One Step Away
One in four UK firms is one step from ready. A yes-or-no view sets them all aside.
Gifftid reads UK businesses for readiness, resilience and risk. We publish what those readings show, with the method and the limits alongside.
One in four UK firms is one step from ready. A yes-or-no view sets them all aside.
Newest first.
How a forward-looking reading of 54,914 UK firms sorts them into ready now, one step away and not yet, and what a yes-or-no view leaves out.
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Read the reportRegister as read on 12 October 2026.
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firms read for readiness, resilience and risk
firms with enough evidence for a decision
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A single reading shows who is ready. It can’t show who is becoming ready, or whether the readings carry information. Both need to be tested publicly.
13,571 firms read one step away on 12 October 2026. Later readings report against that baseline.
What we expect to see is written down before the results come in, and outcomes come from sources independent of the readings.
If the readings don’t carry information, we say so. The decision always stays with the institution.
How many of the 13,571 firms one step away have moved since the baseline. Get it when it’s published.