TheCityUK Annual Conference 2025

Anjalika Bardalai, TheCityUK's Chief Economist and Director, Economic Research, looks into the relationship between financial and related professional services employment and business numbers.

The UK's forthcoming Industrial and Trade Strategies are integral to the government’s ‘Growth Mission,’ leveraging strengths in financial and related professional services to drive investment, productivity and exports. In our submissions to the government, we have stressed that industrial and trade strategies must work hand in hand to fully unlock their potential to enhance the UK’s long-term productivity and living standards.