UK economy

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Finance

Sainsbury's sales boosted by warm weather, M&S cyber disruption

LONDON (Reuters) -Sainsbury's, Britain's second largest food retailer after Tesco, stuck to its annu...

1st July, 2025

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Finance

UK house prices fall by most since November 2022, Nationwide data shows

LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices unexpectedly fell by 0.8% in June, according to data from mor...

1st July, 2025

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Finance

UK food prices push up shop price inflation for first time in nearly a year

LONDON (Reuters) -British food prices accelerated by the most since March 2024 in June, pushing up o...

1st July, 2025

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Headlines

End of the line for King Charles' royal train

By Michael Holden LONDON(Reuters) -King Charles has decided to scrap Britain's royal train, a servic...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

UK's midcaps record best quarter in more than four years, blue-chip index down

(Reuters) -The blue-chip FTSE 100 ended lower on Monday as a relief rally driven by easing geopoliti...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

London shares mixed; midcaps eye best quarter in four years

(Reuters) -London's stock indexes were mixed on Monday as a relief rally driven by easing geopolitic...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

WH Smith to get less cash than forecast from UK high street business sale

By Raechel Thankam Job (Reuters) -WH Smith will receive less-than-expected cash from the sale of its...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

Sterling heads for biggest quarterly jump in more than two years

By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -Sterling was on track for its biggest quarterly rise against the doll...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

UK's Lindsey oil refinery insolvent, 420 jobs at risk

LONDON (Reuters) -State Oil Limited, parent company of the 133,000 barrel per day Lindsey oil refine...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

UK lenders report surprise rise in mortgages in May, consumer lending cools

LONDON (Reuters) -The number of mortgages approved by British lenders for house purchases unexpected...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

UK economy grew at fastest pace in a year in Q1 before expected slowdown

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's economy expanded 0.7% in the first three months of 2025, the Office for...

30th June, 2025

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Finance

UK business confidence levels hit highest since 2015, Lloyds says

LONDON (Reuters) -Confidence levels among British employers hit a fresh nine-year high this month as...

29th June, 2025