Government-backed insurance from UK Export Finance enabled Joe & Seph's to win a £100,000 order from a major Saudi supermarket, illustrating export credit support for a London-based food manufacturer entering Saudi Arabian markets.
An implementation update explains how commitments from the NSRB consultation have shaped the design and content of the new National Survey of Businesses (NSB), detailing changes made to survey development and governance.
Argues Europe faces a dilemma on AI: either reject it and forgo growth, or adopt it and rely on US/Chinese technology; recent safety debates may render the choice irrelevant, reflecting Europe’s failure to produce Silicon-Valley scale firms.
Argues that economic models often present spurious precision by treating humans as uniform utility-maximisers, warning that real human behaviour—history, loyalties and rumours—undermines the reliability of neat mathematical economics.
The Insolvency Service secured prosecutions underscoring directors’ legal duty to complete identity verification with Companies House, warning company directors to verify identities to avoid criminal action.
Statistics on creative industries tax reliefs for September 2026, covering schemes for film, high‑end TV, animation, children’s TV, video games, theatre, orchestra and museums and galleries exhibitions.
Releases the quarterly private sector services output index for Northern Ireland for Quarter 2 2026, tracking short-term changes in services sector production.
Publishes the quarterly Index of Production for Northern Ireland’s private sector for Quarter 2 2026, measuring short-term changes in manufacturing and production output.
Trade Remedies Authority has closed its investigation into creamy/white limestone imports from Portugal after finding no evidence that the goods benefited from a countervailable subsidy.
A Bank of England market notice on foreign currency reserves dated 21 September 2026 has been issued with explicit distribution restrictions for certain jurisdictions, indicating a technical announcement about reserves operations or offers.
Market notice dated 22 September 2026 from the Bank of England concerning its foreign currency reserves; the announcement carries a legal restriction forbidding distribution into jurisdictions including the US, Canada, Australia and Japan.
Supplementary business counts data accompanying the UK regional trade in goods statistics for April–June 2026, offering firm-level context to regional trade flows.
Compendium of tourism statistics for Northern Ireland up to Quarter 1 2026, presenting indicators on visitor numbers, spending and sector performance to inform regional tourism monitoring and policy.
Bank of England publication listing the Monetary Policy Committee meeting dates for 2027, setting the schedule for policy announcements and minutes across the year.
The Government Actuary's Department supported the UK Space Agency by assessing risks and the financial impacts of proposed reforms aimed at promoting growth and innovation in the UK space sector, informing policy design and fiscal consequences.
Registration is open for the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s 2026 Annual Conference, scheduled for Tuesday 29 September, bringing together retailers, suppliers and stakeholders working under the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
Essay on Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees arguing that private vices such as self‑interest, greed and vanity (luxury, pride) drive industry, commerce and employment, while public virtue undermines ambition, consumption and wealth.