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Weekly Trade Update: 16/01/25
FSB: Regulations to unlock SME growth
UK startups take centre stage in AI action plan
Logistics trends to transform your business in 2025

FSB: Regulations to unlock SME growth

The Federation of Small Businesses has written to seven UK regulators with a set of measures to help boost small business growth. This is following requests from government officials for regulatory reforms to spur investment and economic growth. The FSB is leading calls for a better regulatory policy atmosphere, with recommendations looking into ensuring timely payments from large companies and protection for small businesses on online platforms.

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UK startups take centre stage in AI action plan

Earlier this week the UK Government announced a new AI Opportunities Action Plan. The recommendations laid out aim to use AI to ‘revolutionise’ the public sector and boost efficiency. Findings from a report built last year have been packaged into a set of 50 recommendations which form the basis for this new plan including increasing AI research talent in the UK, improving funding for AI projects, and creating AI-focused growth zones.

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Logistics trends to transform your business in 2025

Knowing which trends are set to shape the industry in 2025 will help your business to optimise its processes, stay competitive, and operate sustainably. The latest edition of the DHL Logistics Trend Radar highlighted the relevance of AI in logistics, identifying areas such as computer vision, audio AI and advanced analytics. Optimise your supply chain with these logistics industry trends and see how it could help your SME in your day-to-day operations.

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