Department for Business and Trade

Questions from the Department for Business and Trade:

61-80 of 101 results
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What is the impact of input costs, for example housing or energy, on productivity and dynamism? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth How do changes in the availability of trade credit affect different sectors and UK competitiveness? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What are the drivers of cluster-based growth and what role do universities play? How can connectivity between clusters be supported? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth Where should increased business investment be targeted for the future growth and global leadership of professional services, and how will planning, financial services and sustainability regulations affect that? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What factors underpin the development of successful clusters for the professional and business services sector, for example the West Midlands cluster, and what are the spillover effects of these clusters on local and regional economies? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth Where and how should the government target infrastructure to deliver the Industrial Strategy and enable growth in its 8 growth-driving sectors? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What are the key firm-level and macroeconomic predictors of business insolvency within a 12-month period, and how can they inform early warning systems and policy intervention? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What is the evidence base on factors that influence business decisions and actions during the progression from financial distress to insolvency? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth How does business growth and export performance vary between businesses where leaders have different personal characteristics, for example ethnicity, language, culture, gender or disability? What are the best methods and approaches to measure this? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What is the latest evidence on effective approaches and incentives for supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in strengthening leadership and management capabilities, increasing risk taking on new technology deployment, encouraging uptake of digital support, and delivering digital training? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What are the current and emerging barriers to scaling up engineering biology applications, and how effective are existing industrial strategy policies in addressing them? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth Which engineering biology sub-sectors show the greatest potential for attracting increased investment beyond human health, and how can their success be supported? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What factors influence people’s decisions to work or not work in the manufacturing sector? At what points in time do people make educational, training and employment decisions that are relevant to working in the manufacturing sector? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What is the impact of automotive and aerospace innovation on the wider UK economy and economic growth? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What are the new and evolving barriers facing advanced manufacturing sub-sectors, as set out in the Industrial Strategy, that need to be addressed? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth How is the co-operatives and mutuals sector performing and how can it be supported? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth How can the contribution of the defence sector to growth and national security be measured, including metrics beyond productivity, comparative advantage and investment? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What challenges and opportunities are associated with economic growth within each sector? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth How do specific corporate disclosure requirements, for example environmental, social and governance (ESG) or risk reporting, affect UK businesses’ strategic decisions and behaviour, and how do institutional investors interpret and act on this information? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details
Industrial Strategy, Business Regulation and Growth What are the potential impacts of recent and proposed reforms to corporate law and governance frameworks on UK companies, including to the Companies Act, non-financial reporting, audit regulation and requirements, and the use of Corporate Directors in company structures? Department for Business and Trade, 2026
Full details