Latest Uk Headlines
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Britain’s M&S Stops Taking Online Orders After Cyber Attack
Apr 25 2025 // Marks & Spencer stopped taking online orders in the UK and Ireland on Friday following a cyber attack which it reported earlier in the week, an announcement which sent its shares down by 5%. The British company, which...
Hopes of ‘Brexit Benefit’ From Tariffs in UK Were Short-Lived
Apr 11 2025 // The US has decided – again – to upend the global trading system. With the latest raft of tariffs just beginning to kick in, and after a week in which markets worldwide fell precipitously, the Trump administration...
Britain’s Co-op Group Says Retail Crime Cost it $105 Million in 2024
Apr 3 2025 // Britain’s Co-op Group said on Thursday that losses from shoplifting in its food retail business rose by over 14% to 80 million pounds ($105 million) in 2024, or more than half of its adjusted operating profit. The...
Is Britain on the Cusp of Another Multibillion-Pound Consumer Finance Scandal?
Apr 2 2025 // The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will on Tuesday hear arguments to overturn a judgment that could cost Britain’s financial industry billions of pounds in fresh legal costs and potential customer...
Britain’s L&G Sells US Protection Unit to Japanese Insurer for $2.3 Billion
Feb 7 2025 // Legal & General said on Friday it would sell its U.S. protection business to Japan’s Meiji Yasuda for $2.3 billion in cash and said the Japanese firm would take a 5% stake in the British insurer, in the biggest...
City of London Hit Harder Than Rest of Economy Since Brexit Vote
Feb 3 2025 // The City of London, once considered the crown jewel of Britain’s dominant services sector, has performed even worse than the rest of the economy in the years following the Brexit referendum. Financial and insurance...
Britain’s Young Drivers Should Face Stricter Rules, Says CEO of AA Breakdown Service
Oct 17 2024 // Young British drivers who have just passed their test should be banned from carrying passengers of a similar age and should display special plates, according to the chief executive officer of the AA car breakdown...
City of London Chief Says Brexit ‘Disaster’ Cost 40,000 Finance Jobs
Oct 16 2024 // Britain’s departure from the European Union cost London’s financial center about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates. Michael...
Fresh Appetite for Risk Can Help Arrest Britain’s Downward Spiral, Think Tank Says
Oct 11 2024 // Britain’s decade-long economic downward spiral could be reversed with a fresh appetite for risk that might help boost annual investment by a required 100 billion pounds ($131 billion) over the next decade, a leading...
Britain Bolsters Sanctions Regime on Russia With New Trade Unit
Oct 10 2024 // Britain on Thursday launched a trade sanctions unit with new powers to penalize companies that fail to comply with restrictions on exporting services to Russia. Britain has announced sanctions on more than 20 billion...
Britain Targets Russian LNG Sector With Fresh Shipping Sanctions
Sep 26 2024 // Britain on Thursday sanctioned five vessels and two associated entities involved in the shipping of Russian LNG, with the government saying it was using new legal powers for the first time to target LNG vessels...
European Job Seekers Turn Away From UK After Brexit
Jun 26 2024 // Irish workers have been making the short trip over to the UK to find employment for centuries, escaping famine and more recently the aftermath of the financial crisis. But new data suggests that job seekers from across the...
Britain’s ‘Quiet Quitters’ Are Costing the Economy £257 Billion
Jun 14 2024 // The UK economy lost more than £257 billion ($327 billion) in potential output because of demotivated workers last year, adding to a productivity crisis that’s left the country falling behind other wealthy...
Britain Rejects Call to Ban Gagging Orders in Financial Services Sector
May 15 2024 // Britain’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday rejected a call to ban non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which can be used to silence victims of sexual harassment and abuse, arguing that such clauses do not stop staff...
Britain’s Insurers Under Pressure Over Spike in Car Insurance Premiums
Apr 18 2024 // The rising cost of car insurance has triggered a barrage of complaints in the cost of living crisis, Britain’s financial watchdog told lawmakers on Wednesday, as the sector insisted that prices remain at 2018 levels...
US, Britain Announce Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Safety, Testing
Apr 2 2024 // The United States and Britain on Monday announced a new partnership on the science of artificial intelligence safety, amid growing concerns about upcoming next-generation versions. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and...
Britain’s Financial Services Sector Faces Long Haul to Gender Parity, Report Says
Mar 21 2024 // Britain’s banks and other financial firms are boosting the number of women in senior management roles, but unless the pace quickens, it will take until 2038 to reach gender parity, the finance ministry said on...
Banks, Insurers Ordered to Report Sexism and Bullying Cases in Britain
Feb 15 2024 // Britain’s markets watchdog has ordered more than 1,000 banks, insurers and brokerages to report how many sexual harassment, discrimination and other non-financial misconduct cases they have recorded since 2021 and...
Brexit Red Tape Puts Valentine’s Day Thorn in UK Flower Trade
Feb 14 2024 // Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine’s Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for their business. The...
Britain’s Financial Regulators Need ‘Ambitious Mindset’, Carnegie-Brown Says
Feb 9 2024 // British regulators need an “ambitious growth mindset” to implement post-Brexit financial sector reforms faster and stop business going elsewhere, an industry body said on Thursday. Britain’s...
