198 of 614 UK contract awards (21 to 23 Oct) were direct awards, skipping open competition.
UK open data, updated daily. Every source below is public data from an official publisher or a public website, and most of it is published each working day. Our tools collect it for you in seconds, priced per result on Apify.
That tenders number came from one of the tools on this page: we read every contract award notice on Find a Tender for three days and counted how each one was bought.
RawTrader | UK Industry & Bills is a UK newsletter and open data project tracking energy bills, fuel prices, public tenders, company closures and FCA short positions, using official data from Ofgem, DESNZ, ONS, Companies House, Find a Tender and the FCA.
Below is every RawTrader data tool, grouped by topic. Data only, not investment advice.
Energy and bills
UK energy price cap (Ofgem). What you get: Ofgem price cap unit rates and standing charges by GB region and payment method, plus optional Cornwall Insight forecasts. Source: Ofgem. Updates: Ofgem sets the cap each quarter. Get the data: UK energy price cap (Ofgem)
Public tenders
UK public tenders and contract awards. What you get: New UK public sector tender notices and contract awards, filterable by keyword, CPV, value and region. Source: Find a Tender (OCDS API) and Contracts Finder. Updates: New notices every working day. Get the data: UK public tenders and contract awards
Companies: births, closures and new businesses
UK new companies and dissolutions. What you get: New UK company incorporations by SIC code, region and postcode, plus liquidation and dissolution alerts. Source: Companies House. Updates: Companies House updates daily. Get the data: UK new companies and dissolutions
UK food hygiene ratings. What you get: FSA food hygiene ratings for UK restaurants and takeaways by council, postcode or rating, with new business leads. Source: Food Standards Agency (FSA). Updates: Councils upload new ratings continuously. Get the data: UK food hygiene ratings
Finance, FCA and politics
UK FCA short positions. What you get: Net short positions in UK listed shares: issuer, ISIN, short %, position date, daily changes and history. Source: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Updates: FCA publishes each working day. Get the data: UK FCA short positions
Example: on the FCA file of 23 Oct 2026, 14.13% of Ibstock's shares were sold short, against 1.3% for the typical UK firm.
UK political donations and loans. What you get: Donations and loans to UK parties by party, donor, date and value. Source: Electoral Commission. Updates: Electoral Commission publishes quarterly reports. Get the data: UK political donations and loans
Health and life sciences
NHS prescribing data (all 4 UK nations). What you get: Monthly GP prescribing for any drug or BNF code: items, quantity and cost by nation, region, ICB or health board and practice, plus the biggest month on month movers. Source: NHSBSA (England), Public Health Scotland, NHS Wales and the Northern Ireland BSO. Updates: Published monthly by each nation. Get the data: NHS prescribing data
Biotech catalyst tracker (FDA and MHRA). What you get: FDA approvals and complete response letters, the FDA advisory committee calendar, MHRA UK authorisations and ClinicalTrials.gov result and status changes, with company and condition filters and tickers. Source: openFDA, FDA, MHRA (GOV.UK) and ClinicalTrials.gov. Updates: As each publisher releases them. Get the data: Biotech catalyst tracker
Biopharma SEC filings feed. What you get: Pharma and biotech 8 K and 6 K filings with their press releases, sorted into FDA approval, complete response letter, PDUFA date, topline data, deal and offering events, with ticker and company. Source: SEC EDGAR. Updates: As companies file, every US business day. Get the data: Biopharma SEC filings feed
Jobs and visas
UK jobs feed. What you get: Deduplicated UK job ads from NHS Jobs, DWP Find a Job and public Greenhouse, Lever and Workable boards. Source: NHS Jobs, DWP Find a Job and public company job boards. Updates: New ads daily. Get the data: UK jobs feed
UK visa sponsor register. What you get: Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors with new, removed and A to B downgraded sponsors. Source: Home Office. Updates: Home Office updates the register on working days. Get the data: UK visa sponsor register
Property and planning
UK planning applications. What you get: New planning applications from the Planning London Datahub (all 35 London authorities) and Idox Public Access council portals. Source: Planning London Datahub and council Idox portals. Updates: Councils add applications daily. Get the data: UK planning applications
UK house prices paid (HM Land Registry). What you get: Sold house prices for England and Wales by postcode, district, town, county, date range and property type, plus area comps (median, count and % change vs the previous period). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Updates: HM Land Registry publishes monthly. Get the data: UK house prices paid (HM Land Registry)
UK planning appeals (Planning Inspectorate). What you get: Appeal decisions for England, allowed or dismissed, by council, postcode, dwellings and green belt, plus allowed rates per council and alerts for new decisions. Source: Planning Inspectorate. Updates: The Inspectorate adds decisions as they are issued. Get the data: UK planning appeals (Planning Inspectorate)
Retail and consumer
UK product safety recalls. What you get: OPSS product recalls, FSA food and allergy alerts and MHRA drug and device alerts in one feed. Source: OPSS, FSA and MHRA. Updates: Alerts as issued by each regulator. Get the data: UK product safety recalls
UK buy now pay later (BNPL) checker. What you get: Detects Klarna, Clearpay, PayPal Pay in 3, Laybuy and Zilch on UK online shops, plus their platform. Source: Public shop websites. Updates: On demand, per run. Get the data: UK buy now pay later (BNPL) checker
Frequently asked questions
Where does this data come from?
From the official publishers named under each tool, such as Ofgem, Companies House, Find a Tender, the FCA, HM Land Registry, the NHS, the FDA and the SEC. The BNPL checker reads public shop websites.
How do I get the data?
Click Get the data under any tool. It opens the tool's page on the Apify Store, where you can run it and download JSON, CSV or Excel. Runs are priced per result, shown on each page.
How fresh is it?
Every run fetches the source live, so you get whatever the publisher has released by then. The usual publishing rhythm is shown next to each tool.
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