By Chris Sims

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of visiting Downing Street for the end of the Small Business Saturday tour, a UK-wide initiative celebrating the role small firms play in supporting our local economies and communities.

While 2025 has had its challenges for businesses, the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of the sector is never in doubt. And advances like AI mean the catalysts for growth are more accessible than ever.

In 2026, businesses must be willing to accelerate the adoption of emerging trends. But to do this, they must have rock-solid connectivity in place to underpin the new data-intensive technology, support expansion and drive efficiency.

We recently teamed up with Cambridge Econometrics to see the impact planned connectivity improvements could have on the productivity of UK businesses over the next five years. Our Future Unlocked report found that forecasted........

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