Investment readiness is the point at which a business can stand up to an investor’s questions and checks without anything falling apart. It covers the business itself, whether it’s one an investor would want to own part of, and the paperwork behind it: accounts, forecasts, legal records and a clear plan for the money. A business can be profitable and still not be investment ready, and a business with no revenue yet can be, if its team, market and records hold up. The term gets used loosely. Banks, accelerators and the British Business Bank all publish their own guides and…
Author: Sam Allcock
Garnet Trade, a forex brokerage active across the international financial markets, is preparing to stage a charity run in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The event forms part of the firm’s corporate social responsibility programme, which is centred on supporting children. Organised under the leadership of Garnet Trade, the run is designed to pair the unifying spirit of sport with meaningful social impact. Proceeds raised on the day are intended to feed into initiatives that improve the living conditions of children in need of care and protection. Sport and Solidarity Unite for a Common Cause The Skopje charity run…
Climate action must now move from words to results, according to Samed Ağırbaş, President of the Zero Waste Foundation, speaking at London Climate Action Week. His diplomatic engagements in the city closed with a roundtable at Buckingham Palace ahead of COP31 in Türkiye. The Zero Waste Foundation is a main stakeholder of London Climate Action Week. From 22 to 25 June, it held talks in London with finance leaders, city officials and diplomats, working to place zero waste, the circular economy and climate justice at the centre of global efforts as Türkiye prepares to host COP31. “London Climate Action Week…
Through a chat with Claude or any other MCP-compatible AI assistant, traders check positions, place orders and manage risk without leaving the tools they use. ThinkMarkets has launched ChelseaAI. The product marks the firm’s first push into agentic trading. It links a live ThinkTrader account to an AI assistant. Ask the AI to view positions, place a trade, read the market or shift a stop-loss. It runs the task. ChelseaAI uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP is an open standard. It lets AI assistants link to outside services in a safe way. ChelseaAI works with any MCP-ready assistant. ThinkMarkets…
Political strategist Alberto Lage and psychologist Iracema Rezende wrote the book to examine something they observed throughout their work in Brazilian campaigns: the way pressure changes how candidates think, behave, and lead. Their findings, they argue, apply to anyone who makes decisions when the stakes are high. “Inside the Candidate’s Head: The Psychology of Running for Office – Lessons from Brazil’s Campaign Trenches” is now on sale in English worldwide. The Portuguese edition topped Amazon Brazil’s bestseller lists across multiple categories before a Spanish edition reached audiences in Latin America and Spain. Lage and Rezende published the original, “Cabeça de…
Evghenia Gutul, the elected Head (Baskan) of Gagauzia, an autonomous region in southern Moldova, has published a book of 30 letters she wrote while in prison. “The Gutul Case. Anatomy of Political Persecution” documents the dispute between Gagauzia’s regional government and Moldova’s central authorities, a conflict she says led directly to her arrest and detention in solitary confinement. The book is free to download in English, Turkish, and Russian at www.egutul.com. The publication has drawn a response from lawyers who work on political cases at the international level. Gonzalo Boye, a lawyer with experience in state-level repression cases, said the…
Modular building company MODULE-T has set up MODULE-T UK, a British operation that will support clients across the country with local commercial expertise and a full range of off-site construction solutions. The company has been growing its presence across Europe as demand increases for buildings that can be manufactured off site, delivered and installed with minimal disruption to day-to-day operations. MODULE-T has a 15-year track record in the modular building sector and has delivered projects in more than 120 countries. Its product portfolio includes portable office cabins, WC and sanitary units, changing rooms, storage containers, flat-pack cabins and prefabricated modular…
Nobody wants to hand over their hard-earned money for a car that falls apart three months later. The problem is, most people get caught up in the excitement of finding something they like and skip the checks that would have saved them a fortune. Here’s what you should actually be doing before you commit to anything. Figure Out Your Budget Before You Start Looking This sounds obvious but most people get it wrong. They decide how much they want to spend on the car and forget that the car is just the beginning. Think about what you’re going to pay…
A Quietly Sensible Option in a Noisy Energy World Every winter, the same conversation rolls around: heating costs, rising bills, and the uneasy feeling that keeping warm shouldn’t feel like a luxury. Somewhere in that mix, electric radiators often get dismissed as old‑fashioned or “too expensive to run,” usually by people who haven’t looked at one since the early 2000s. But if you actually spend time with the newer models — or even just pay attention to how people use them — you start to realise they’re still one of the more affordable, flexible ways to heat a home. Not…
The UK’s used car parts market is worth over £8 billion annually, and BMW consistently sits among the most dismantled premium brands in the country. That volume is a function of how many BMWs are on UK roads, and how many of them fall outside warranty once they reach four or five years old. For most owners, that moment marks a shift: dealer pricing no longer makes financial sense, and the independent market becomes the practical reality of keeping a BMW well-maintained. What has changed significantly over the last decade is the quality of that independent market. A new generation…