Almost one quarter of all businesses have temporarily closed or paused trading due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United Kingdom as of April 2020. The sector with the highest share of business closures were those in the arts, entertainment, and recreation sector, with over ** percent of them currently closed, compared with just *** percent of human health, and social work businesses.

Business creations and closures from the Inter-Departmental Business Register, a low-level geographic breakdown for the UK, quarterly data. These are official statistics in development

Presents data on the number of enterprises registering and de-registering for VAT. The stock of VAT-registered enterprises is also included.

Source agency: Business, Innovation and Skills

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Business start-ups and closures

This chart presents the number of store openings and closures in Great Britain from the first half of 2016 to the first half of 2024. Data reveals that the number of store closures for multiple retailers in high streets, shopping centers and retail parks saw an increase in H1 2024 compared to the previous period and amounted to almost *****. However, store openings increased as well to *****. This made the net change in store opening and closures for Great Britain in H1 2024 -2,284.

This statistic shows the change in the net number of independent businesses opening and closing in Great Britain, by type of business in 2015. The data includes the *** business types which opened the most new units and *** business types with the highest number of unit closures. Independent barbers, cafes and tearooms were the leading business types opening independent units in Britain. The largest amount of independents closing were women's clothing stores with a net change of **** stores.

Business births and deaths from the Inter-Departmental Business Register with high-level breakdowns by industry and region. Quarterly official statistics in development.

This is the number of business deaths in the area for the quarter. Business closures are those removed from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). A business is removed from the IDBR if its turnover and employment are zero for several periods, or if the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is notified that the business has ceased trading through an administrative or survey source.

An enterprise can be defined as the smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, that benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations. An enterprise may also be a sole legal unit.

For business closures, the registration process can take a little longer because the death of a business may be long and complex. The effective death of a business may occur several months before its actual death from a legal perspective. A business is removed from the IDBR if information from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), ONS business surveys, or Companies House indicates it is no longer active.

An unspecified geography category has been introduced to deal with the distorting effect of multiple registrations at the same site. These apply where there are 250 plus creations or closures at the same postcode. Any creations or closures that happen at one of these postcodes are taken out of their geography and placed into the unspecified category. These cases still count towards the UK totals and may account for up to 4 per cent of the overall total.

Figures for each period are rounded independently to the nearest 5 using controlled rounding. The ONS statistics presented are "Experimental Statistics", so care needs to be taken when interpreting them. Care should be taken interpreting figures for a single period, therefore the annual business demography publication is a more accurate reflection of business births and deaths.

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Number of VAT-registered businesses recorded. "Enterprise Directorate: Business Start-ups and Closures: VAT Registrations and De-registrations" Please note that there will be no further releases of this publication. The Office for National Statistics has released a new National Statistics series on business births, deaths and survival rates named ‘Business Demography’. Business Demography is now the only official source of information on business start-ups and closures. Source: Business Registers Unit (BRU) Publisher: Business Registers Unit (BRU) Geographies: Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: Great Britain Time coverage: 1994 to 2008 Type of data: Administrative data

In 2024, the total number of job losses in the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) reached 169,395 for the full year. According to estimations, there were almost 13,500 retail store closures, 7,537 of which were through administration. Some 5,942 of these closures were a result of "rationalisation" processes, which the source defined as "store closures or job losses occurring either as a regular aspect of business or a special cost-cutting programme."

This is the number of new enterprises, also known as business births, in the area for the quarter. Business creations are new enterprise entries in the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). Enterprises are added to the IDBR when a new business is identified from administrative sources (usually the Value Added Tax (VAT) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE) systems).

An enterprise can be defined as the smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, that benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations. An enterprise may also be a sole legal unit.

Business creations for this data are based on the date on which the action occurs on the IDBR. Data is extracted from the IDBR quarterly and may be subject to revision. The date a business is added to the IDBR is generally on the same day, or within a few days, of the legal creation of the business as a company with Companies House. However, this can be several weeks after the effective birth of the business.

An unspecified geography category has been introduced to deal with the distorting effect of multiple registrations at the same site. These apply where there are 250 plus creations or closures at the same postcode. Any creations or closures that happen at one of these postcodes are taken out of their geography and placed into the unspecified category. These cases still count towards the UK totals and may account for up to 4 per cent of the overall total.

Figures for each period are rounded independently to the nearest 5 using controlled rounding. The ONS statistics presented are "Experimental Statistics", so care needs to be taken when interpreting them. Care should be taken interpreting figures for a single period, therefore the annual business demography publication is a more accurate reflection of business births and deaths.

