Update Details: The Q4-2025 (4th quarter of 2026 edition) of alphaZ-OUT has been added to the Update Service page in the alphaZ Subscriber section.

This edition includes the usual listing of pending and updated UK legislation including any relevant Health and Safety or Environmental updates and a summary of relevant UK enforcement action and relevant news stories from around the world.

The following articles are also included in the Outlook section;

• Environmental Impact of AI  - article about the environmental impact of Cloud computing and increased power demands from the growth of Artificial Intelligence and the relevance of this to Environmental Management Systems when completing an environmental impact assessment. 
• Employment rights act has landed - further details about the now enacted employment rights act and the schedule for the phasing-in of new measures over the coming months
• Mandatory Digital ID plans dropped - following on from an article in a previous edition about this pending legislation which has now been amended to remove the mandatory requirement for digital ID's but is still going to lead to some changes and impacts on businesses when completing right-to-work checks
• Companies House Identity verification - overview of the now active requirement for people with significant control to complete identity verification with Companies House

Files Updated:

• Update Service - alphaZ-OUT-Q4-2025