{"id":25464,"date":"2026-02-26T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25464"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:53:21","slug":"shaf-rasul-entrepreneur-and-columnist-dies-at-55-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25464","title":{"rendered":"Shaf Rasul, entrepreneur and columnist, dies at 55 \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-23-11.38.43.png\" alt=\"Shaf Rasul\" class=\"wp-image-84453 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-23-11.38.43.png\" alt=\"Shaf Rasul\" class=\"wp-image-84453 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-23-11.38.43.png 837w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-23-11.38.43-600x406.png 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-23-11.38.43-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-23-11.38.43-768x519.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Shaf Rasul at the George Hotel, Edinburgh (pic: Terry Murden \/ DB Media Services)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Property investor and media columnist Shaf Rasul has died at the age of 55 after falling ill last weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The entrepreneur, who made his fortune in the commercial property world, also appeared as a dragon on the BBC\u2019s\u00a0Dragons\u2019 Den Online\u00a0series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A statement released on behalf of his family read: \u201cIt is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Shafqat Rasul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cA devoted father to Sohaib and Sarah Rasul, a loving husband to Nabila Rasul, a cherished son of the late Haji Ghulam Rasul and Parveen Akhtar, and a dear brother to Zahid, Shahid, Ashfaq, Ml Abid and Juwariah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The son of a newsagent, he was born in Lahore,\u00a0Pakistan, but as a young child he moved with his family to the UK, first to Huddersfield and then to Alloa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He studied corporate law at the University of Strathclyde, later becoming its first resident entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shaf Rasul with Saxingh and Kirsten McMillan\" class=\"wp-image-60736 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shaf Rasul with Saxingh and Kirsten McMillan\" class=\"wp-image-60736 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Shaf-Rasul-with-Saxingh-and-Kirsten-McMillan-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Shaf Rasul, centre, enjoyed a good party (pic: Terry Murden \/ DB Media Services)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His career in business took over when he established E-Net Computers and he went on to invest in other projects, including industrial and storage units. He recently unveiled a new development in Alloa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He had a long association with Tigerbond, the PR agency formerly known as Beattie Media. Group CEO Laurna Woods said: It\u2019s not often that someone like Shaf Rasul crosses your path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOver 25 years ago, I walked into his office in Edinburgh\u2019s West End to meet him for the first time and it was one of those encounters you never forget. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAfter a gruelling Apprentice-style grilling, we were hired on the spot. He became one of our longest standing clients, and over time, a good friend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cTo learn of his passing this morning was a shock and incredibly sad. Not only one of our country\u2019s most talented entrepreneurs, he was lovable, cheeky and incredibly giving. His energy knew no bounds. We will miss you Shaf and we certainly won\u2019t forget you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Shaf #Rasul #entrepreneur #columnist #dies #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaf Rasul at the George Hotel&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,14573,265,3533,13853,14572,14571,4469],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}