Business

Nicki Bull Bisgaard, Group Chairman of PayTech Group, has long advocated for the use of technology to enhance business financial management. Nowadays, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face unprecedented challenges. Unpredictable cash flows, limited access to credit, and the need to make data-driven decisions often put smaller businesses at a disadvantage compared with larger corporations. PayTech Group acknowledges that Artificial …

Scroll through a dollar-yen chart on any hectic Monday morning, and you will spot places where the price seems to have teleported. Most traders simply label these blank spaces “gaps,” yet over the last few years, another label, Fair Value Gap, or FVG, has entered the conversation. Both describe untraded price territory, but they are created for different reasons and …

Barclays has launched a new market-leading lending facility designed to support UK farmers adopting regenerative and sustainable agricultural practices. The Farm Transition Finance (FTF) proposition offers eligible farmers a 0.3 per cent interest rate reduction on standard term loans, with flexible repayment structures designed to reflect the needs of individual businesses. The facility aims to make investment in nature-friendly changes …

Hundreds of students attend Rawalpindi expo; new chapter of academic collaboration begins: Rawalpindi: Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) successfully hosted the Study in Malaysia Education Fair 2025 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Rawalpindi, on 18th September 2025, drawing a large turnout of students, parents, and academic professionals from across Pakistan. The event showcased 12 leading Malaysian universities offering world-class degree programs, …

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4 per cent, pausing its cycle of monetary easing as governor Andrew Bailey warned that Britain was “not out of the woods yet” on inflation. The decision, taken by the Bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), saw seven members vote to leave rates unchanged while two backed a quarter-point cut. The …

The rejection of proposed amendments to the government’s Employment Rights Bill risks creating unnecessary barriers to growth and worsening conditions in the UK labour market, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo UK). Samantha Hurley, Managing Director at APSCo UK, described the decision as “disappointing” and said recruitment experts and business leaders had been ignored despite raising concerns …

Women entrepreneurs are achieving 25 per cent lower valuations than their male peers when exiting their businesses, according to new research unveiled by Evelyn Partners at its No Diversity, No Deal event in Glasgow. The preliminary findings, drawn from Evelyn Partners’ upcoming Next Exit report, reveal that male business owners secured an average of £5.2 million at exit compared to …

The former Director General of the Institute of Directors has been disqualified as a company director for 11 years after abusing the government’s Covid Bounce Back Loan scheme. Anna Daroy, 61, of Abbots Morton, Worcestershire, secured two maximum-value £50,000 loans for her management consultancy, Globepoint Associates Ltd, in May 2020 — despite businesses only being entitled to one. The loans, …

Octopus Energy Group has announced it will spin off Kraken, its fast-growing AI-powered technology arm, in a move designed to accelerate its expansion into global energy markets. Kraken, launched within Octopus in 2019, has become one of the most advanced operating systems for utilities worldwide. The platform is now contracted to manage more than 70 million household and business accounts …

Classic literature is enjoying a new surge in demand – not for its words, but for the soaring value of rare first editions. Pawnbrokers across the UK say they are seeing a dramatic rise in people cashing in on their bookshelves, with mint-condition copies of Harry Potter, Enid Blyton and even Fyodor Dostoevsky works becoming hot commodities. James Constantinou, owner …