Economy
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Economy Six in Ten UK Businesses Still Worried About Energy and Fuel Costs
ONS figures from late August 2026 show 59 per cent of UK businesses concerned about energy prices and 63 per cent worried about fuel price…
4 September 2026 -
Economy UK Economy Shows Resilience but Weak Demand Persists, CBI Warns
The Confederation of British Industry’s latest economic briefing flags modest productivity gains and renewed bond market turbulence as Kent…
4 September 2026 -
Economy OBR Sets Out How It Forecasts Migration Using Stay-Rate Model and ONS Population Data
The UK’s independent budget watchdog has published a new article explaining how it uses visa stay-rates and Office for National Statistics…
3 September 2026 -
Economy Nearly a third of UK businesses worried about conflict hitting supply chains, ONS figures show
Twenty-eight per cent of businesses with 10 or more employees cited international conflict as a supply chain concern for the year ahead in…
3 September 2026 -
Economy ONS Data Shows Nearly Half of NEET Young People Not on Benefits Hold Degrees
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics show that young people who are NEET but not claiming benefits are more likely to…
3 September 2026 -
Economy Children’s Crime Survey Goes Online as Young Person’s Safety Survey
The Office for National Statistics has replaced its face-to-face Children’s Crime Survey for England and Wales with an online Young…
3 September 2026 -
Economy ONS: Where Young People Live Shapes Their Outcomes, With Local Economy Hitting Young Men Hardest
New ONS analysis finds that living arrangements and dependent children explain much of the gap in outcomes between local areas, while local…
3 September 2026 -
Economy The Rochester firm taking the paperwork out of financial advice
Sponsored: Aegis AI Systems builds back-office automation for regulated firms. Its adviser tools capture a client meeting end to end and…
3 September 2026 -
Economy One in Seven Young Men in England Were NEET in 2021, ONS Figures Show
New Office for National Statistics analysis of 2021 Census data reveals that 14.1 per cent of males and 12.9 per cent of females aged 16 to…
3 September 2026 -
Economy Seven in ten children saw peer violence in the past year, ONS figures show
New data from the Office for National Statistics reveals that 69 per cent of children aged 10 to 15 witnessed or heard about physical…
3 September 2026 -
Economy Blackpool Has Highest NEET Rate for Young People in England, ONS Census Data Shows
Age-standardised figures from the 2021 Census put more than one in five young men in Blackpool outside education, employment and training…
3 September 2026 -
Economy Household Earnings Nearly Double for NEET Young People Not on Benefits, ONS Figures Show
Official analysis of Census 2021 data finds that young people aged 16 to 24 who were not in education, employment or training and had no…
3 September 2026