By William James and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Trident nuclear-deterrent system misfired during a test last month, sending a missile crashing into the ocean off the Florida coast near…
By Amy-Jo Crowley and Emma-Victoria Farr LONDON (Reuters) -KPS Capital Partners recently explored a bid for UK specialty chemicals maker Elementis but has since paused its work, two people familiar…
By Elizabeth Piper, Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Labour’s finance policy chief Rachel Reeves promised on Monday to “rebuild Britain” if in government, vowing to deploy “iron-clad”…
By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will try next week to persuade judges at the country’s top court to overturn a ruling which declared…
(Reuters) – British insurer Phoenix Group said on Wednesday Nicholas Lyons will return as chair of its board in December, after he stepped down last year to take up the…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimated on Thursday that there was a 90% chance that public borrowing in four years’ time would be…
LONDON (Reuters) – The British arms of Volkswagen and Stellantis called for clarity on regulation after reports that Britain was planning to delay a 2030 ban on new petrol and…
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will focus his Nov. 22 budget update on reducing inflation and does not expect forecasts to show the government has extra money…
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger will launch its monthly coffee subscription service in the United States and France this year after…
(Reuters) -Domino’s Pizza Group said on Thursday Andrew Rennie, who has served as the Europe chief for a major franchise operator of the pizza chain, will join the UK firm…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government and the Bank of England “will do what is necessary, for as long as necessary” to return inflation to its 2% target,…
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt gave his backing to the country’s financial regulator FCA to ensure banks are passing on better savings rates to consumers. “Increased interest…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will meet U.S. President Joe Biden at Windsor Castle on July 10, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. The spokesperson said further…
LONDON (Reuters) -British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Wednesday he did not expect to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as NATO secretary general, The Economist magazine reported. Stoltenberg is due to…
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket Asda said it would buy the bulk of petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland business to speed up its move…
(Reuters) – Melrose Industries Plc expects its engines business to power its profit margins in 2025 as aftermarket services would help boost cashflow, enabling it to buy back shares worth…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak risks missing his goal of halving inflation this year as underlying inflation shows little sign of having peaked in…
LONDON (Reuters) – British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger has raised the price of its monthly coffee subscription service by 20% to 30 pounds ($37.34) but expanded it…
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -The start of the annual Grand National horse race was briefly delayed on Saturday after a large group of animal rights protesters forced their way into the…
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Gambling Commission has handed a 19.2 million pound ($23.7 million) fine to the William Hill betting group, the biggest penalty ever issued by…
(Reuters) – British advertising group WPP said on Monday it has acquired Obviously, a New York-based social influencer marketing agency, for an undisclosed sum. The deal comes less than a…
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced on Monday he would create 12 “investment zones” in England to spur the regional economy outside London, a scaled-back version…
By Alistair Smout PARIS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that his government would prioritise reducing the country’s debt over cutting taxes in next week’s budget,…
PARIS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that recent indicators showed the underlying fundamentals of Britain’s economy were strong, ahead of his finance minister Jeremy Hunt’s budget…
(Reuters) – U.S. planemaker Boeing Co and its European rival Airbus SE have teamed up to bid for a UK government contract that would provide helicopters for the Royal Air…