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Britain to Host First Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety
Jun 8 2023 // The United Kingdom will host a global summit on artificial intelligence safety this autumn, the British government said on Wednesday, adding Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden will also discuss the...
Britain Awards 20 Offshore Carbon Storage Licenses
May 19 2023 // Twelve companies were awarded a total of 20 licenses to develop carbon dioxide (CO2) storage offshore, in Britain’s first licensing round for such projects, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said on...
Stellantis Tells UK to Change Brexit Deal or See Car Plants Close
May 17 2023 // British car plants will close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless the Brexit deal is swiftly renegotiated, Stellantis has warned, as Ford added its voice to the latest warning from the auto industry since Britain...
UK Drops Post-Brexit Plan to Scrap Thousands of EU Laws by Year’s End
May 12 2023 // Britain’s bonfire of European Union laws has been reduced to embers. The U.K. government on Wednesday scrapped a plan to remove all remaining EU laws, about 4,000 in all, from British statute books by the end of this...
Mental Ill Health Drives Britain’s Crisis of Worker Sickness: Research
Apr 28 2023 // Mental ill-health is now the main cause of sickness absence from work in the UK, costing employers billions of pounds and holding back efforts to boost productivity, according to new research. In the final quarter of 2022,...
Private Health Care Booms in Britain as State-Run Health Service Buckles
Apr 26 2023 // British patients are turning to private health care as the National Health Service struggles with mass strikes, long waiting lists and budget constraints. Insurance company Vitality Health Ltd. said its policies cover...
Britain to Reform Accountability Rules for Senior Bankers, Insurance Executives
Mar 31 2023 // Britain on Thursday launched a long-awaited consultation on reforming rules brought in after the global financial crisis to make top bankers accountable for their decisions, saying a globally competitive finance sector is...
Britain Sets Out Next Steps to ‘Green’ its Financial System
Mar 31 2023 // Britain’s finance ministry set out plans on Thursday to meet its target of becoming the world’s first net-zero aligned financial center, proposing measures to stamp out so-called greenwashing in financial...
Britain’s Financial Services Industry Plans Blueprint for Post-Brexit ‘Kickstart’
Mar 21 2023 // Top officials from Britain’s financial sector said on Tuesday they would set out a blueprint later this year to “kickstart” London’s role as a post-Brexit global financial center by 2030. The City...
Investors Aviva, M&G Urge Britain to Press Ahead With Financial Reforms
Mar 9 2023 // Investors Aviva and M&G on Thursday joined calls for Britain to press ahead with financial reforms and give high-growth sectors such as technology companies more support to keep London’s markets...
Update: Britain Says Financial Reforms Will Be in Same ‘Orbit’ as EU, U.S.
Mar 9 2023 // Britain’s revamped financial market rules will largely be aligned with U.S. and European Union regulations to minimize disruption to global companies, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on...
Britain Will Seek to Reset Relations Between City of London and EU
Mar 2 2023 // Britain will seek to reset relations between the City of London and the European Union on Thursday, saying it will stick to high standards in finance and not do anything to undermine financial stability in the bloc in the...
Britain Says Global Accounting Rules Are Crimping UK Economy
Feb 22 2023 // A central plank of global accounting rules has become a “performance penalty” which holds back investment in Britain, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday. So-called mark-to-market,...
Post-Brexit Insurance Reform Expected Before December: BoE’s Woods
Feb 21 2023 // The Bank of England sought on Monday to allay fears among insurers that it was dragging its feet over a long-trailed and disputed reform of their capital rules, saying a “very good sense” of the changes would...
UK Government Seeks to Speed Up Post-Brexit Insurance Reforms
Feb 10 2023 // The UK government is in talks to speed the implementation of a flagship insurance reform to release £100 billion ($121 billion) of capital for investment, after months of clashes over the plans and frustration about the...
Britain’s Finance Ministry Issues Draft Rules to Regulate Cryptoassets
Feb 2 2023 // Britain’s finance ministry laid out its first set of rules to regulate cryptoassets on Wednesday, saying ongoing turbulence in the sector and the collapse of exchange FTX highlighted risks that need...
Britain Sounds Alarm on Russia-Based Hacking Group
Jan 26 2023 // A Russia-based hacking group named Cold River is behind an expansive and ongoing information-gathering campaign that has struck various targets in government, politics, academia, defense, journalism, and activism, Britain...
UK Insurers Fear That Promised Brexit Capital Reforms Will Be Derailed
Jan 23 2023 // Insurers loved the UK government’s long-awaited plans to free up billions of pounds of their capital. But after the celebrations have come fears that regulators could nudge the changes in a more cautious...
Britain’s Royal Mail Faces Severe Disruption to Export Services After ‘Cyber Incident’
Jan 12 2023 // Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident.” “We are temporarily unable to despatch...
Britain’s Satellite Launch Fails, but Virgin Orbit Expected to Try Again
Jan 11 2023 // NEWQUAY, England – Britain’s hopes of becoming a prime launch site for small satellites remain intact despite the failure of what would have been the first launch into orbit from western Europe, business minister...
