized technical solutions that protect end users from Radio Frequency based threats. Defense forces and public safety and security agencies worldwide use them. Its head office and international sales unit are in Ottawa, Ontario, and its UK office is in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Three policies anchor the compliance framework

Allen-Vanguard has implemented a Modern Slavery Policy, a Corporate Code of Conduct and a Whistleblowing Policy. The company says it will enforce systems and controls to ensure modern slavery does not exist in its business or supply chains.

Canada – October 22, 2026 -- OBSI has completed two public consultations since 2022, on board governance and on investor loss calculations, and both trace back to its 2021 independent review.

Loss-calculation consultation closed Nov. 21, 2024 after a Sept. 26 launch

The consultation examined how OBSI calculates investor losses in complaints involving unsuitably sold illiquid exempt market securities. It described how the approach was developed, the feedback OBSI had received and the considerations for an appropriate methodology.

OBSI is using the exercise to test whether better alternatives exist to its current process. The 2021 independent expert external review recommended the consultation.

DURHAM – October 22, 2026 -- NineTenths, a Saudi Arabia-based technology company founded in 2019, has joined ISASecure, the certification program that validates conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS), the International Society of Automation (ISA) announced.

NineTenths ties its OT security services to ISA/IEC 62443

The company works in drones, robotics, infrastructure inspection, surveying and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. Its clients span oil and gas, petrochemicals, energy, water and wastewater, manufacturing and other critical infrastructure.

NineTenths already uses ISA/IEC 62443 as the framework for its OT security services. Its capabilities are aligned to cybersecurity management systems, risk-based assessments, zones and conduits, industrial system security requirements and secure product development practices.

WASHINGTON – October 22, 2026 -- Corsha has launched Folio, a module for its Industrial Identity Security Platform that automatically generates and updates maps and documentation of how operational technology (OT) systems are connected and communicating, replacing manual assessments that the company says take weeks.

Folio draws on live network and access data captured by Corsha Gatekeepers. It records which machines are communicating, when, why and how, and produces derived hardware lists, real-time connection maps and Microsoft Visio data flow diagrams. The outputs are designed for IEC 62443, NERC CIP and Zero Trust frameworks.

Folio targets documentation gaps that slow OT compliance and incident response

Corsha says OT documentation is often missing or has drifted too far from the running environment to be useful. Compliance artifacts built through manual assessments are frequently incomplete or inaccurate, according to the company.