May 2024 economic and business overview
The UK economy appears to be on a slow upward trajectory in 2024 after a rocky start and on the back of a tough business landscape in 2023.
Strategic Advisory
Rising business costs in the new fiscal year
The signs are that the worst of the cost of living crisis may be over for consumers, with CPI inflation at 3.4% in February now well below the
April 2024 economic and business overview
Green shoots of recovery or another false dawn? The chart of the UK’s monthly GDP movement over the past thirteen months, published in mid-March by the Office for
Turning recession into a time of opportunity
The Office for National Statistics has finally put an end to speculation and confirmed that the UK was in a technical recession in the second half of 2023.
March 2024 economic and business overview
What next for the UK economy now we’re in a recession? Economists need ponder no longer, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) finally confirmed that Q4 2023 saw
Major labour force issues for the construction industry
The construction industry had a total labour force of 2.15m in Q2 2023, equivalent to some 7% of the total UK labour force. This compares with the pre-pandemic