Has Reeves tax gambit failed?
The UK economy contracts 0.3% amid job cuts and tax hikes. High earners are leaving, companies are downsizing, and urgent reform is needed to avoid deeper decline.
The UK economy contracts 0.3% amid job cuts and tax hikes. High earners are leaving, companies are downsizing, and urgent reform is needed to avoid deeper decline.
Our CEO James Chaplin attended the APSCo IT Forum this week, where the conversation on AI highlighted the sharp contrast between sectors already integrating AI and those still defining their strategy.
In these quarterly events, we analyse how AI is disrupting business, across all areas from finance to biotechnology, to energy or consumer services, such as e-commerce.
On July 15, the UK Chancellor will unveil major financial services reforms—including changes to pension fund investment rules, banking ringfencing, and crypto regulation–to boost a sector that makes up 8.8% of the UK economy but has stagnated since Brexit.
Legal sector job vacancies in the UK have dropped by 10% in 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, as political instability and rapid technological change drive a more cautious approach to hiring across law firms and legal departments.