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UK Business Confidence Monitor: Construction
- Report
- 23 Oct 2026
The latest national Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows that the Iran War significantly dented confidence as it dropped to a near four-year low and suffered its sixth successive negative quarterly score. Companies reported rising costs pressures, weaker expected sales and profits growth for the coming year, while late payment concerns hit a five-year high.
ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM): East of England
- Report
- 23 Oct 2026
The latest national Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows that the Iran War significantly dented confidence as it dropped to a near four-year low and suffered its sixth successive negative quarterly score. Companies reported rising costs pressures, weaker expected sales and profits growth for the coming year, while late payment concerns hit a five-year high.
UK Business Confidence Monitor: National
- Report
- 07 Oct 2026
The latest national Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows that UK business confidence rebounded sharply in Q3 2026, but remained marginally negative as firms moderated their expectations for future sales and profits. The recovery was broad-based, yet weaker hiring, persistent cost pressures and geopolitical uncertainty point to a fragile rather than strong improvement.
Confidence remains low as Iran war rages on
- Article
- 07 Oct 2026
Renewed US-Iran hostilities have put an end to any recovery in business confidence, resulting in the most prolonged period of low confidence in the UK since the financial crisis.
£2 diesel threatens £600m construction fuel shock
- Website
- 29 Sep 2026
Construction has suffered a near £600m fuel price shock since the start of the year as diesel prices soared to a record £2 a litre.
House builders hail return of Help to Buy-style loans
- Website
- 28 Sep 2026
House builders have welcomed Government plans to revive Help to Buy-style equity loans in a bid to kick-start the struggling new-build housing market.
How to: CGT reporting and the self assessment tax return
- Article
- 28 Sep 2026
ICAEW is reminding taxpayers and agents completing the self assessment (SA) tax return for 2025/26 to include details of gains that have already been reported, and capital gains tax (CGT) that has already been paid to HMRC.
Quarterly starts in England up 6% thanks to speedier BSR approval rates
- Website
- 28 Sep 2026
Faster approvals rates by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) have helped push new build starts in England to 35,910 between April and June, up 6% on the previous quarter.
Budget must give business breathing space to deliver growth
- Press release
- 23 Sep 2026
The Chancellor must use next month’s Budget to give businesses the breathing space they need to deliver growth - including by freezing the business rates multiplier for one year - chartered accountancy body ICAEW has said today.
ICAEW urges ‘breathing space’ for business ahead of Autumn budget
- Article
- 17 Sep 2026
In its budget submission to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, ICAEW has asked for greater clarity and certainty for businesses – and no more increases to employment tax.
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