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Explainer-How Britain Is Exploiting Brexit to Reform Finance?
Date: December 9, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain proposed over 30 reforms on Friday to bolster the City of London’s role as a global financial centre, now outside the European Union and facing competition from Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt, as well as New York and Singapore. IS THIS BIG BANG 2.0? Not quite, but it marks...
UK Airports Face Christmas Disruption as Border Staff to Strike
Date: December 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Border Force workers at several major British airports including the country’s busiest, Heathrow, will go on strike for eight days this month in a dispute over pay, threatening disruption to Christmas travel. The PCS trade union said staff employed by Britain’s interior ministry in passport booths would take action at London’s Heathrow and...
Another Momentous Year Beckons for Britain’s Royal Family
Date: December 8, 2022
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – The last year will go down as one of the most seismic in the history of the British royal family with the death of Queen Elizabeth months after she celebrated her record seventh decade as monarch, but 2023 could prove almost as momentous. In February, Elizabeth, who broke pretty...
UK Govt Must Take Urgent Action to Help Ev Transition – Car Lobby
Date: November 29, 2022
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – The UK’s car lobby on Tuesday called on the government to take urgent action to help the industry transition to electric vehicle (EV) production, including support for high energy costs, tax reform and investment in charging infrastructure. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the UK auto...
Britain to Allow Banks to Take on More Risk to Stay Competitive
Date: November 29, 2022
By Huw Jones, Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will change its rulebook to allow banks to take more risks to help to keep the City of London’s status as a leading global financial centre, a government minister said on Tuesday. The City of London was largely cut off from the European Union...
Greece PM Senses “momentum” in “Elgin Marbles” Talks With Britain
Date: November 29, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday there was “progress” and a sense of “momentum” in talks with Britain to reunite the Parthenon Sculptures in Greece. Athens has campaigned to have the “Elgin Marbles”, as they are often known – 75 metres of Parthenon frieze, 15 metopes and 17 sculptures –...