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Winter Blues for the UK Economy - National Centre for Universities & Business The UK economy has had a tumultuous start to 2025.

The UK’s current economic landscape reflects a combination of a challenging fiscal legacy and broader global pressures. But how about other markets? : R&D, labour, FDI? How about the enablers? Infrastructure, skills, regulation? Here's our latest intake into the UK economy's rocky start to 2025.

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Unlocking growth: The impact of public R&D spending on private sector investment in the UK - National Centre for Universities & Business NCUB's new report reveales that each £1 of public R&D stimulates between £0.60 to £1.10 of private R&D investment in the short term

New NCUB analysis reveals that for every £1 spent by the Government on R&D, an additional £3.09 to £4.02 is then spent by businesses investing in UK R&D. This is nearly twice as high as previously thought
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UK Business R&D: A worrying decline - National Centre for Universities & Business UK businesses spent 6% less in Research and Development (R&D) in 2023 than they did in 2021. Read our take in our latest blog.

The latest business R&D figures paint a challenging picture: between 2021 and 2023, inflation has eroded investment, leading to a 6% real-term decline.
Reversing this decline is critical to ensuring that the UK remains a leader in innovation. www.ncub.co.uk/insight/uk-b...