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Image for UK food group Greencore increases bid for rival Bakkavor, Bloomberg News reportsFinance

UK Food Group Greencore Increases Bid for Rival Bakkavor, Bloomberg News Reports

Image for UK's Reeves says financial regulators responding to her cull of red tapeHeadlines

UK's Reeves Says Financial Regulators Responding to Her Cull of Red Tape

Image for UK says a 'significant number' of nations ready to provide troops for Ukraine peaceHeadlines

UK Says a 'significant Number' of Nations Ready to Provide Troops for Ukraine Peace

Image for Analysis-Britain's growth risks put bond investors on high alertFinance

Analysis-Britain's Growth Risks Put Bond Investors on High Alert

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UK's Thames Water Debt Lifeline to Proceed After Appeals Dismissed

Date: March 17, 2025

LONDON (Reuters) - Thames Water, Britain's biggest water supplier, will find out from a court this week whether a 3 billion pound ($3.88 billion) debt lifeline can proceed, as its battle to avoid a...

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UK Economy Sputters in January, Underlining Reeves' Growth Challenge

Date: March 14, 2025

By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy contracted unexpectedly in January, extending a run of stop-start data that has beset finance minister Rachel Reeves' attempts to...

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UK Payments Regulator to Be Abolished and Absorbed by Financial Watchdog

Date: March 11, 2025

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's payments regulator will be abolished and its remit absorbed by another financial regulator, the government said on Tuesday, as it aims to cut red tape in...

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UK Will Not Respond to US Steel Tariffs, British Official Says

Date: March 11, 2025

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not impose retaliatory trade tariffs in response to U.S. duties on all steel and aluminium imports which are due to come into force on Wednesday, a British government...

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Bank of England Allots Most Money Since 2020 at Indexed Long-Term Repo

Date: March 11, 2025

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said it allotted 2.127 billion pounds ($2.75 billion) of six-month funds to banks at an indexed long-term repo operation on Tuesday, the most since April 2020...

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Soccer-Man United Plan to Build 'world's Greatest Stadium' Rather Than Refurbish Old Trafford

Date: March 11, 2025

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER (Reuters) -Manchester United plan to build a new two billion pound ($2.59 billion) 100,000-seat stadium that will be the biggest in Britain, next to the existing Old Trafford,...