Data from 500 UK-based executives surveyed in our Risk & Resilience survey conducted between January 6–20 2025. January 2026 figures are projections based on the January 2025 survey. Note: Risk percentages reflect executives’ top geopolitical and economic concerns. Resilience figures combine “very” and “moderately” prepared responses. SME firms are those with annual revenue between £250,000 to 99.99m, large are those with an annual revenue of £100m+.
500 UK-based executives told us…
85% agreed that changes in the political landscape will affect their business’ ability to trade profitably – a sharp rise from 70% in January 2025.
86% believe the current geopolitical & economic uncertainty will limit their business’ growth plans – a sharp rise from 69% in January 2025.
89% of global execs expect to make changes to their suppliers or supply chains due to geopolitical tensions – up from 72% in January.
30% plan to reassess the security of their overseas operations this year, compared to 22% in 2024.
Data from 500 UK-based executives surveyed in our 2024 and 2025 Risk & Resilience surveys. The 2025 research was conducted between January 6–20 and July 30–August 6. Note: the 'agree/believe and expect' stats are the 'strongly agree' and 'somewhat agree' answers combined.