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Commerce Grants covers business developments, household finance updates, grants and funding news, and wider economic trends. Our aim is to make important topics easier to understand through clear reporting and accessible explainers.
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What Is a Business Grant?
An overview of what business grants are, how they work, who provides them and the key things businesses should understand.
Latest Updates
The latest reporting and explainers from across business news, personal finance, grants and funding, and the wider economy.
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Macroeconomic Terms Defined
Macroeconomic terms appear regularly in financial news, government announcements and everyday discussions about the economy. Words such as GDP, inflation, recession, productivity and interest rates can sound technical, but they describe issues that affect households, businesses and public finances. Macroeconomics looks at the economy as a whole. It studies broad measures such as national output,…
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UK GDP Explained: What Does It Mean For You?
GDP is one of the most common terms used in economic news, government announcements and financial forecasts. When people talk about whether the UK economy is growing or shrinking, they are usually talking about gross domestic product, or GDP. At its simplest, GDP measures the value of goods and services produced in a country over…
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Top 10 Economics Terms Explained
Economics terms appear regularly in news reports, government announcements, business updates and personal finance articles. Words such as inflation, GDP, recession and interest rates are often used as if everyone already understands them. In reality, many economics terms can feel confusing at first. They describe large economic forces, but those forces can affect everyday life….
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What Financial Support Is Available For University Students?
University students in the UK may be able to access several different kinds of financial support, but the system is not built around one single payment or one universal student grant. Instead, support is spread across tuition fee funding, maintenance support for living costs, additional grants or allowances for some groups, bursaries for certain learners,…
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What Is The Meaning Of A Bursary?
A bursary is a form of financial support that helps someone pay for education, training or related costs. In the UK, bursaries are often linked to financial need, personal circumstances, household income or barriers that may make it harder for someone to continue studying. Unlike a student loan, a bursary usually does not need to…
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Free Business Grants For Small Businesses
“Free business grants” is a phrase many small business owners search for when they are looking for funding that does not need to be repaid. In broad terms, that is the right basic idea: a grant is usually a form of business funding that is not structured like a loan, and unlike conventional borrowing it…
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The UK Economic Growth Rate Through History
The UK economic growth rate has changed significantly through history. Periods of strong expansion have often been followed by slowdowns, recessions, recoveries and new economic challenges. When people talk about the UK economy growing, they are usually referring to changes in gross domestic product, or GDP. GDP measures the value of goods and services produced…
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How Student Finance Works In The UK
Student finance in the UK is often talked about as though it were one simple scheme, but in practice it is a framework made up of different types of support, different funding bodies and different rules depending on where a student normally lives and what kind of course they are taking. GOV.UK’s undergraduate overview presents…
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A Guide To The Top 10 UK Finance Blogs
UK finance blogs cover a surprisingly wide range of topics. Some focus on budgeting and household bills, some on investing and wealth-building, some on the economics behind markets and policy, and others on the practical side of running a business or understanding credit. What links them is that they usually try to make financial topics…
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Grants & Funding
Find out more about how you can obtain access to grants and funding for businesses and other organisations.
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