2026-03-03
The Bank of England has opened a BEEDS User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environment to enable statistical reporting firms and software houses to validate the Statistical Taxonomy v1.3.1 FINAL prior to mid-June 2026 live submissions. Running from 30 March to 17 April 2026, the UAT window automatically provisions existing reporting firms while mandating that software houses request access by 20 March and submit valid data files without nil returns. The Bank will validate these submissions and update the official recognized software house list, notifying participants via email once testing is complete.