UK · Data hub · Data licence Checked 20 May 2026

Data licence and reuse

Public-interest figures on the data hub are released under the UK Open Government Licence (OGL v3.0). You can copy them, build on them, and republish them, with one short attribution.

How to read this page
  • The licence covers our compiled and derived figures, not the underlying primary publications.
  • Our editorial commentary is published All Rights Reserved — quoting up to two sentences is fine; longer extracts need permission.
  • See the citation guide for the standard attribution string.
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Open Government Licence v3.0

Public-interest data on the hub is released under the UK government's open licence framework.

The Open Government Licence is the UK standard for reusing public-sector information. Under OGL v3.0 you may:

  • Copy, publish, distribute and transmit the figures
  • Adapt the figures (chart them differently, recompute averages, integrate them into your own analysis)
  • Exploit the figures commercially — for example, in a paid newsletter or a research subscription product

Provided you attribute the source.

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Attribution requirements

A short line crediting Business Expert and the underlying primary source.

The simplest acceptable attribution is the standard citation string (see the Citation guide). On a chart or table you republish, the source line at the foot of the visual should read:

Source: [Primary source], via Business Expert UK Payments Data Hub. Used under OGL v3.0.

Replace [Primary source] with the named publisher in the figure's footnote — usually Bank of England, UK Finance, PSR, FCA, or ONS.

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What the licence does not cover

Third-party rate cards, primary source publications, and our editorial commentary.

The OGL covers our compiled and derived figures, not the underlying primary publications. To reuse a raw Bank of England series, a UK Finance press release, or a PSR market review, follow the originating publisher's licence terms.

Our editorial commentary (the prose around each figure) is published All Rights Reserved. You can quote up to two sentences with attribution; longer extracts require written permission via the contact desk.

The Business Expert name, logo and design system are trademarks. Reuse of the figures does not grant any rights to those marks.