Financing the real economy

Business and Trade Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 4 Aug 2025 Parliament page
The Government has made economic growth its “number one mission”, aiming to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7. Yet the UK has consistently lagged behind its peers and in 2025, the IMF projected UK growth at just 1.2%—below most major competitors. Low investment is at the core of … Read more
4 Oral sessions
4 Letters
4 Events
Activity timeline 12 events
20 Jan
2026
Correspondence
13 Jan
2026
Correspondence
6 Jan
2026
Correspondence
6 Jan
2026
Correspondence
9 Dec
2025
Oral evidence
9 Dec
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
18 Nov
2025
Oral evidence
18 Nov
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
21 Oct
2025
Oral evidence
21 Oct
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
14 Oct
2025
Oral evidence
14 Oct
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
9 Dec 2025
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Blair McDougall MP · Department for Business and Trade Debbie Wosskow OBE · Invest in Women Debra McDonald · Iron & Velvet Jordan Dargue · Lifted Ventures Oliver Coppard · South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Paula Crofts · Department for Business and Trade Paul Bristow · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Sean Jones · HM Treasury The Lord Stockwood · Department for Business and Trade
18 Nov 2025
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Andy Gray · NatWest Anna Shiel · Better Society Capital Barry Kenneth · Pension Protection Fund Ben Barbanel · OakNorth Bank Lisa Jacobs · Funding Circle Liz Fernando · Nest Corporation Louis Taylor · British Business Bank Mila Lukic · Bridges Outcomes Partnerships Richard Davies · Allica Bank Sandra Boss · BlackRock Tim Creed · Schroders
21 Oct 2025
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Anita Breslin · Tokamak Energy David Ward · GB Group Plc Dr Stephen Streater · Blackbird Plc Greg Reed · Places for People James Ashton · Quoted Companies Alliance Jenny Hadlow · Checkout.com Markus Bauman · CMR Surgical Mo Jamei · Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Mr Fhaheen Khan · Make UK Rob Salter-Church · National Grid Rosalind Gill · National Centre for Universities and Business
14 Oct 2025
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Professor Jagjit Chadha · University of Cambridge Professor Jonathan Haskel · Imperial College Business School Professor Tera Allas · The Productivity Institute The Lord Turner of Ecchinswell Will Hutton · The Purposeful Company
Correspondence 4 letters
20 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from Ministers for Investment and for Small Business and Economic Transformation relating to the evidence session on 9 December on financing the real economy, 14 January 2026
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13 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from the Governor of the Bank of England relating to the capital requirements for domestic-focused firms, 17 December 2025
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6 Jan 2026 From committee Letter to the Minsters for Investment and for Small Business and Economic Transformation relating to the evidence session on 9 December on financing the real economy, 18 December 2025
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6 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association relating to access to capital for female entrepreneurs, 18 December 2025
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