Not just for Christmas: Britain’s M&S targets more regular food shoppers
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – In Britain, a Christmas trip to the food aisles of Marks & Spencer is as much a treat as …
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Britain’s Marex Group files for US IPO
(Reuters) – Marex Group, a British commodities broker, announced plans on Friday to list its shares in New York, the latest blow to London’s bid …
Britain’s first official supervised drug-injection site approved
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s first official supervised drug consumption room was approved on Wednesday to reduce infectious diseases and overdoses in Scotland, …
DAVID BLACKMON: Britain’s Prime Minister Places Himself At The Tip Of The Climate Spear
DAVID BLACKMON: Britain’s Prime Minister Places Himself At The Tip Of The Climate Spear David Blackmon on September 23, 2023 After months of willingly going …
Analysis-Bonus freedom to pay paltry ‘Brexit dividend’ for Britain’s banks
By Sinead Cruise and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks in Britain may be free to award even bigger bonuses from January but new pay …
Marketmind: Britain’s CPI the next frontier
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook British inflation data this morning could be the toast of trading …
Britain’s Entain to buy U.S.-based Angstrom Sports for $160 million
(Reuters) – Ladbrokes-owner Entain on Monday agreed to acquire U.S.-based Angstrom Sports for 122 million pounds ($159.5 million) as it looks to widen its footprint …
DANIEL MCCARTHY: What American Conservatives Can Learn From Britain’s Bad Example
DANIEL MCCARTHY: What American Conservatives Can Learn From Britain’s Bad Example Daniel McCarthy on July 12, 2023 Republicans can only imagine what it would feel …
Britain’s 50-billion pound pensions gamble could put savers in fresh peril
By Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial services industry has broadly cheered fresh government proposals to jumpstart the economy by channelling …
Britain’s banks seek government roadmap to tokenise stocks and bonds
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s role as a leading financial centre is at stake unless it comes up with a roadmap for digital …
EVs drive Britain’s June car sales; industry body seeks VAT cut on public charging
(Reuters) -Britain’s new car sales jumped 25.8% year-on-year in June thanks to solid demand for electric vehicles (EV) from businesses and fleet buyers, an industry …
Britain’s Harry seeking up to $560,000 in phone-hacking lawsuit – court documents
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry is seeking damages of around 440,000 pounds ($560,000) from Britain’s Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), court documents released on …
Britain’s Hunt: GDP figures show there’s ‘no room for complacency’
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday there was no room for complacency in tackling low growth and high inflation after …
Britain’s Sainsbury’s offers lower prices to loyalty card holders
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket group, on Tuesday began offering lower prices on more than 300 items to the 18 …
Britain’s John Lewis has lost its soul, says Mary Portas
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail consultant and television personality Mary Portas has written an open letter to the John Lewis Partnership accusing the group of …
Britain’s Prince Harry invited to King Charles’s coronation -spokesperson
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have received an invitation to his father King Charles’s coronation but will not yet confirm …
Anti-monarchists plan protests at coronation of Britain’s King Charles
LONDON (Reuters) – British anti-monarchists said on Sunday that they planned to protest during the coronation of King Charles in May, saying the ceremony was …
Coronation of Britain’s King Charles to be celebrated with street parties, light shows
LONDON (Reuters) – The crowning of Britain’s King Charles III this May will be celebrated with traditional processions, a concert at Windsor Castle, street parties, …
Britain’s financial services exports tick higher, U.S. top customer
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s trade surplus in financial and related professional services edged up in 2021 as the United States cemented its …
Britain’s Christmas shopping hurt by rail strikes and snow
LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers have been hurt by a sharp dip in shopper numbers this week, a crucial Christmas trading period, as snowy weather …
Britain’s Morrisons in 220 million stg logistics sale and leaseback deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Morrisons has completed a 220 million pounds ($269 million) sale and leaseback deal for seven logistics properties with asset manager ICG, the …
Britain’s Morrisons in 220 million stg logistics sale and leaseback deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Morrisons has completed a 220 million pounds ($269 million) sale and leaseback deal for seven logistics properties with asset manager ICG, the …
Britain’s BT wants help providing broadband to poor households
LONDON (Reuters) – BT said it needed to work with its competitors and the government on a long-term solution for providing broadband for low-income households, …
Exxon says Britain’s Fawley oil refinery unaffected by strike
(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil said on Monday that its 390,000 barrel per day (bpd) Fawley oil refinery in southern England is unaffected by strike action. …
Britain’s budget plan restores credibility but risks remain -Moody’s