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Techsalerator offers an extensive dataset of End-of-Day Pricing Data for all 26 companies listed on the GEMMA (Gilt Edged Market Maker Association) (GEMX) in United Kingdom. This dataset includes the closing prices of equities (stocks), bonds, and indices at the end of each trading session. End-of-day prices are vital pieces of market data that are widely used by investors, traders, and financial institutions to monitor the performance and value of these assets over time.

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FTSE 100 Index: The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, often referred to as the FTSE 100 or "Footsie," is the main benchmark index of the London Stock Exchange. It tracks the performance of the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the United Kingdom based on market capitalization.

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Equity Ticker Symbol Equity Closing Price Bond Ticker Symbol Bond Closing Price Index Ticker Symbol Index Closing Price Date of Closing Price Equity Name Equity Volume Equity High Price Equity Low Price Equity Open Price Bond Name Bond Coupon Rate Bond Maturity Index Name Index Change Index Percent Change Exchange Currency Total Market Capitalization Dividend Yield Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E) ‍

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This statistic displays the total number of New Look stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2024. As of the 2023/24 financial year end, the British fast fashion retailer New Look had *** stores across the UK. This was a considerable drop compared to the previous years displayed in the graph. In 2018/2019, the company had to close many of its stores due to a CVA. Besides store closures in the UK, New Look also left the Chinese market, closing all related stores in this region as of late 2018.

List of records transferred to BIS as part of the machinery of government transfer for operational reasons e.g. ongoing projects.

The interview data were collected by Dr Zinian Zhang from his fieldwork conducted in Hangzhou, the capital city of the Zhejiang Province, the People's Republic of China in May 2017. The interviews focused on the question of how the Chinese court conducts equal distribution in commercial judgment enforcements to deliver fairness between competing creditors. In total, there were sixteen law practitioners, including four judges and twelve lawyers, interviewed. Among twelve lawyers, nine once represented judgment creditors seeking equal distribution, and three represented clients who have to share. The data reveal that fair distribution is not as often used as thought, and that fair distribution is unable to fill the gap left by a corporate bankruptcy system.

This application demonstrates that the quality of legal institutions can matter for economic development and that important policy lessons can be learned by China from the UK in this regard. This application recognises that China has been a remarkable economic success story but the country also faces new challenges as its economy enters a more mature phase. In particular, it needs to avoid the 'middle income trap' i.e. where a country has costs that are now too high to compete with low-income countries but where productivity does not match those in high-income countries. There are economies in Asia including Singapore and Hong Kong SAR that have emerged successfully from middle income status. Both these economies are built on UK law and are renowned for the quality of their legal infrastructure in supporting development of the financial system. The application suggests how China might also benefit from the UK experience in building its legal infrastructure. But the application recognises China's singular journey and avoids simplistic conclusions that certain consequences will inevitably follow form certain formal changes. It recognises the need for a continuous process of adaptation and development; learning appropriately from experience and responding sensitively to local conditions. The application demonstrates in particular how legal reforms can support economic growth through - enhancing the protections available to minority investors - supporting the availability of credit and contributing to lower-cost credit - supporting the restructuring of ailing businesses.

n these areas we seek to provide options for enhancing and reforming the legal and financial system in China that are based upon the UK and other experience. We acknowledge that there are choices to be made between means and ends and that the relationship between means and ends is contingent and uncertain. The data we rely on will come principally from the World Bank Doing Business (DB) reports and rankings which are grounded on the notion that smarter business regulation promotes economic growth. The DB rankings have been issued annually since 2004 and the 2016 rankings includes 11 sets of indicators for 189 economies. Each economy is ranked on the individual indicators and also in an overall table. Currently, the UK is 6th in this table and China 84th but Singapore is 1st and Hong SAR is 5th which shows that it is possible for Asian economies to rank highly. In our project, we will explore deep into the detail underlying the Protecting Minority Investors, Getting credit and Resolving Insolvency indicators. These 3 indicators appear particularly pertinent to the development of a mature financial system and in relation to them all China ranks far below the UK. On protecting investors, China is ranked as 134th whereas the UK is 4th. We show how the gap can be bridged and how China can learn from the UK experience by examining critically how the UK has protected minority investors and ascertaining what measures of protection might work most effectively in Chinese conditions. Our approach takes the relevant DB rankings as a guide but subjects them to critical scrutiny and engaging systematically with the methodology underpinning the rankings; addressing the robustness of this methodology and considering alternative approaches. For instance, we will test the robustness and limitations of the DB 'resolving insolvency' data on China using Jiande Municipal People's Court in Zhejiang Province as a case study. This makes the process of data collection and analysis more manageable. 20 interviews with creditors and practitioners will be undertaken in Zhejiang Province and data on business closures from the local branches of the China Business Registration Authorities and the China Pension Management Authorities will also be collected. We will also use econometric analyses based on detailed micro data from other data sources

