Our latest comments, blogs, press releases and statements about the financial and related professional services industry can be found below.
In this blog, Laura Dawson, our Associate Director, Capital Markets, explores why digital ID is essential to making investing simpler, safer and more accessible, highlighting how interoperable digital ID could broaden access and help modernise the UK’s capital markets.
Gary Ennis is announced as TheCityUK’s new Chair for Northern Ireland. A founding partner of Lockton in the UK and leader of its Belfast office, he will help champion the financial and related professional services industry across Northern Ireland, strengthen engagement with policymakers and stakeholders, and support TheCityUK’s wider UK policy and advocacy work.
TheCityUK’s latest research shows that UK-based financial and related professional services remain a powerhouse of the national economy, contributing £290bn in output, employing almost 2.5 million people, and generating a £119.1bn trade surplus. With two thirds of jobs based outside London, the industry plays a vital role in driving growth, supporting communities and helping households and businesses across the UK.
Guernsey plays a vital role in supporting the UK’s regional growth by channeling global investment into infrastructure, housing, renewable energy and other priority sectors, while complementing the UK’s financial services strengths with specialist expertise and regulatory stability.
In this blog Anjalika looks at why Britain’s financial and related professional services exports are central to the UK’s export performance, not a niche sector. She shows how they drive growth and resilience, especially as goods trade comes under pressure.
In her latest blog, Anna Rogers, our Director of International Development, explains why the Lagos International Financial Centre (LIFC) is a timely, practical platform to deepen markets, attract long-term capital, and strengthen Nigeria’s position as a gateway for finance, innovation and trade in West Africa.
In this guest blog, Mark Jackson, Head of Future Workforce at Nationwide Building Society, looks into how disruptive technologies like AI and automation are transforming financial services, but also how success depends more on workforce skills and organisational adaptation than technology alone.
Louise Scott-Worrall, UK Head of Learning Services at KPMG, takes a look at why many organisations are investing heavily in AI but still not seeing returns. She highlights how unrealistic productivity expectations can increase pressure and the risk of missed checks.
Our new report, in association with Freshfields, outlines how government can mobilise private capital into UK infrastructure projects
In this guest blog, George Littlejohn, Senior Advisor, CISI, looks into how Ukraine's 2026 privatisation push is gaining momentum since parliament appointed Dmytro Natalukha to lead the State Property Fund, signalling renewed political commitment to reconstruction and EU integration.
Our new report shows that financial and related professional services exports grew in every British nation and region.
In her latest blog Anjalika Bardalai, our Chief Economist and Head of Research, takes a look at why methodological differences shift the numbers behind the UK’s key trading relationships, but not the narrative.
