Helio product updates - 13th May 2026
Procedure notifications [EU Monitoring]
We have introduced the ability for individuals to follow Procedures and get notified about any updates or changes linked to that specific legislation. Individuals can choose to be updated via in-app platform notification or both in-app platform notification and email alert from their Settings. After this, you'll receive a notification regarding the following updates:
- Person updates
- Events
- Follow up
- Agenda items
- Posts
- Body of the procedure
Procedure enhancements [EU Monitoring]
We have made improvements to Procedures. Now, when viewing a procedure you can click through to linked items, helping you surface relevant information quicker.
Content grouping in email [EU Monitoring]
We have rolled out a new email layout for our EU monitoring emails to make it easier to consume content. See below for an outline of the updates:
Content is now grouped based on author type, allowing you to quickly find relevant content under clear headings, such as: European Commission and European Parliament.
Content groups will appear in a pre-determined order, The first category will always gather content from the three main institutions, followed by agencies and non-institutional stakeholders. Any content that does not fall within those categories (e.g., the EESC or COR) will be displayed below. See the categories below:
European Commission
European Parliament
Council (incl. European Council)
EU Agencies
EU Stakeholders
Within each group, individual items will continue to be ranked using our existing relevancy score, ensuring you see the most important updates first.
This is an EU only release at present but we are looking to introduce this as an option to UK clients in the coming months.
Stakeholder Groups [UK Monitoring]
We have completed work to ensure all pre-determined Stakeholder Groups are fully populated and ready to engage via our SRM tool.
Contacts in groups [UK Monitoring]
We have recently added ability to include created contacts alongside MPs in curated groups.
Actions on Stakeholder Profiles [UK & EU Monitoring]
We have also added a new 'Actions' button to individual stakeholder profiles for quick routes to key actions you want to complete against specific stakeholders.
Contact Activity updates [UK & EU Monitoring]
We have made some improvements to how contact activity works in the Helio platform. We've added 'Edit' and 'View' buttons to your own activity entries, and a 'View' button to entries made by colleagues in the to contact activity panel. We have also made it possible to export contact activity from a single stakeholder profile.
Groups improvements [UK & EU Monitoring]
We have also released a new update aimed at making Groups more intuitive. Now you have the ability to create a new group from within an existing group.
Helio on mobile [UK & EU Monitoring and Forefront]
Helio is now accessible on mobile. This means you’ll be able to log into Helio on-the-go from your personal device. This update is designed to improve efficiency across your team as now, when you receive your monitoring emails, you’ll be able to access content sources on Finder from whichever device you're using at the time.
Email merge enhancements [UK & EU Monitoring]
We have added the ability to send an Email Merge email to a collection of contacts in a group (MPs, MEPs, created contacts).
Defence Note [Forefront]
We have launched a new Defence Note which is now available in the Helio platform. We are in the process of backdating previous Defence Notes so they're accessible from your Forefront library, and will begin sending Defence Notes from the new Helio platform.
Sunsetting legacy platforms [EU Monitoring & Forefront]
As of 30 April we have sunset legacy platforms: Dods EU, DeHavilland EU, and Forefront. This means that after this date you will no longer be able to log into your old portal so please ensure you're actively logging in and using the new Helio solution.
DeHavilland PeoplePoint UK sunsetting has been extended to May.