UK economy

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FTSE 100 down after strong inflation; Indivior jumps

By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) -London’s FTSE 100 inched lower on Wednesday as gains in commodity stocks...

17th February, 2022

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UK pay settlements hit highest since 2008 – XpertHR

LONDON (Reuters) – British employers have offered the biggest increases in annual pay settlements si...

16th February, 2022

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Is Valentine’s Day the boost our hospitality industry needs?

By Faye Jones, services portfolio underwriter at Atradius on the state of the industry, and whether...

15th February, 2022

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Business

UK PLC must stop firefighting and innovate to solve the productivity puzzle

By Tony Russell, Chief Growth Officer at Proteus As productivity in the G7 continues to stride ahead...

15th February, 2022

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Britain sets out post-Brexit blueprint for investment funds sector

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s finance ministry set out its stall on Thursday for reformin...

11th February, 2022

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Investing

Britain’s Landsec to invest $2 billion in mixed-use spaces bet

By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – Land Securities plans to triple the share of mixed-use properti...

11th February, 2022

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UK must do more to recoup billions of pounds of COVID fraud – lawmakers say

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is failing to put enough effort into fin...

11th February, 2022

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Sterling flat against euro on uncertainty about BoE future moves

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -Sterling steadied against the euro not far from a 1-1/2 month low on W...

9th February, 2022

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UK consumers slowed their spending as COVID rules returned in January

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers slowed the pace of their spending last mon...

8th February, 2022

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Finance

Sunak to set out new fiscal rules to control UK borrowing -FT

(Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak is planning to set out new rules that will co...

17th September, 2021

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Business

Over 40% of larger UK businesses struggling to recruit

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses have reported a sharp rise in recruitm...

17th September, 2021

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UK tells U.S.: We’re ready to start trade talks when you are

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is ready and waiting to begin trade negotiations with the United States, B...

16th September, 2021