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s budget plan for tax increases and tighter public spending announced on Thursday goes some way to restoring the country’s economic credibility, …
Sunak to raise Britain’s minimum wage -The Times
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will increase the national living wage and give 8 million households cost-of-living payments worth up to 1,100 pounds($1,292.61), …
In Britain’s inflation crisis, healthy diets are a casualty
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Fresh vegetables and fish are falling off the menu. Packaged pizzas and processed meat are the dishes of the …
Britain’s car output drops 6% as supply woes persist
(Reuters) – British car production dropped 6% in September, an industry body said on Thursday, as the sector continues to bear the brunt of high …
Britain’s new PM Sunak will get little leeway from markets, investors say
By Alun John and Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Investors welcomed Rishi Sunak as Britain’s new prime minister on Monday, but they’re likely to give …
Britain’s Boots to recruit 10,000 workers for Christmas period
LONDON (Reuters) – British health and beauty retailer Boots said on Monday it planned to recruit more than 10,000 temporary workers, as competition for staff …
IMF says Britain’s U-turn on economic plan signals fiscal discipline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday applauded the new British finance minister’s decision to scrap most of a proposed debt-financed fiscal package, saying …
Britain’s markets watchdog ups curbs on retail investment firms
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s markets watchdog curbed activities of twice as many consumer investment firms in the last financial year as the previous year, it …
After U-turn, Britain’s economy still paying for Truss’s growth plan
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Monday reversed the bulk of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic growth plan of unfunded tax …
Jeremy Hunt replaces Kwarteng as Britain’s finance minister
LONDON (Reuters) -Former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Britain’s finance minister, Prime Minister Liz Truss’s office said on Friday, following Kwasi Kwarteng’s resignation …
Coronation of Britain’s King Charles to be held next May
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey next May in a ceremony set to follow …
Britain’s weakened Truss faces fight for credibility
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss had hoped her governing Conservative Party’s annual conference …
Britain’s Kwarteng doubles down on tax cuts, promises fiscal discipline
By Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng will vow on Monday to stay the course with his planned …
Britain’s JD Sports extends Nike ties with partnership deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion has extended its links with Nike Inc with a deal that gives its customers access …
Britain’s Next cuts guidance on macro outlook
LONDON (Reuters) – British clothing retailer Next cut its guidance for the full year, saying August trading was below expectations and cost of living pressures …
Explainer-Why are Britain’s pension schemes dumping gilts?
LONDON (Reuters) – A dramatic upswing in British government bond yields this week triggered calls for cash from defined benefit pension funds, forcing them to …
Britain’s market rout stokes contagion fears around the globe
By Davide Barbuscia, Marc Jones and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The scale and speed of the sell-off in British assets has jolted world …
Britain’s M&S raises staff pay for second time in 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Marks & Spencer on Wednesday became the latest British retailer to again raise pay for store workers amid a cost-of-living crisis and a …
Britain’s Truss faces whirlwind week as politics resumes after queen funeral
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British politics returns to centre stage on Tuesday after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with Prime Minister Liz Truss …
Can Britain’s King Charles fill his treasured mother’s shoes?
By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Teenager Olivia Burch waited for hours in a queue with other mourners to pay a final …
Britain’s Prince Andrew pays tribute to ‘mummy, mother and majesty’
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second son, paid tribute to his mother on Sunday, saying he would treasure forever her love, compassion, care …
Stung by criticism over Diana, Britain’s royals show common touch
By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The day after his mother, Britain’s longest serving monarch, died, King Charles and his wife Camilla …
Britain’s popular prince William bears royal weight on his shoulders
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – For Britain’s royal family, plenty rides on what Prince William does as heir to the throne, and eventually, as …
With selfies and salutes, Britain’s generations mark queen’s passing
By Humza Jilani and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Some shed tears or wore military uniforms and medals, others took selfies and video-called distant friends …
Notable quotes of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, who died on Thursday aged 96, never gave an interview during her 70-year reign, but her regular public speeches …
Britain’s Queen was ‘selfless and wise’ in her duties, says John Major
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister John Major called Queen Elizabeth “selfless and wise, with a wonderful generosity of spirit,” reacting to news that …