Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “London stocks have a touch higher this morning as investors brace for a pivotal week at the Bank of England. Rates are widely expected to stay at 4% on Thursday, but the real debate is whether policymakers deliver a cut in December, with odds hovering near 50-50. With stubborn […]
A recent survey of UK SME’s found that 84% of businesses thought that setting up the ability to accept card payments from customers wasn’t easy enough, 87% thought they weren’t getting value for money and astonishingly 72% hadn’t received any contact from their provider at all since setting up their service. The 5.5 million UK […]
According to the latest take-up figures from Savills, total office take-up across the Big 6 regional cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester) reached 948,771 sq ft in Q3 2025, marginally down by 6% on the five-year Q3 average. During Q1 to Q3 2025, Savills reports that the Big 6 regional office markets recorded […]
The Barclays Regional Investment Map, which provides insights into UK company funding and growth, reveals an increase in new business registrations across the UK in Q3 2025. According to the analysis by Barclays Eagle Labs and Beauhurst the number of active UK companies has risen to 5.48 million – a 0.43% increase from the previous […]
Specialist analytics and risk consultancy 4most Europe Limited has announced the successful acquisition of VB Risk Advisory B.V, a Netherlands-based risk consultancy. The addition of VB Risk Advisory will accelerate the growth of 4most’s existing Netherlands business, bringing a team of 24 econometricians highly skilled in quantitative risk and financial modelling, a respected training and […]
QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has announced a strategic partnership with TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service, to expand global receivables and local accounts solutions for QNB customers worldwide. This partnership enables QNB to integrate TransferMate’s award-winning technology directly into its platform, providing […]
Specialist commercial lender InterBay, part of OSB Group, has reduced rates across its commercial owner occupier range and selected semi-commercial products, with rates now starting from 5.34%. This move directly supports brokers with clients seeking diversification opportunities within the commercial space. Within its semi-commercial range, for properties with 55%+ residential value, new business rates have […]
The majority of UK estate agents may now be at risk of breaching anti-money-laundering (AML) regulations following major changes introduced by HMRC last month, according to compliance technology specialist, Coadjute. On 9 September, HMRC published revised AML guidance that fundamentally redefines what is mandatory. The word “must” appears 212 times in the document, turning dozens […]
The UK is one of the destinations of choice for leading automotive companies seeking a competitive edge through technological innovation thanks to our world-class R&D expertise and ecosystem – and it’s a global excellence on which we’re doubling down. Indeed, as SMMT’s latest report Driving Automotive Innovation: Insights From Industry published this week shows, the UK […]
Business confidence rose in October, increasing eight points to 50%, according to the latest Lloyds Business Barometer. The rise follows a dip in September, with the uplift marked by increased confidence across several regions and sectors. Confidence in businesses’ own trading prospects increased by 11 points to 62%, while economic optimism improved for the first […]
