Latest Uk Headlines
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Britain Will Spend ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Prepare for No-Deal Brexit
Aug 9 2019 // Britain will spend “whatever it takes” before its departure date from the European Union to prepare for the possibility of leaving without a divorce deal, the minister responsible for planning for a no-deal...
UK’s Aviva Reports 1% Rise in 1st Half Operating Profit, Reviews Asia Business
Aug 8 2019 // Britain’s second largest insurer Aviva reported a forecast-beating 1% rise in first-half operating profit on Thursday, helped by a strong performance in its general business and announced a review of its Asian...
UK and EU Continue to Trade Blame over Failure to Negotiate New Exit Deal
Aug 7 2019 // Michael Gove, the minister in charge of planning for a no-deal Brexit, blamed the European Union for failing to engage on a new agreement, deepening the diplomatic standoff between the two sides less than three months...
UK Markets Regulator Warns of Dangers of Unregulated Cryptocurrencies
Aug 1 2019 // Britain’s markets watchdog said on Wednesday that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value and offer consumers few protections, but added that such coins fall outside the scope of its powers. The...
UK Aims to Renegotiate a Brexit Deal – with Resistant EU
Jul 30 2019 // UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will spend the next few weeks pressing the European Union to negotiate a better Brexit deal, his office said, while preparing the country to leave the bloc in case he fails. A messy no-deal...
EU Lags Behind Britain in Preparations for No-Deal Brexit: CBI
Jul 29 2019 // The European Union is less prepared for a no-deal Brexit than Britain, potentially leaving British firms at a disadvantage if there is no transition agreement and weakening London’s hand in future trade talks, a...
No-Deal EU Exit ‘Now a Very Real Prospect’, Says Head of Newly Formed Brexit Cabinet
Jul 29 2019 // UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s high-level Brexit cabinet holds its first meeting Monday, and will gather every day to ensure the country leaves the European Union on Oct. 31. Michael Gove, named to a job that...
Risk of No-Deal Brexit Rises as EU Rejects PM Johnson’s Demands for Better Exit Deal
Jul 26 2019 // The scale of the challenge facing Boris Johnson to break Britain’s political deadlock was laid bare in his first days as prime minister, as the European Union immediately rejected his demands for a better Brexit...
UK Lawyers Could Be Forced Out of EU Courts with No-Deal Brexit
Jul 23 2019 // UK lawyers with lucrative careers in European Union law are fighting to save their jobs after the bloc’s top courts warned that a no-deal Brexit would forbid them from representing clients. In an April letter, a...
Britain Reviews How to Improve Financial Services Regulation After Brexit
Jul 23 2019 // Britain has kicked off a review of how regulation of finance could be improved after Brexit, saying it would not tweak the existing set-up of watchdogs introduced in the aftermath of the financial crisis a decade ago. The...
Germany’s Merkel Says UK Should Be Given More Time for Brexit If Needed
Jul 19 2019 // German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the U.K. should be given more time to leave the European Union if it needs it, as she pointed to a way out of the Brexit impasse that falls far short of what the U.K.’s next prime...
U.K. Networks Could Become Less Secure if Huawei Is Banned, MPs Say
Jul 19 2019 // Barring Huawei Technologies Co. from operating in the U.K. could lower security standards and make networks less resilient to malicious attacks, according to Parliament’s intelligence and security committee, which...
No-Deal Brexit Could Push UK Economy into Recession, Says Fiscal Watchdog
Jul 18 2019 // A no-deal Brexit could plunge the British economy into recession, hammer the pound and drive up government borrowing, according to the U.K fiscal watchdog. The analysis from the Office for Budget Responsibility is based on...
EU Braces for No-Deal Brexit if Johnson Becomes UK Prime Minister
Jul 16 2019 // The European Union is bracing for either a no-deal Brexit or another delay if Boris Johnson becomes Britain’s prime minister next week with a pledge to renegotiate a deal the bloc says it will not reopen. The...
Panama to Withdraw Flags from More Vessels that Violate Iran Sanctions: Reuters
Jul 15 2019 // Panama will withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation, the country’s maritime authority told Reuters, following the removal of about 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria...
UK Navy Stops Iran from Blocking BP Oil Tanker Leaving Persian Gulf
Jul 11 2019 // The British navy intervened to stop Iran from blocking a commercial oil tanker leaving the Persian Gulf, heightening friction just as European nations scramble to salvage a landmark nuclear accord with the Islamic...
Britain’s Green Finance Strategy Could Mandate Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure
Jul 2 2019 // British public companies and pension funds may have to publish by 2022 what risks their businesses face from climate change under a new so-called green finance strategy. Britain last week became the first G7 country to...
AIR Expands Europe Inland Flood Model, Updates UK Storm Surge Analysis
Jun 26 2019 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced it has released an expanded inland flood model for Central Europe to include the country of Poland in its model domain. AIR also announced that it has updated the...
UK Business Executives Grow Increasingly Angry at Brexit Deadlock
Jun 17 2019 // There are only so many ways U.K. business chiefs can express their dismay at the Brexit deadlock engulfing the country. Frustration at politicians has morphed into outright anger in the three years since the referendum on...
Threat of No-Deal Brexit Isn’t Likely to Win EU Concessions: UK Business Chief
Jun 14 2019 // Threatening to leave the European Union without a deal isn’t likely to win Britain concessions from the bloc, the country’s biggest business group said in a warning to candidates jostling to succeed Prime...
