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Business news 18 September 2025 Today’s blog covers sticky UK inflation, business pushback on the Employment Rights Bill, calls for a focus on productivity, major US investment pledges, property market trends, PwC job cuts, and the latest insolvencies. James Salmon,

Business news 16 September 2025 AI, NI & Jobs, fiscal crisis, QT, tax, market news, insolvencies & other stories that we thought would interest our members. James Salmon, Operations Director. 🧒🏻👧🏻NI hike and AI driving jobs drought, Reed warns James

Business news 15 September 2025 Productivity, GDP, tax v cuts, interest rates, bossware, pensions, house prices, investment, manufacturing, market news, insolvencies & other stories that we thought would interest our members. James Salmon, Operations Director. ⚠️Chancellor faces £20bn productivity crisis