Alun Cornish, MD Operations at FedEx, strategic partner at our CBI Midlands Business Dinner 2025, identifies the concerns ...

To bring stability and encourage investment, the government introduced a new Corporate Tax Roadmap, capping Corporation Tax ...

Private sector firms expect another significant fall in activity over the next three months (weighted balance of -22%), ...

Retail sales volumes were judged to be ‘poor’ for the time of year in January, to a similar extent as seen over the previous ...

Manufacturing output volumes fell over the quarter to January, though less sharply than in the quarter to December. Output is ...

2025 has gotten off to an eventful start. The turn of the year saw notable rises in sovereign debt yields across many advanced economies, sparking concern over government borrowing costs in highly ...

There is a lot to come on the international scene in 2025, from the inauguration of a new US President this week, to the UK-EU reset, growing talk of protectionism and big questions about China ...

Our latest forecast projects that UK GDP will grow by 0.9% in 2024. Looking ahead, economic activity will increase at a steady, but unimpressive, pace of 1.6% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026. CPI inflation ...

Chris Woolridge, Managing Director of Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd (WGG), has been appointed Chair of CBI’s West Midlands Council. Born and raised in Wolverhampton, Chris has served as Managing ...