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UK business investment

The position of UK business investment

When looking at the position of UK business investment, now at last, there is some positive news with the Office for National Statistics announcing that business investment in the UK jumped by 5.9% in the first quarter of 2025, marking the fastest pace of growth in two years. It is now 8.1% above the level in the same quarter a

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Economic Overview for July 2025

Economic Overview for July 2025

As we look at the economy this month, here in the UK there is little cheer. With a succession of adverse statistics in recent weeks doing little to dispel the feeling that the government’s efforts to promote and then deliver the growth that is desperately needed to repair the public finances, have yet to bear any tangible fruit. The initial

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UK Labour Market

The UK labour market wallows amid global uncertainty

A flexible, high skill and plentiful UK labour market is central to the government’s ambitions to grow the economy through investment and increased productivity. Unfortunately, any discussion of the current state of the UK labour market is almost entirely anecdotal, a regrettable situation at such a crucial time but one made inevitable by the shortcomings of the only comprehensive set

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spending review 2025

What does the Spending Review 2025 mean for UK businesses?

The June 2025 Spending Review sets out ambitious plans for economic recovery and long-term growth with a strong emphasis on digital transformation and modernising labour force skills. How should UK businesses react and how could it affect them? Impact on sectors and skills Overall, government day-to-day spending will increase by 1.7% per year, while capital investment will grow by 3.6%

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economic overview for June 2025

Economic Overview for June 2025

A month on from our last look at the UK economy and its prospects, our economic review for June 2025 has yet more evidence of just how volatile the global and domestic conditions are. A blizzard of bilateral trade deals involving Britain and variously, India, the USA and the EU have been announced, if not necessarily worked out in any

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entrepreneurship UK economy

Is entrepreneurship thriving in a stagnant UK economy?

Is the business community and entrepreneurship an increasing force within the UK economy? The current UK Government’s top economic priority since it came to power has been generating growth in an economy that by any judgment, has struggled for many years to match the performance of most, if not all of its major competitors. The reasons are various, some of

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