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Monthly UK economic outlook: April 2025

Monthly UK economic outlook: April 2025

February's high rate of GDP growth surprises many The UK economy surpassed analyst's expectations with its 0.5% growth in February. Growth was widespread across services and manufacturing, and marked the fastest monthly pace since March 2024. The GDP figures predate...

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The UK economy is vulnerable if there is a global economic downturn

The UK economy is vulnerable if there is a global economic downturn

From the FT today: ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™† ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ซ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ. Post-financial crisis and pandemic struggles have only been worsened by unpredictable U.S. policies.๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. Between 2007 and 2024, UK...

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Pivoting local enterprise support in response to an economic crisis

Pivoting local enterprise support in response to an economic crisis

๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉThe economic cycle can affect entrepreneurship rates. The 2022 GEM survey for the UK found that the market uncertainty caused by macroeconomic policy mistakes of the...

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