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Markets & Rates
August 2025 Bank Rate Cut: The Investment Decision After 4%
Bank Rate fell from 4.25% to 4.00% after a finely balanced decision. It was useful progress, but not a reason to assume every equipment quote had bottomed.
7 August 2025 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
April 2025 UK Inflation at 3.5%: Why Business Costs Jumped
UK CPI inflation rose to 3.5% in April 2025 as several annual price changes landed together. Here is how to read that for equipment planning.
21 May 2025 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
May 2025 Bank Rate Cut: Machinery Finance in a Split Market
Bank Rate fell from 4.50% to 4.25%, but policymakers disagreed on the size and timing. Equipment buyers still needed live, asset-specific figures.
8 May 2025 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
March 2025 Rate Hold: What Businesses Needed to Watch
The Bank of England kept Bank Rate at 4.50%. Global uncertainty and domestic inflation made the path ahead less certain for business borrowers.
20 March 2025 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
UK Inflation Reached 3.0% in January 2025: The Business Impact
CPI inflation rose to 3.0% in January 2025. For equipment buyers, the key issue was the pressure on both operating costs and the expected path of rates.
19 February 2025 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
February 2025 Bank Rate Cut and Asset Finance Explained
Bank Rate fell from 4.75% to 4.50% as the Bank also cut its 2025 growth forecast. The message for equipment investment was more nuanced than the headline.
6 February 2025 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
December 2024 Bank Rate Hold: Why Quotes Could Still Move
Bank Rate stayed at 4.75%, but three policymakers voted for a cut. A hold did not mean fixed equipment-finance pricing stood still.
19 December 2024 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
November 2024 Rate Cut: A Practical Read for UK SMEs
Bank Rate moved from 5.00% to 4.75%. For SMEs, the useful question was whether current equipment could wait—not whether every finance quote would fall immediately.
7 November 2024 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
UK Inflation Fell Below Target in September 2024: What It Meant
UK CPI inflation fell to 1.7% in the year to September 2024. Lower inflation improved the rate outlook, but did not reverse earlier machinery price rises.
16 October 2024 · Jack Bridges
Markets & Rates
August 2024 Bank Rate Cut: What Changed for Equipment Finance?
Bank Rate fell from 5.25% to 5.00%, its first reduction since March 2020. Here is what that did—and did not—change for equipment buyers.
1 August 2024 · Jack Bridges
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