This ad hoc statistics analysis contains data that was produced in support of an end of day adjournment debate on the post-Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) Redcar support package, on Tuesday 19 January 2016.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on society; it changed the way we work, learn, socialise, and move throughout the world. In the United Kingdom, policies such as business closures, travel restrictions, and social distance mandates were implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19 and implemented and relaxed intermittently throughout the response period. While negative emotions and feelings such as distress and anxiety during this time of crisis were to be expected, we also see the signs of human resilience, including positive feelings like determination, pride, and strength. A longitudinal study using online survey tools was conducted to assess people’s changing moods during the pandemic in the UK. The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) was used to measure self-reported feelings and emotions throughout six periods (phases) of the study from March 2020 to July 2021. A total of 4,222 respondents participated in the survey, while a sub-group participated in each of the six study phases (n = 167). The results were analysed using a cross-sectional study design for the full group across each study phase, while prospective cohort analysis was used to assess the subset of participants who voluntarily answered the survey in each of the six study phases (n = 167). Gender, age and employment status were found to be most significant to PANAS score, with older people, retirees, and women generally reporting more positive moods, while young people and unemployed people generally reported lower positive scores and higher negative scores, indicating more negative emotions. Additionally, it was found that people generally reported higher positive feelings in the summer of 2021, which may be related to the relaxation of COVID-19-related policies in the UK as well as the introduction of vaccines for the general population. This study is an important investigation into what allows for positivity during a crisis and gives insights into periods or groups that may be vulnerable to increased negative states of emotions and feelings.

Household gross savings value in the United Kingdom (UK) spiked during the second quarter of 2020, reaching a value of approximately ** billion British pounds. By contrast, during the first quarter of 2020, gross savings amounted to ** billion British pounds. This unprecedented increase was due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the resulting widespread lockdown and temporary business closures. A similar increase in savings can be seen during the second genralized lockdown in the first quarter of 2021.

Over the five years through 2025-26, revenue is expected to rise at a compound annual rate of 6% to £19.5 billion. The UK’s pub and bar sector faces a turbulent 2025-26, marked by slumping alcohol consumption, steep operating costs, and labour shortages. Alcohol-free and low-ABV drinks are reshaping consumer habits, as moderation replaces heavy drinking. One in five 18- to 24-year-olds now abstains entirely, while one in four UK adults consumes low- or no-alcohol products more often than a year ago, according to The Portman Group and YouGov. To adapt, venues are expanding their mocktail menus, hosting food-led events and offering social, experience-based formats such as brunches, bingo and interactive games to draw customers in throughout the day. However, rising labour costs and chronic staff shortages – with 78,000 vacancies remaining unfilled according to the ONS – are pushing businesses to their breaking point. Wage hikes, higher insurance rates and mounting stress are fuelling burnout and closures. Higher alcohol duties, energy costs and reduced business rates relief further squeeze margins. Pubs now pay 40% rates instead of 75% relief, triggering widespread closures – over 400 in 2024 alone. Gastropubs, hit by food inflation, face the greatest strain, while bars focusing on cocktails and social experiences continue to grow modestly. Survival depends on innovation, diversification and reform. Pubs and bars investing in digital tools, sustainability and flexible formats will be best placed to weather 2025’s challenging trading climate. In 2025-26, revenue is anticipated to increase by 0.6% and the average profit margin is expected to reach 9.6%. Over the five years through 2030-31, revenue is expected to increase at a compound annual rate of 5.1% to £25 billion, where profit is expected to absorb 9.7% of revenue. The UK hospitality sector is bracing for major change as a business rates overhaul takes effect in April 2026. Under the new regime, smaller pubs, bars and restaurants with a rateable value of under £500,000 will benefit from permanently lower rates, while larger or city-centre venues will face higher tax burdens. The reform, replacing temporary relief schemes, aims to create stability but risks penalising high-value sites and deterring investment. Industry leaders broadly welcome the move but warn that sharp cliff edges could hit mid-sized operators hardest. At the same time, cultural shifts are reshaping demand. Low- and no-alcohol consumption continues to rise, especially among younger generations. Venues that integrate premium alcohol-free options, mocktail menus and inclusive experiences stand to capture significant new revenue. Premiumisation could also be a key growth strategy. Consumers are drinking less but better – seeking craftsmanship, story and atmosphere.

The number of retail stores that are under CVA's (Company Voluntary Arrangements) in the United Kingdom is a concern shared by many retailers in UK highstreets and shopping centers. In 2020, in Lakeside Shopping Centre alone, ** percent of stores were under CVA's. When a company is insolvent, it can use a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) to pay creditors over a fixed period.