Smart strategies for managing currency volatility during budgeting AD Ongoing turbulence in foreign exchange markets – driven by fiscal policy, global tariffs and geopolitical uncertainty – continues to challenge UK business leaders as they set their 2026 budgets. Sharp shifts in currency markets can quickly derail even the most carefully planned budgets, and this year leaders are facing an exceptional period of instability. Volatility [...]
Jobs market decline ‘fuels hopes’ for Bank of England interest rate cut Economics The jump in the unemployment rate and softening private sector wage growth is driving up expectations of an interest rate cut at the Bank of England’s next meeting in mid-December. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the unemployment rate had jumped to 5 per cent, higher than economists had expected, while wage growth had [...]
Laddering savings: A smarter approach AD Savers face a consistent dilemma: whether to lock money in for longer to secure today’s rate or keep it flexible in case conditions change. A laddering strategy manages both. It’s a simple premise: instead of putting all your savings into one fixed term account, they are spread across products with different maturities. When one matures, [...]
Speaking up, shaping futures: How We Speak and Investec Beyond Business are powering a confidence revolution November 10, 2025 There are few better illustrations of what social entrepreneurship can achieve than the rise of We Speak: a social enterprise successfully tackling a problem as universal as it is discreet – a fear of public speaking. And at the heart of its story is a pivotal champion: the Investec Beyond Business (IBB) programme which is [...]
Firms’ inflation fears highest in two years amid interest rate hold November 6, 2025 Firms’ long-term inflation fears are at their highest level since the end of 2023, a Bank of England survey revealed on Thursday, prompting the majority of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members to vote for interest rates to be held. On an average reading in the three months to October, business leaders’ inflation expectations for the [...]
Investec added to Snow Polo World Cup sponsorship stable October 17, 2025 International bank Investec has been added to the sponsorship stable of the Snow Polo World Cup, the City stalwart has announced. The Gresham Street-based Anglo-South African international banking and wealth management group were announced as a new team sponsor alongside Standing Rock, having been involved in the 2025 edition. The St. Moritz snow polo event [...]
Winners of Investec’s Beyond Business programme awarded £100k funding September 29, 2025 Leading financial services provider, Investec, has announced the winners of its 2025 Beyond Business programme. The programme attracted a record number 148 entrepreneurs from across East London, who were whittled down to a short list of 11 finalists, before the four winners were selected by a Dragons’ Den style panel, led by chief executive Ruth [...]
Investec expectations hit by challenging market backdrop September 19, 2025 Investec has said it remains on track despite battling a “challenging macroeconomic backdrop and market volatility” during the first half of its financial year. The FTSE 250 bank said it expects its adjusted operating profit before tax for the six months to be between £451m and £481.8m, in line with £474.7m it recorded during the [...]
TNT Sports in discussions for rugby union Nations Cup September 18, 2025 TNT Sports are in discussions to broadcast the inaugural Nations Cup as the firm looks to grow its rugby union offering. The organisation, formerly BT Sport, currently shows the English top flight Gallagher Prem, which begins next week, as part of a broadcast deal that runs through until 2031. And having dropped the Investec Champions [...]
From law to tech: Who’s championing equal parental leave in the UK? September 16, 2025 New research has revealed the inaugural list of 165 UK employers that offer equal parental leave, including more than 20 professional services firms. The full findings, which will be formally launched at the UK’s first Working Dads’ Summit, revealed that 72 of the 165 companies offer dads up to six months of fully paid paternity [...]