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Aug 20, 2024 · Across the UK regions, London led the way in the first half of 2024 with 161,000 new business incorporations, the highest across all regions. The regions of the West Midlands and Yorkshire and The Humber also experienced notable growth rates of 10.1% and 8.15%, respectively.
Aug 14, 2024 · Post-Brexit trade barriers have created more friction for goods than services and reduced the UK’s dependence on EU demand for services relative to goods. At the same time, increased digitalisation has made trade in certain services easier and less constrained by geographical distance.
Feb 12, 2024 · Over half of UK regions see business activity rise in December, with London still out in front. 12 Feb 2024. The latest NatWest Regional PMI® survey indicated a positive end to 2023 for businesses across most areas of the UK, with December seeing improved trends in both output and new orders.
Mar 12, 2024 · The latest NatWest Regional PMI® survey showed business activity growing across most parts of the UK in February. Business confidence also generally picked up amid a more broad-based improvement in underlying demand.
May 16, 2024 · With this loan, we have shown the potential that unlocking value from IP and intangible assets could have for the UK economy – by helping firms to scale, create high value jobs and boost UK productivity.
May 31, 2024 · In the role of Sole Debt Advisor and Sole Private Placement Agent, the NatWest team approached selected banks and institutional investors for the upsize before adding six new lenders to the funding platform, joining the existing eight, including NatWest.
May 22, 2024 · Natwest supports Boralex on their first UK onshore wind farm which will help to deliver 106MW of clean energy with a funding of £129.8m.
Jun 25, 2024 · “The digital journey is about evolution not revolution,” commented NatWest’s Lisa-Ardley Price at this year’s GTR UK conference in London, which again provided an opportunity to connect key players and companies across the UK’s trade, export, supply chain and fintech community.
May 14, 2024 · Business activity continued to rise across almost all UK nations and regions during April, latest Regional PMI® survey data from NatWest showed. Just half of areas saw an increase in employment, however, with businesses facing a sharp, wage-led rise in costs.
Aug 1, 2024 · 01 Aug 2024 . 5 mins. The Bank of England cut interest rates for the first time in over four years at the start of August – reducing them from 5.25% to 5%. In light of this, here are our experts’ views on some key questions that might be on your mind.
