The financial market today
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Share prices tumble further. Brown calls for global support for failing banks. And Pesto thinks its only going to get worse.

Interest rate is cut

By Catherine Woods
The Bank of England has cut its interest rate by 0.5 percentage points to 4.5 per cent after a special meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.

Darling produces bank rescue plan
By Real Deals & Real Business
The government has unveiled details of a rescue package of up to £50bn, designed to free up the UK banking system and get banks lending to each other again.

Junk mail drives UK FDs wild
By Real FD
Unsolicited spam and junk mail have ranked ahead of the regulatory burden in a list of the top business irritants for finance directors.

FD watch
By Catherine Woods
New finance directors have been appointed at Southern Bear, Arbuthnot Banking Group, York Pharma and Pantheon Resources.

FD watch
By Catherine Woods
New finance directors have been appointed at Kofax, Litho Supplies, Capital & Regional and Hyder.

UK entrepreneur blasts Republicans over failed bailout
By Catherine Woods
The US Congress’s failure to pass the $700bn financial rescue package has been labelled a “disaster” by Caxton FX chief executive Rupert Lee-Browne, who says the UK is going to be the hardest hit because of it.

Interest rates: a balancing act

By Steve Mason*
For the past five months, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted to hold interest rates, despite rising inflation. I think they’re steering the correct course and would like to see the committee keep rates steady for October, too.

FD watch
By Catherine Woods
New finance directors have been appointed at Trakm8, Petrocapital Resources, Futura Medical, Deal Group Media and Phynova.

Tips to secure investment for business growth
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
If you want to rocket fuel growth, investment is a quick fire route. But how do companies go about securing this cash injection? Here are some top tips on how to seal the deal when faced by a roomful of potential investors.