Our work

Our annual report about legal services, now on its 11th edition, underlines the UK’s world-leading status as a centre for international legal services and dispute resolution.

This report evaluates the Islamic finance sector globally but with a special focus on the UK market in recent years, presenting the regulatory landscape, the performance of each major segment, and the most innovative developments.

UK businesses are globally renowned for producing creative services that solve some of the world’s most pressing problems and make people’s lives better.

The financial and related professional services industry is a vital facilitator of investment and growth across the UK economy. It also plays a crucial role in supporting individuals to build financial resilience and plan for the future with confidence.

Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. Mobilising green finance to achieve carbon reductions and elimination is vital.

UK exports of financial and related professional services are those industry services which originate in the UK and are sold abroad.

To meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C, global carbon emissions must be reduced by 45% by 2030. With carbon emissions continuing to rise globally, urgent action is needed.

Over the past year, we have brought together all parts of our industry to tackle some of the extraordinary challenges borne out of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the spiralling cost of living.

This report evaluates the financial and related professional services industry’s economic contribution to the regions and nations of the UK.