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UK SME statistics and evidence

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Cyber breaches or attacks identified by small UK businesses

The survey covers breaches or attacks organisations could identify and were willing to report, so it may underestimate true prevalence. Small businesses are those with 10 to 49 employees.

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UK businesses reporting higher input prices in August 2026

The result is from wave 164 of the Business Insights and Conditions Survey. It is a business-count-weighted share across trading businesses and is not a direct inflation rate or a measure of the size of each price increase.

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Gross SME bank lending in 2025

The British Business Bank reported this as the second-highest annual level since 2012, after the exceptional pandemic-related peak in 2020. Gross lending is a market-flow measure, not a measure of approval rates or affordability for every business.

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