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Image for Sterling ticks up, PMIs show UK price pressures
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Sterling ticks up, PMIs show UK price pressures

By Greta Rosen Fondahn (Reuters) – Sterling rose against the dollar and euro on Monday as a survey o...

16th December, 2024

Image for France-UK electrical interconnector suspension extended, operator says
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France-UK electrical interconnector suspension extended, operator says

(Reuters) – The electrical interconnector between France and Britain will stay suspended until Febru...

16th December, 2024

Image for UK factories take fright as budget adds to cost pressures, survey shows
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UK factories take fright as budget adds to cost pressures, survey shows

LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturers have reported the sharpest loss of confidence since the sta...

16th December, 2024

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UK property asking prices fall, headwinds remain for 2025, Rightmove says

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Average asking prices for newly listed houses and apartments in...

16th December, 2024

Image for Aviva set to buy Direct Line to create $21 billion British insurer
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Aviva set to buy Direct Line to create $21 billion British insurer

By Yadarisa Shabong and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -British insurer Aviva has agreed to...

13th December, 2024

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Bank of England’s Dhingra calls for more interest rate cuts

By David Milliken (Reuters) -The Bank of England needs to cut interest rates further as its policy s...

6th December, 2024

Image for Aviva set to buy Direct Line to create $21 billion British insurer
Finance

Aviva set to buy Direct Line to create $21 billion British insurer

By Yadarisa Shabong and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -British insurer Aviva has agreed to...

6th December, 2024

Image for UK’s FTSE 100 slips on utilities losses; indexes set for weekly gains
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UK’s FTSE 100 slips on utilities losses; indexes set for weekly gains

(Reuters) – The UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 edged lower on Friday, pressured by losses in defence stocks...

6th December, 2024

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Finance

Aviva sweetens Direct Line bid to $4.33 billion, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Insurance company Aviva has sweetened its bid for UK’s Direct Line to about 3.4 billion p...

6th December, 2024

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Unclear how Trump tariffs would move UK inflation, BoE’s Greene says

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – It is still not clear whether higher U.S. tariffs on goods impo...

6th December, 2024

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Personal goods stocks lifts FTSE 100; Frasers slumps

(Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 index was barely changed on Thursday, as gains in the personal goods s...

6th December, 2024

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Factbox-The six milestones Starmer says will define success of UK government

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced six...

5th December, 2024