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06 Oct 2026

Business groups respond to Chancellor’s first Labour Party Conference speech

On 28 Sep­tem­ber 2026, John Healey deliv­ered his first speech as Chan­cel­lor of the Exche­quer at the Labour Par­ty Con­fer­ence iden­ti­fy­ing ‘Back­ing Britain’ as one of his main pri­or­i­ties.

06 Oct 2026

ONS releases labour market overview for September 2026

The Office for Nation­al Sta­tis­tics (ONS) have released their lat­est esti­mates of employ­ment, unem­ploy­ment, eco­nom­ic inac­tiv­i­ty, and oth­er employ­ment-relat­ed sta­tis­tics for the UK.

06 Oct 2026

ONS statistics show government is borrowing more than expected

Data released by the Office for Nation­al Sta­tis­tics (ONS) on 22 Sep­tem­ber 2026 showed the UK bor­rowed £18.3 bil­lion in August 2026, up £2.9 bil­lion on the same month last year.

06 Oct 2026

Government launches overhaul of corporate reporting

The gov­ern­ment recent­ly launched an over­haul of cor­po­rate report­ing that it hopes will save UK busi­ness­es more than £450 mil­lion per year.

06 Oct 2026

Three directors have been fined in first court action for identity verification offences

In rules brought in under the Eco­nom­ic Crime and Cor­po­rate Trans­paren­cy Act 2023, direc­tors are required to ver­i­fy their iden­ti­ty with Com­pa­nies House or risk enforce­ment action and penal­ties.

06 Oct 2026

SMEs face issues in accessing suitable finance

A recent report by the Finan­cial Con­duct Author­i­ty (FCA) found that only 21% of the total val­ue of UK busi­ness loans are pro­vid­ed to SMEs and 54% of SMEs are not using exter­nal finance in any capac­i­ty.

06 Oct 2026

Nearly half of UK businesses using AI tools

Research car­ried out by insur­er Sim­ply Busi­ness has revealed that 47% of UK small busi­ness own­ers are using arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) tools.

06 Oct 2026

240 crypto millionaires revealed by HMRC data

Dec­la­ra­tions of over than £1 mil­lion in cap­i­tal gains from cryp­toas­sets in the 2024/25 tax year were made by 240 indi­vid­u­als, accord­ing to data pub­lished by HMRC.

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