The Chancellor has finally lifted the curtain on the government’s latest tax and spending plans in the Autumn Budget.

Sentiment amongst retailers fell at the sharpest rate in 17 years, with a growing share of firms expecting their business situation to deteriorate over the coming quarter – according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey.

Publicans across the South West are calling on the government to take positive action and ease mounting financial pressures on pubs ahead of this week’s Budget, warning that the sector is at a critical tipping point.

Manufacturing output volumes fell in the three months to November, and at the fastest pace since August 2020

Government encouraged to support entrepreneurs and smaller companies with a Budget that encourages them to invest.  

Family business leaders across the UK are experiencing a familiar, but increasingly intolerable sensation: uncertainty.

New data reveals firms are pulling back on investment, borrowing more to maintain cashflow, and taking on greater personal financial risk.

Firms across the private sector expect activity to fall in the next three months (weighted balance of -20%), extending a run of negative predictions that began in late 2024, according to the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator.

Consumer confidence in the UK economy fell during the last quarter, reaching the lowest point so far this year.

The UK manufacturing sector endured another challenging period in the quarter to October, with output and orders falling sharply, sentiment deteriorating and investment plans cut back sharply, according to the latest quarterly CBI Industrial Trends Survey.

Firms across the private sector expect activity to fall in the next three months (weighted balance of -20%), extending a run of negative predictions that began in late 2024, according to the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator.

The UK Warehousing Association is warning that the sector is all taxed out and that it needs the Chancellor to assist the sector in the forthcoming Autumn Budget.

Pessimism over the upcoming Budget is already influencing SME decision-making, with many businesses taking pre-emptive action according to Rathbones, one of the UK’s leading wealth and asset management groups.

Family firms across the UK are having to deal with the political and economic uncertainty that is prevailing over British businesses today.

Confidence and growth hopes among the UK’s small business community has nosedived.

Latest data shows a sharp 6.3% drop in UK business R&D investment since 2021.

Seventy per cent (70%) of respondents said they feel less optimistic about their business prospects compared to last year

Mid-market companies remained the growth engine of the UK private sector economy in September.

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