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The estimated GDP of the Republic of Ireland is $131,300 per person at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), according t...


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Data correct as of 7 October 2026, covering Q4 2025 to Q2 2026. 

No. The UK is not currently in a recession. Real GDP has not fallen in any quarter since the end of 2025, though growth has been weak and uneven. A recession requires two consecutive quarters of falling output, and that has not happened. This page explains the current data, what's behind the weak ...


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People often confuse the Co-operative Bank with a credit union, but they are not the same thing. Despite its name, the Co-operative Bank is not itself a co-operative and has not been owned by the Co-operative Group since 2013; it is a conventional company, now wholly owned by ...


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The biggest employers in the UK are not the companies most people name. The largest single employer is the National Health Service, which employed an estimated 2.07 million people in June 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics. That's several times larger than any UK-listed firm in terms of employee numbers and, contrary to popular belief, bigger than any bank ...


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B2B software prices vary because vendors practise price discrimination, charging different buyers different prices for the same product according to how much each is willing to pay. Two firms can sign up for the same software-as-a-service (SaaS) product on the same day and pay very d...


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