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
Strategic Advisory
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
P2P lenders’ wind-down plans are in the FCA cross hairs: what should firms be mindful of?
On 25 May 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) wrote to all of the UK’s authorised loan-based peer-to-peer (“P2P”) crowding platforms, to express its concern about areas of
February 2024 economic and business overview
More mixed signals on the economy mean uncertainty for UK businesses We finished 2023 with arguments raging on whether the UK was already in a shallow recession or