CompanyBeacon report · snapshot 23 August 2026

UK growth and interest rates

Quarter-on-quarter GDP growth alongside the Bank of England's official Bank Rate history.

Snapshot: harvested 23 August 2026; 67 official source files succeeded and 0 failed. Page generated 15 September 2026. National indicators provide context; they do not predict an individual company's performance.
2026-Q2

Quarter-on-quarter GDP growth

0.4%

-0.2 from the previous observation.

2025-12-18

Bank Rate

3.8%

-0.3 from the previous observation.

How to use these signals

GDP is a broad, revisable measure of economic activity. Bank Rate is an official policy rate, not the borrowing cost available to an individual company. Together they frame—but do not determine—fundraising conditions and customer demand.

For a portfolio review, compare runway and refinancing dates with the rate environment and test the company's revenue assumptions against both weak and strong growth cases.

Quarter-on-quarter GDP growth history

Source: Office for National Statistics. Open Government Licence v3.0

PeriodValuePublished series
2026-Q20.4%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2026-Q10.6%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2025-Q40.1%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2025-Q30.1%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2025-Q20.2%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2025-Q10.6%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2024-Q40.4%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2024-Q30.2%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2024-Q20.6%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2024-Q10.7%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2023-Q4-0.3%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
2023-Q3-0.2%Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %

Bank Rate history

Source: Bank of England. Bank of England statistical publication — free reuse with attribution

PeriodValuePublished series
2025-12-183.8%Official Bank Rate
2025-08-074.0%Official Bank Rate
2025-05-084.3%Official Bank Rate
2025-02-064.5%Official Bank Rate
2024-11-074.8%Official Bank Rate
2024-08-015.0%Official Bank Rate
2023-08-035.3%Official Bank Rate
2023-06-225.0%Official Bank Rate
2023-05-114.5%Official Bank Rate
2023-03-234.3%Official Bank Rate
2023-02-024.0%Official Bank Rate
2022-12-153.5%Official Bank Rate

Method and limits