Guidance

Regulatory Innovation Office: Front Door pilot phase 2 – business insights

The pilot was open to businesses both within and outside RIO’s current priority sectors, across science and technology sectors.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Regulatory Innovation Office
• Published: 20 April 2026
• Last updated: 24 June 2026 — See all updates

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RIO Front Door pilot: privacy notice

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-innovation-office-front-door-pilot/rio-front-door-pilot-privacy-notice

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The Front Door is an experimental, business-led pilot by the Regulatory Innovation Office to collect and address regulatory challenges. It aims to make it easier for businesses to highlight barriers, helping RIO target reforms where they are most needed and to support innovation and growth.

We ran a business insights exercise to help us understand the regulatory barriers that are holding back innovation across all science and technology sectors. The results will inform the future design of the RIO Front Door service.

This phase closed on 19 June 2026.

Phase one was aimed at businesses and investors operating in defence technologies and robotics and closed on 20 March 2026.

Published 20 April 2026

Last updated 24 June 2026 — Show all updates

1. 24 June 2026

   The pilot for all science and technology sectors closed on 19 June 2026.

2. 20 April 2026

   First published.