British Nuclear Fuels plc: Formerly a nuclear company owned by the UK Government and the holding company for British Nuclear Group and Nexia Solutions (now known as NNL). On 1 April 2005, all BNFL assets and liabilities of BNFL were transferred to NDA under nuclear transfer schemes provided in the Energy Act 2004. Further assets were subsequently sold. In October 2010, the Government announced that BNFL was to be formally abolished.

Planning analysis: The government has published responses to two biodiversity net gain (BNG) consultations: one on improving implementation for minor, medium and brownfield development, and the other on BNG for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs). The responses confirm greater flexibility for smaller development and that mandatory BNG will apply to NSIPs from 2 November 2026, while providing further detail on how the regime will operate in practice. A further consultation on a targeted BNG exemption for residential brownfield development has also been published.

Balance of Nuclear Island: All components, equipment and systems included in the nuclear island scope, with the exception of the NSSS.

Law360, London: BNP Paribas SA has pushed to move a claim filed by VietJet Aviation to the English courts, arguing that disputes over their financial agreements with the Vietnamese low-cost airline belong in England, not Vietnam.

Law360, London: BOC Aviation (Ireland) Ltd has reached a settlement with Cathedral Capital (1998) that it had claimed should partly cover for an alleged US$129m loss from planes stranded in Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Balance of Conventional Island: All components, equipment and systems included in the conventional island scope, with the exception of the turbine generator plant.

The Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published policy statement PS27/20, which provides feedback to responses to consultation paper CP13/20, ‘UK withdrawal from the EU: Changes before the end of the transition period’ and CP18/19 ‘UK withdrawal from the EU: Changes following extension of Article 50’. It also contains the BoE and PRA’s final and near-final policies in the appendices to PS27/20. For ease of cross-reference, PS27/20 broadly follows the same structure as PS5/19 ‘The Bank of England’s amendments to financial services legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018’.

Build, Own, Operate. Rosastom will use this model for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey.

Law360, London: BP plc said on 31 July 2026 that it had put its North Sea business up for sale after six decades of operations, as industry groups urged the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to provide 'certainty, stability and a policy framework' to prevent an exodus of employers from the region.

Best Practicable Environmental Option: this term has now been replaced by BAT for environmental optimisation. Permitted nuclear sites may still be using this terminology based on historical practices.

British Property Federation (BPF)

The British Property Federation (BPF) has published its annual analysis of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings for commercial buildings across seven major English cities and found that 81% of stock remains below EPC B. The analysis covered all commercial asset classes in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. It showed that 3% of buildings are rated EPC A and 16% EPC B, leaving around 190 million square metres of commercial floorspace below the proposed future minimum standard, despite year-on-year improvements of only 1–2%. Manchester and London performed best, with 22% and 21% of buildings respectively rated A or B. The Federation attributed the slow pace of improvement to the government’s failure to respond to its 2021 consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards, which proposed targets of EPC C by 2027 and EPC B by 2030, stating that the continued lack of clarity is delaying investment and upgrades and risks large parts of the commercial estate becoming unlettable.