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UK Manufacturing Trade Body Cuts Outlook For 2023

Trade body Make UK expects output to fall 0.5% in 2023, down from its June forecast for a 0.3% drop, and grow just 0.5% in 2024. "Manufacturers are seeing a very sharp slowdown in activity as the ...

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UK insurer Phoenix hails boost to retirement sector from high inflation

Official data last week showed UK wages grew at 7.8 per cent ... “Counter-intuitively, as far as our sector is concerned, the UK economic environment is accelerating our growth, so we really are ...

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Yorkshire puts in a robust performance as insolvency-related activity increases across much of UK in August

As the UK economy continues to cool in the face of higher interest rates and sticky inflation, much of the… | Economy | Finance | Finance | Yorkshire & The Humber | Business Growth | ...

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LIVE: FTSE and European markets fall as UK firms stall investment, cut hiring plans

The majority of Britain's manufacturers think policy incentives in other major economies are making UK investments harder to justify, according to a new survey ...

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