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Economy
30-year gilt yield hits 5.89%, highest since 1998
Long-term UK borrowing costs are at a 28-year high seven weeks before the Budget on 28 October. What the government pays to borrow tends to end up in what founders pay to borrow.
№ 171 · 2 September 2026
Startup news
Start Up Loans hits £100m to London's female founders
The British Business Bank has confirmed 10,853 loans to female-founded businesses in the capital — and quietly reopened the scheme to firms that have been trading for up to five years.
№ 140 · 25 August 2026