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Image for UK's Persimmon to build more homes after 2024 profit beats estimates
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UK's Persimmon to build more homes after 2024 profit beats estimates

(Reuters) -British housebuilder Persimmon adopted an optimistic tone for 2025 and reported a 10% inc...

11th March, 2025

Image for UK's Domino's Pizza starts 2025 on a slow note as demand falters
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UK's Domino's Pizza starts 2025 on a slow note as demand falters

(Reuters) - Britain's Domino's Pizza Group reported an about 4% rise in underlying core profit on Tu...

11th March, 2025

Image for UK retail sales slow after January bounce, BRC data shows
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UK retail sales slow after January bounce, BRC data shows

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer spending lost momentum last month after a boun...

11th March, 2025

Image for UK lawmaker Amesbury to stand down, triggering by-election
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UK lawmaker Amesbury to stand down, triggering by-election

LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmaker Mike Amesbury, who was suspended from the governing Labour Party...

10th March, 2025

Image for UK's Starmer tells Trump he hopes Saudi talks will end pause of U.S. aid, intelligence to Ukraine
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UK's Starmer tells Trump he hopes Saudi talks will end pause of U.S. aid, intelligence to Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday he...

10th March, 2025

Image for Travis Perkins' CEO to step down due to ill health
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Travis Perkins' CEO to step down due to ill health

(Reuters) - British building materials supplier Travis Perkins said on Monday its CEO Pete Redfern w...

10th March, 2025

Image for UK to fast-track grid connection of clean energy projects
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UK to fast-track grid connection of clean energy projects

LONDON (Reuters) - British households living near new pylons will benefit from discounts to their en...

10th March, 2025

Image for Britain's CMA says Big Tech regulation to focus on UK impact, will issue 'road map' guidance
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Britain's CMA says Big Tech regulation to focus on UK impact, will issue 'road map' guidance

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's antitrust regulator will focus on interventions in digit...

10th March, 2025

Image for British pound extends losses versus euro, steadies against dollar
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British pound extends losses versus euro, steadies against dollar

By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) - The British pound further eased against the euro and hovered at one-...

10th March, 2025

Image for UK employers slow hiring, pay growth cools, survey shows
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UK employers slow hiring, pay growth cools, survey shows

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's jobs market cooled in February as the pace of hiring s...

10th March, 2025

Image for UK seeks to scale back reviews that delay new housing projects
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UK seeks to scale back reviews that delay new housing projects

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set out plans late on Sunday to scale back lengthy public reviews that ca...

9th March, 2025

Image for UK's Starmer gets poll boost as he steps up Ukraine diplomacy
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UK's Starmer gets poll boost as he steps up Ukraine diplomacy

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of Britons who think Prime Minister Keir Starmer is doing a good job h...

8th March, 2025