The Squeeze is On: Four Cost Pressures Reshaping UK Business in 2026
If you are running a business in the UK right now, you do not need anyone telling you it feels tight. It is not “challenging” it is properly uncomfortable. And the latest numbers coming out of the British Chambers of Commerce and the CBI are not just background noise. They reflect what most business owners are already living day to day. Confidence has slipped again down to 46 percent in the most recent BCC Quarterly Economic Survey from 48 percent last quarter, and it does not feel like the...