Lord Sheikh: Iqra Ethical gearing up for new year launch
Lord Mohamed Sheikh has vowed to launch Takaful insurance business Iqra Ethical in the new year — more than two years after it was registered at Companies House.
In September last year, Post reported Lord Sheikh planned to launch two new ventures: insurance broker and underwriting agent MacMillan Sheikh; and Iqra Ethical, which would provide Islamic and
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