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Collectivist Edge Issue #17: BENELUX Special!

Collectivist Edge Issue #17: BENELUX Special!

5th March 2026 | Written by Gavin Loader

The latest Collectivist Edge newsletter is live, bringing top insights for PR, communications, and marketing managers at technology companies expanding globally.

Inside this issue:

  • AI Content Needs ‘Labelling’: The UK’s Guardian reports that IPPR finds licensed publications influence AI answers and urges a UK AI content labelling system.

 

  • Forrester: Predicts Global Tech Growth Driven by AI: Forrester forecasts 7.8% global tech spending growth in 2026, reaching $5.6 trillion, driven by AI and key industry investments.

 

  • Competition Authority Wants Publisher ‘Fair Deal’: The UK CMA invites feedback on proposals forcing Google to offer publishers better deals and allow opting out of AI citations.

 

In BENELUX

  • EU says ‘Buy European’.
  • But, Google says ‘Don’t Buy European’ only
  • Canada and Luxembourg announce the ‘Financial Sector Policy Dialogue’.

 

Collectivist Agency Network Updates:

  • PRovoke Media names 40 Best Tech PR Agencies; Collectivist members Influence Matters and BENCH PR recognised.
  • The UK’s Jargon Group earns PRCA’s CMS Certification 

 

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