Long-term competitiveness

Ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the UK as world-leading international financial centre has remained a core pillar of our work.

Our long-term competitiveness work

We work to ensure the UK remains an attractive place to invest and do business, which is essential to the industry’s long-term competitiveness.

"TheCityUK is on the ball when it comes to industry strategies and has focused objectives."

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With the support of our Long-Term Competitiveness Group, we influence the policy environment and evolution of regulatory frameworks to drive UK competitiveness by:

  • Delivering policy positions in relation to long-term competitiveness issues.
  • Influencing the future shape of the UK’s regulatory, legal and tax regimes and the approach of its regulatory and supervisory authorities, including the evolution of the frameworks affecting business as it adapts to technological, environmental and social change.
  • Promoting the importance of the UK jurisdictions, English common law and the UK position in dispute resolution as a foundation of the UK’s attractiveness for business.
  • Highlighting the needs for new talent, skills and diversity in the industry and supporting the relevant work of the Financial Services Skills Commission.
  • Driving related professional services as a key underpinning of the industry’s success.
  • Working with partners across the industry to address issues such as operational resilience, AI and data, which have implications for the entire ecosystem.

Our latest long-term competitiveness work:

Key facts about UK-based financial and related professional services 2025

Our latest 'Key facts about UK-based financial and related professional services' report, explores the important contribution the financial and related professional services industry makes to the UK economy.

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Finance and investment for UK defence

This joint paper with ADS Group, emphasises the need for the government to develop mechanisms that reduce perceived risks in the defence industry for finance and investment communities. The paper outlines recommendations to enhance the financing environment for defence sector businesses through improved partnerships with financial and related professional services.

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Our latest long-term competitiveness news:

Blog

Exports explained (even further): more on values vs volumes

Press release

‘De-risk defence’ to improve financing climate for defence sector

News

Chair's address from the Future Skills Conference 2025

Comment

Response to the UK-EU 'Common Understanding' package

Events:

TheCityUK International Conference 2025

Watch all of the session recordings from our International Conference, including keynotes, panel sessions and in conversations discussing how the UK can underpin its position as a world-leading international financial centre.

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TheCityUK and Financial Services Skills Commission Future Skills Conference 2025

Watch the sessions from the Future Skills Conference 2025, in partnership with Financial Services Skills Commission, which took place in London on Thursday 22 May 2025.

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