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Economy
OECD trims UK growth to 1% weeks before Healey's first Budget
The IMF says Britain must get its debt service costs under control. Founders should read both as a signal about tax and borrowing this autumn.
№ 274 · 25 September 2026
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
Labour market
Private sector pay growth falls to 2.8%, lowest in six years
ONS figures put private sector pay growth at less than half the public sector rate of 6.1 per cent, with vacancies down to 707,000. Founders setting next year's salary bands have more room and fewer candidates chasing them.
№ 115 · 22 August 2026