Accessing Business Funding in the 2026 UK Economy

A handyperson offers a vast array of home services, from repair work and maintenance to small-scale improvements. This type of work is ideal if you delight in range, are practical and take pride in doing a neat, professional task. One day you may be fitting shelves or hanging pictures, and the next putting together flat-pack furnishings or repairing a garden fence.

If you're imaginative and love the thought of sanding, painting and re-upholstering old furniture, this might be the ideal company opportunity. If you don't mind getting your hands unclean and are happy to handle all type of insects from wasps and ants to mice and rats a bug control company could be right up your street.

You should also use the right sprays and traps, and wear protective clothing. If you delight in sewing, starting your own changes and fabric service can be a basic and gratifying service.

ANSR July UK PRs

Trading services were asked how their turnover in February 2026 compared to January 2026, excluding any seasonal trading. Data are outlined in the middle of the duration of each wave. Around a quarter (25%) of trading services reported a decline in their turnover in February 2026 when compared to the previous month.

These motions follow the pattern seen in previous years when a peak in December is followed by a down pattern in January and February. The industries with the greatest percentage reporting a decline in turnover in February 2026 were: the lodging and food service activities industry (41%) the other services market (35%) the human health and social work activities market (34%) Around 16% of trading businesses reported that their turnover increased in February 2026, which was broadly stable with January 2026.

ANSR July UK PRs

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For trading businesses with 10 or more employees, 27% reported that their turnover had actually decreased, down 6 portion points from January 2026, and down 2 percentage points from February 2025. More than one in 5 (24%) services reported that their turnover had actually increased, which was broadly steady with January.