Pound jumps following Bank of England MPC meeting

  Ian Strafford-Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of FairFX Group PLC (LON:FFX) talks to Proactive Investors about their first half-year trading statement.

Travelling abroad for work often presents more challenges than business travel within the UK, but expenses shouldn’t be one of them. As a general rule, you can claim for transport, subsistence and accommodation overseas just as

Airports are accused of exchange rate profiteering by offering less than one euro to the pound to take advantage of holidaymakers’ pessimism after the election. Holidaymakers buying last minute currency face “extortionate” exchange rate profiteering as Seven

In the first study of its kind, we’ve revealed the best value destinations to buy a second home overseas. Buying a second home abroad continues to be a popular investment option. It provides a holiday haven

It’s the second biggest economy in the world and continues to grow at a staggering rate. The number of middle-class consumers in China alone is predicted to more than treble to 480 million by 2030. UK-China

Get a snapshot of the day’s most important market events and currency movements sent straight to your inbox every morning. Sign up to our Daily Market Report. ?? GBP – The pound traded higher yesterday against

Holiday money sales have jumped this week after a snap general election was called, Post Office Travel Money has reported. Online currency sales were up by 147% on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, compared with the

Get a snapshot of the day’s most important market events and currency movements sent straight to your inbox every morning. Sign up to our Daily Market Report. ?? GBP – Sterling eased back yesterday from the

Travel money is often an afterthought when it comes to organising a holiday. You book the flight and hotel in advance but leave travel money to the last minute – that’s a mistake. If you don’t

It’s the beginning of a new era. Article 50 has been triggered. Today, after much anticipation, Theresa May has started the divorce proceedings from the EU. The process of negotiating that separation will now begin in

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Why use a prepaid currency card instead of your usual debit or credit card overseas? Prepaid cards come with features that help you to get more out of your holiday, plus you can use them in

It may seem like longer but it’s just over a year since Clinton and Trump first began to trade blows in the US Presidential Election primaries. And a lot has happened since then, in currency markets

GBP – Firmly on the back foot as political risk comes back into focus, following the Government’s first parliamentary defeat over the Article 50 bill. Whilst Theresa May has insisted that that her plans to trigger

The past year has been an interesting one for British SMEs. The EU referendum and the US election have taken their toll on currency markets creating fluctuations in the cost of overseas travel and expenses and