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CORDET: Best Alternative Credit Investor United Kingdom 2025

Capital Finance International · June 13, 2025

CORDET provides flexible, long-term financing solutions to mid-market businesses across Northern and Western Europe, with a strong emphasis on sustainable and responsible investment practices. The firm has demonstrated resilience and adaptability...

UK Trade Commissioner visits Guatemala to boost economic ties

Odisha Diary · June 13, 2025

This visit comes at a key moment, as Guatemala has become the UK’s most dynamic commercial partner in Central America. Last year, trade between the two countries hit a record £376 million, even surpassing pre-pandemic levels. During his visit,...

Payment Assist Adopts Groov’s Embedded Finance Offering in UK

PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts · June 13, 2025

Payment Assist is now offering business lending to automotive businesses across the United Kingdom via an embedded finance partnership with Groov. The new offering joins the buy, now pay later (BNPL) and retail finance solutions Payment Assist...

Funding Rounds and Walmart’s Credit Card Push Mark Busy Week for FinTech

PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts · June 13, 2025

Circle and Chime garnered the lion’s share of FinTech-focused headlines through the past several days, particularly those centered on Wall Street. However, there is a tailwind to early-stage financing of FinTechs focused on platform models that...

Forrester’s Digest: VodafoneThree investing £11bn in UK 5G

SatNews · June 13, 2025

Vodafone, now more accurately called VodafoneThree following its £15 billion merger with Three, says it will connect its 27 million customers wherever they are in the UK, and “by this time next year” will use a beta-trial of satellite coverage...

British-American Billionaire In Talks For Investment In Telegraph Newspaper

Forbes ·

Rita Ora and Len Blavatnik attend the Warner Music Pre-Grammy Party at the NoMad Hotel in 2019 in ... More Los Angeles, California.Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Warner Music Billionaire Len Blavatnik has reportedly been approached by...

PSP Investments closing 7.51% stake acquisition in 407 toll highway, BCI investing in Asian telecommunications infrastructure

Benefits Canada · June 13, 2025

The deal represents the largest investment commitment by PSP Investments in Canada, said Sandiren Curthan, managing director and global head of infrastructure investments at the investment organization, in a press release. “This investment is part...

‘Unreliable’ UK not told in advance about Israel’s attack on Iran

The Times ·

The UK was not officially informed about Israel’s attack on Iran before it happened and provided no support to the mission, it is understood, highlighting the deteriorating relationship between the two countries. Diplomats said it appeared Israel...

Opinion: To build Canada’s future, we need to invest in public transit

Daily Hive Vancouver ·

Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Chris Ng, a volunteer at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, a non-profit organization that’s pushing for faster, more reliable, more abundant public transit across the region. He is also a physics student...

Lancashire leader pledges Reform UK cost cutting will bring benefits

Lancaster Guardian · June 13, 2025

The leader of Lancashire County Council says the search for savings within the authority is designed to enable money to be reinvested in the “frontline services” on which people rely. Stephen Atkinson was defending his new Reform UK...

Caroline Hirons: Britain’s most powerful beauty expert

The Times ·

Caroline Hirons is going through some of her bêtes noires with me. Face wipes? “You do not need one. They’re not biodegradable, whatever they might say. Piss off.” The “clean beauty” movement? “Are people even still using ‘toxic’ to describe...

UK government confirm £500 million for hydrogen funding

Global Hydrogen Review · June 13, 2025

Thousands of clean energy jobs will be created in Britain’s industrial heartlands as the government confirms over £500 million for hydrogen infrastructure, as part of the Plan for Change to invest in Britain’s future as a clean energy superpower....

UK Civil Justice Council Publishes Review of Litigation Funding

JD Supra - California · June 13, 2025

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published its highly anticipated final report on the regulation and development of litigation funding in England and Wales. This comprehensive report addresses the implications of the UK Supreme Court decision...

UK financial watchdogs are too burdensome for lenders – House of Lords

Mortgage Professional Australia · June 13, 2025

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, chair of the committee and a former Cabinet minister, criticised what he called “mission creep” among regulators, claiming that they are straying beyond their original mandates and creating overlapping demands on firms....

UK government confirms £500m hydrogen investment to create thousands of jobs

The European Magazine · June 13, 2025

First regional hydrogen transport and storage network to boost industrial regions across Britain The UK government has confirmed over £500 million in new funding for hydrogen infrastructure, with ministers promising the investment will create...

UK's PHP pushes for Assura merger, dismissing financial risk claims

IOL · June 13, 2025

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has renewed its push for a merger with rival Assura Plc dismissing financial concerns raised by Assura’s board and underscoring strategic benefits in an intensifying battle over the future of Britain’s largest...

University of New England joins global entrepreneurship network

Mainebiz - Oregon ·

The University of New England said that being part of a global entrepreneurship network will help it advance its entrepreneurship teaching and practice. UNE was accepted into the Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education. Administered by...

Financially Savvy Weddings Gain Popularity Among UK Couples

ABC Money · June 13, 2025

Weddings can be beautiful, personal, and deeply meaningful, but they don’t have to cost a fortune. With some clever planning and thoughtful choices, you can create a day that’s unforgettable for all the right reasons, without breaking the bank....

G42 to transform AI landscape in Europe and UK

TechChannel News · June 13, 2025

G42 is poised to make substantial contributions to the digital and AI ecosystems of these regions, fostering innovation, competitiveness, and technological sovereignty. The establishment of G42 Europe & UK by Abu Dhabi headquartered G42 in London...

UK Inflation Expectations Soften In May

RTTNews · June 13, 2025

Britons' short-term inflation expectations softened in May, the latest quarterly Inflation Attitudes Survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Bank of England revealed Friday. The one-year ahead inflation expectations fell to 3.2 percent from 3.4...