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The equity release market demonstrated resilience during Q3 2026, with new customer numbers and returning drawdown activity edging higher. According to the latest data from the Equity Release Council, total lending reached £591 million during Q3 2026, down 1% on the previous quarter (£597m). Overall customer numbers increased 1% to 13,611. The number of new…
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Trade credit insurer Atradius says weather volatility and rising costs may put further pressure on Britain’s food supply chain. Atradius says that it saw agriculture claims increase over the summer, while food claims were modestly higher across the latest three-month period. Meanwhile, new data shows agriculture claims rose during the winter following the hot, dry…
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Consumer confidence has suffered its sharpest month-on-month fall since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from GfK. No single factor explained the slump and pointed instead to rising inflation, the conflict in the Middle East and the broader squeeze on household budgets. GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index was down 11 points to -24…
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Just 24.7% of new senior leaders appointed in the UK’s financial services industry in 2024/25 were women, according to new research by Fox & Partners, the employment and partnership law specialists. The percentage of new female senior leaders in financial services has declined marginally for two years in a row, from 25.5% in 2022/23 to…
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