Our sustainability policy team will be in Belém, Brazil, for key meetings at COP30.

How long it takes businesses to pay each other in the UK is again under scrutiny. Under particular focus is the impact that late, long and other poor payment practices can have on smaller businesses in trying to manage the gap between doing the work and being paid for it.

Ahead of the Chancellor’s autumn budget and updated economic forecasts we take a look at the state of play and speculation in the build-up. We also review what’s happening state-side with shutdowns and the latest Fed decision, and what we know about the impact of the JLR cyber-attack.