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UK businesses are still growing, but today’s figures show why protecting cashflow remains essential.

September’s UK composite PMI fell to 51.7, while businesses reported accelerating energy, fuel and raw-material costs.

At the same time:

• Brent crude is above $105
• Consumer confidence has fallen to -34
• Global borrowing costs remain elevated
• The OECD expects UK growth of just 1% in 2027
• Today’s insolvency notices include 28 administrations, liquidations and winding-up petitions

For businesses selling on credit, rising costs do not just affect your own margins. They can change the payment behaviour and financial strength of your customers too.

CPA’s CreditCare services can help monitor changing customer risk, while our Overdue Account Recovery Service provides a professional and considerate route to recovering overdue invoices while preserving valuable customer relationships.

Read today’s full UK Business News briefing on the CPA website.

cpa.co.uk/uk-business-news-today-24-september-2026-economy-markets-insolvencies/

#SMEs #Cashflow #LatePayment #CreditManagement #Insolvency #UKBusiness #BusinessNews #EnergyCosts #Economy #CreditControl

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Rising energy prices are putting interest rates, inflation and business costs back at the centre of the SME outlook.

Today’s UK Business News briefing looks at:

• The growing possibility of another Bank of England rate rise
• Retailers’ warnings over energy, employment and business-rate costs
• Consumer confidence improving to -13, but caution over major purchases returning
• Oil prices easing as the US and Iran discuss the Strait of Hormuz
• 97 companies appearing across today’s administration, liquidation and winding-up petition notices

For businesses selling on credit, rising costs do not just affect your own margins. They can affect how quickly customers pay you.

CPA helps businesses monitor customer risk through CreditCare and, when invoices become overdue, provides a professional and considerate Overdue Account Recovery Service designed to secure payment while protecting valuable customer relationships.

Read the full UK Business News update on the CPA website.

cpa.co.uk/uk-business-news-today-25-september-2026-economy-markets-insolvencies/

#SMEs #Cashflow #LatePayment #CreditManagement #Insolvency #UKBusiness #InterestRates #EnergyCosts #BusinessCosts

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UK businesses are starting the week with another squeeze on cashflow.

Oil is back above $108 a barrel, shipping costs on key Asian-European routes have surged, interest-rate risk is increasing and the CBI says private-sector activity remains weak.

For businesses selling on credit, another development is particularly important: the Insolvency Service is stepping up its response to abusive phoenixing, where liabilities can be left behind while trading activity reappears through another company.

Today's CPA Business News looks at:

• rising energy and freight costs
• renewed Bank of England rate risk
• weak business activity and Budget uncertainty
• record household energy debt
• the Insolvency Service's phoenixing crackdown
• today's administrations, liquidations and winding-up petitions

When customers are under pressure, good credit control starts before an invoice becomes a bad debt.

CPA's CreditCare credit reports and debtor monitoring can help identify changing risk. Where invoices are already overdue, our Overdue Account Recovery Service provides a professional and considerate route to securing payment while protecting valuable customer relationships.

Read the full update on the CPA website.

cpa.co.uk/uk-business-news-today-28-september-2026-economy-markets-insolvencies/

#SMEs #Cashflow #LatePayment #Insolvency #UKBusiness #CreditManagement #BusinessCosts #EnergyCosts #CreditRisk #LatePayments

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Record diesel prices. Borrowing costs near multi-decade highs. Oil above $100 a barrel.

For UK SMEs, today’s business news is increasingly about what happens when several cost pressures arrive at once.

There are some more encouraging signs. Shop-price inflation eased in September, revised employment data paints a stronger post-Covid picture, housebuilders have received a boost from the new first-time-buyer scheme and Rolls-Royce is investing £300m in UK manufacturing.

But for businesses selling on credit, protecting cashflow remains essential.

Today’s CPA Business News looks at:

• Record UK diesel prices and rising transport costs
• Borrowing costs and the interest-rate outlook
• UK investment, housing and employment
• Global markets and oil prices
• 42 new insolvency notices
• What changing conditions mean for customer credit risk

CPA’s CreditCare services can help businesses monitor changing customer risk, while our Overdue Account Recovery Service provides professional, considerate support when invoices become overdue, with the aim of securing payment while preserving valuable customer relationships.

Read the full briefing on the CPA website.

cpa.co.uk/uk-business-news-today-29-september-2026-economy-markets-insolvencies/

#SMEs #Cashflow #LatePayment #CreditManagement #Insolvency #UKBusiness #FuelCosts #BusinessFinance #EconomicOutlook

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It’s the last day of September.

For businesses selling on credit, month-end is when the numbers become much more tangible.

How much did you invoice this month?
How much actually arrived?
Which customers are paying later than usual?
And what unpaid debt is now following you into October?

Today’s UK business picture makes those questions particularly relevant.

UK GDP growth has been revised up to 0.5% for Q2, but borrowing costs remain high, consumer borrowing has jumped, mortgage and housing activity is weakening and energy and fuel costs continue to put pressure on businesses and households.

For SMEs, that can translate into tighter customer cashflow and changing payment behaviour.

Our latest UK Business News briefing looks at the economy, markets, insolvencies and what the final day of September could be telling you about your own credit risk.

CPA’s CreditCare services can help businesses monitor changing customer risk. And where invoices have become overdue, our Overdue Account Recovery Service provides professional and considerate support focused on securing payment while preserving valuable customer relationships.

Read the full briefing on the CPA website.

cpa.co.uk/uk-business-news-today-30-september-2026-economy-markets-insolvencies/

#SMEs #Cashflow #LatePayment #CreditManagement #UKBusiness #Insolvency #BusinessFinance #MonthEnd

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October begins with UK businesses facing a challenging mix of weaker confidence, rising energy and fuel costs, expensive borrowing and increasingly cautious customers.

Today’s CPA Business News looks at:

• UK Q2 growth revised up to 0.5%
• Business confidence weakening
• Corporate lending growth slowing sharply
• Household energy bills forecast to approach £2,000
• Diesel reaching around £2 a litre
• Global bond yields climbing as Q4 begins
• The latest UK insolvency notices

For businesses that sell on credit, the start of a new month is also a useful moment to take stock.

Which invoices are still outstanding?
Which customers are taking longer to pay?
Which accounts need attention before a small delay becomes a larger problem?

CPA’s CreditCare services can help businesses monitor customer risk. Where invoices become overdue, our Overdue Account Recovery Service provides professional and considerate support focused on securing payment while preserving valuable customer relationships.

Read today’s full UK Business News update on the CPA website:

cpa.co.uk/uk-business-news-today-1-october-2026-economy-markets-insolvencies/

#SMEs #Cashflow #LatePayment #Insolvency #UKBusiness #CreditManagement #EnergyCosts #BusinessConfidence #CreditControl