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BP expects to pay up to 1 billion pounds in UK taxes in 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – BP said on Tuesday it expected to pay up to 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) in t...

3rd May, 2022

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UK factory activity edges up from March’s one-year low – PMI

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British factory activity edged up in April after slowing to its...

3rd May, 2022

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Sterling bounces higher as dollar surge eases

LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound rose on Tuesday, moving away from 21-month lows against the dol...

3rd May, 2022

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Miners, strong earnings drive FTSE 100 higher; BoE meeting now in focus

By Devik Jain (Reuters) -London’s FTSE 100 rose on Friday, driven by miners and strong quarterly ear...

29th April, 2022

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Sterling set for biggest monthly drop since October 2016 vs dollar

(Reuters) -Sterling rose against the dollar on Friday but was still set for its sharpest monthly dro...

29th April, 2022

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Bank of England sketches out lighter regime for small banks

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks in Britain with no more than 15 billion pounds ($19 billion) i...

29th April, 2022

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Weak market competition to further hammer poor households – UK watchdog

By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – Waning competition in British markets has allowed the biggest compani...

29th April, 2022

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UK house price growth slows from 18-year high – Nationwide

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose less than expected this month after e...

29th April, 2022

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NatWest profit jumps as cost-of-living crisis looms

By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – British lender NatWest posted a 41% jump in fi...

29th April, 2022

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UK’s Travis Perkins sees more uncertain outlook for building materials inflation

LONDON (Reuters) -Travis Perkins, Britain’s biggest seller of building materials, said on Friday its...

29th April, 2022

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Local elections could spell end of the party for UK’s Johnson

By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, England (Reuters) – John Jones is the s...

29th April, 2022

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Britain delays full post-Brexit import checks until late 2023

By Muvija M and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexi...

28th April, 2022