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UK Financial Services Firms Become More Optimistic, Says Business Survey
Oct 9 2020 // Financial services firms in Britain turned more optimistic for the first time this year as a drop in business bottomed out, but big uncertainties remained about COVID-19 and a post-Brexit trade deal, according to a survey...
Employees Say Rules at Britain’s Banks Block Use of Contact Tracing App
Oct 9 2020 // Branch staff at some of Britain’s biggest banks say rules that require them to store phones in lockers while at work are putting them at undue risk of COVID-19 from colleagues and customers, as they cannot use the...
London Company Market Grew 10% in 2019
Oct 8 2020 // Premium income for the London company market grew by 10% last year with £21.436 billion of large commercial and wholesale risks underwritten by firms in the City. A new report from the International Underwriting...
EU Sources Say Brexit Deal with Britain on Social Benefits ‘Closer’: Reuters
Oct 7 2020 // Britain and the EU are closer to agreement on reciprocal social security rights for their citizens after Brexit, two diplomatic sources said, with one describing talks last week on an elusive trade deal as “one of...
More Than 7,500 Financial Services Jobs Move to Europe from London: EY Brexit Tracker
Oct 1 2020 // More than 7,500 finance jobs and a trillion pounds in assets have already left Britain for the European Union as banks prepare for full-blown Brexit in January, consultants EY said on Thursday. Banks, insurers and asset...
Banks, Insurers Await ‘Brexit Dividend’ of ‘British-Style’ Regulation
Sep 22 2020 // Britain will adopt tough but less bureaucratic financial rules after Brexit, starting with simpler regulation of small banks, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Tuesday. Britain will soon unveil new...
Eateries Face Restrictions, Workers Return Home as England Faces Virus Resurgence
Sep 22 2020 // British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home where possible and will curb timings for bars and restaurants to tackle a fast-spreading second coronavirus wave, but the opposition...
EU’s Barnier Still Hopes for UK Trade Deal Despite Latest Crisis
Sep 18 2020 // The European Union’s Brexit negotiator told the bloc’s 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still thinks a trade deal with Britain is possible despite a new crisis in the tortuous four-year saga, diplomatic...
Chances for Brexit Deal With Britain Fade Every Day, Warns European Union Leader
Sep 16 2020 // Every passing day reduces chances for sealing a new trade deal with Britain, the European Union’s chief executive said on Wednesday, warning London that there was “very little time” left to put an...
With COVID Infections Rising, England Limits Gatherings, Plans for Mass Testing
Sep 10 2020 // Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions on social gatherings in England on Wednesday, saying there was a clear need to act after a spike in COVID-19 infections. Speaking at a televised news conference,...
Fears of Brexit With No Trade Deal Rise Over State Aid Dispute
Sep 4 2020 // The chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a trade deal have risen sharply as negotiations have been threatened by London’s insistence that it have full autonomy over its state aid plans, negotiators...
Britain Eyes Fast-Tracking Coronavirus Vaccines That Pass Safety, Quality Tests
Aug 31 2020 // Britain’s medical regulator will be able to grant temporary authorisation for any coronavirus vaccine that meets safety and quality standards but before it has received a full license, under new plans set out on...
EU Officials Erase Brexit from Meeting Agenda Citing Scant Progress in Talks with Britain
Aug 27 2020 // A discussion about the negotiations over Britain and the European Union’s post-Brexit relationship has been dropped from the agenda of a meeting of EU envoys next week because the talks have stalled, an EU diplomat...
Britain, EU Report Little Progress on Post-Brexit Deal
Aug 24 2020 // Britain and the European Union made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks last week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an end-of-year...
Marsh’s Russell-Vick Joins Willis to Head Broking for Finex Business for Britain
Aug 19 2020 // Global broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Mark Russell-Vick as its new head of broking for its Financial, Executive and Professional (Finex) line of business in Great Britain within its Corporate Risk...
UK Working With Heathrow on COVID Testing as Alternative to Quarantine
Aug 19 2020 // Britain is working with London’s Heathrow Airport on a plan to use COVID-19 testing to help shorten quarantine times, in an effort to help airlines and airports kickstart travel and the wider economy. Heathrow said...
UK Suffers Worst Train Crash Since 2004 After Derailment Kills Three People
Aug 13 2020 // Britain suffered its worst train crash in more than 15 years after a derailment in Scotland killed three people, including the driver, and left another six injured. The Scotrail service was traveling from Aberdeen to...
COVID-19 Signals Billions in Long-Term Healthcare Costs Ahead
Aug 3 2020 // Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again. Her throat, head and eyes hurt, her muscles and joints ached and she felt like she was...
London Expects Only Half of Bankers to Return to Their Offices by Year-End
Jul 30 2020 // London’s normally buzzing financial districts will still be a pale shadow by the end of the year, as banks plan for no more than half their staff, who have mostly worked from home throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, to...
UK, EU Clash over Post-Brexit Trade Deal as End-of-Year Transition Period Looms
Jul 24 2020 // Britain and the European Union clashed on Thursday over the chances of securing a free trade agreement, with Brussels deeming it “unlikely” but London holding out hope one could be reached in September. Since...
