Economic Outlook 2026

The Chancellor delivers the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 28 October. Seven days later, the cleaning and hygiene sector and the wider FM industry meet in the City to work out what it means for labour costs, wage floors, interest rates, demand and investment in 2027.

This year the Economic Outlook moves to an afternoon: a seated working lunch, two keynotes, three peer-led roundtables and drinks to finish. Places are capped at 100, so every delegate gets a seat at a table and a voice in the room.

This event is exclusively for CSSA members!

Keynote one: Roger Martin-Fagg, behavioural economist

Roger is back for a fourth year. He spent 21 years at Henley Management College teaching macroeconomics and strategy to senior managers. He has worked with the Bank of England and major UK clearing banks, and he wrote Making Sense of the Economy. He'll take the Budget apart and rebuild…