The UAE’s banks showed great initiative last week when they announced they would suspend any legal action against small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) struggling to repay debt. The three month-reprieve should provide some leverage for affected businesses to catch […]

A family is seen through raindrops on a window as they shelter under umbrellas during a rainstorm in London, February 16, 2015. Reuters/Neil Hall LONDON Expectations among people in Britain for inflation over the coming year remained at their highest […]

Traders work at their desks in front of the German share price index, DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, March 30, 2016. Reuters/Staff/Remote LONDON European funds have cut their equity exposure to its lowest since July 2012, […]

People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain November 30, 2015. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett LONDON Investors cut their holdings of stocks to the lowest in at least five years in March, despite a recovery in global […]

LONDON British mortgage approvals fell last month for the first time since September but remained close to January’s two-year high, Bank of England data showed on Thursday, suggesting Britain’s housing market is still robust. The BoE figures also showed lending […]

LONDON British consumers remain their least confident in more than a year as they worry about the country’s European Union referendum and the euro zone’s unresolved economic problems, a survey showed on Thursday. Market research firm GfK said its overall […]

Houses are seen in London October 7, 2013. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth LONDON British homeowners might be sitting on bigger increases in the value of their properties than they thought, based on a new official measure of house prices. The new index, […]

A taxi and buses queue outside the Bank of England in London, Britain December 10, 2015. Reuters/Luke MacGregor LONDON Britain’s European Union referendum could push up credit costs and weaken sterling more, the Bank of England warned on Tuesday, as […]

Writing a business plan is actually quite a daunting prospect. Most start-ups do not know where they will be in one month’s time, let alone five years. Many business plans are unrealistic, as people dream of setting up the next […]

Most entrepreneurs hope that their fundraising efforts will result in a venture capital equity financing. However, it is not uncommon for companies to meet their cash flow demands by raising convertible debt prior to or between equity rounds, and many […]