United Kingdom Consumer Confidence Score: GB: Investing in Future data was reported at -49.000 Score in Jan 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of -50.000 Score for Dec 2022. United Kingdom Consumer Confidence Score: GB: Investing in Future data is updated monthly, averaging -30.000 Score from Mar 2010 (Median) to Jan 2023, with 155 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -6.000 Score in Aug 2021 and a record low of -64.300 Score in Dec 2011. United Kingdom Consumer Confidence Score: GB: Investing in Future data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ipsos Group S.A.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.IPSOS: Consumer Confidence Survey.

United Kingdom Consumer Confidence: Personal Financial Situation: Last 12 Months data was reported at 1.000 % Point in Oct 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.000 % Point for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Consumer Confidence: Personal Financial Situation: Last 12 Months data is updated monthly, averaging -8.000 % Point from Apr 2006 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 151 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.000 % Point in Jun 2016 and a record low of -25.000 % Point in Mar 2012. United Kingdom Consumer Confidence: Personal Financial Situation: Last 12 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by GFK Group. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.H018: Consumer Confidence: GfK.

Consumer trends time series dataset up to Quarter 1 (January to March) 2025.

The Business Confidence Index (BCI) of the United Kingdom was 98.7 in May 2025, compared with 99 in the previous month, an indication that business confidence is falling in the UK. During this time period, business confidence was highest in late 2021, and was at its lowest point in March 2009. Taxation overtakes inflation as main business concern In the third quarter of 2023, inflation was seen by 65 percent of UK firms as a major external concern facing their business. At that time, the UK's inflation rate was still at the relatively high figure of 6.7 percent, although this was down from a peak of 11.1 percent in October 2022. As the rate of inflation continued to fall in 2024, the issue became slightly less pressing for UK businesses, with 49 percent seeing it as a main concern in the second quarter of 2024, although it was still ahead of other issues. In the second half of 2024, however, taxation has emerged as the main worry for UK firms, with 63 percent of businesses citing it as an external concern in the fourth quarter of 2024. This is likely related to the rise in National Insurance businesses will have to pay from April 2025 onwards, one of the main measures announced in the Autumn Budget in October 2024. UK business demographics In 2024, there were approximately 5.5 million private business enterprises in the UK, which was down from a peak of 5.98 million in 2020. As of this year, the UK's private sector workforce was around 27.6 million, compared with 6.1 million who worked in the public sector. While most businesses in the UK are small enterprises that employ fewer than ten people, the UK's large businesses are responsible for employing a large share of the workforce, with around 8.2 million people working for large businesses in 2024. The biggest UK-based company, in terms of global employees in 2024 was the Compass Group, with a global workforce of around half a million, followed by Tesco at 345,000 employees.

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