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Changes to tackle lorry driver shortage welcomed
Proposals have been made to change the HGV testing system in a bid to tackle a shortage of lorry drivers.…
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London mayor calls for equivalence for the City, slams ‘no-deal Brexit’ for finance
London mayor Sadiq Khan will “put pressure on the government” to work with the European Union and deliver a post-Brexit equivalence…
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John Glen says UK financial services needs ‘competitive tax rates’ – reports
The sector is currently subject to an 8% tax surcharge, which was introduced in 2015, on top of the corporation…
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Empty supermarket shelves will ‘only get worse’ amid lorry driver shortage
Many supermarket shelves across the UK are in short supply of people’s favourite products due to a shortage of lorry…
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Explained: Why The Difference Between Imperial And Metric Systems Matters
Brexit minister Lord Frost announced on Thursday that the ban on using imperial measurements in shops could soon be lifted…
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Xavier Rolet warns US could cash in as Bailey blasts ‘fragmented’ EU clearing market
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warned about the risks of a fragmented clearing market if the EU and UK…
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Continued fall in unemployment rate obscuring ‘true scale’ of Covid-related jobless
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that there was a quarterly increase in the employment…
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UK pasta prices set to rise 50% as supply shortages and lorry crisis take toll
Shoppers may soon have to be forced to pay up to 50% more for pasta as a coming shortage is…
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Brexit triggers fresh chaos in UK – 10 real-life consequences since we left
For nearly nine months we’ve been living quietly with the consequences of Brexit. Most of the time they’ve been a…
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Scotland’s ambulance crisis escalates as OAP waits 22 hours for 999 paramedics
Scotland’s ambulance crisis escalated yesterday with reports of huge queues outside three hospitals – and an OAP waiting 22 hours…
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Britain set to face ‘permanent food shortages’ and it is due ‘to get worse’
The UK is facing ‘permanent’ shortages of key food and drink produce on supermarket shelves, an industry leader has warned…
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Trade links forged between South West and Maltese businesses
A South West specialist international trade organisation is forging links with businesses in the Mediterranean island of Malta in a…
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Shapps rejects immigration for driver shortages as Morrisons warns of price hike
Transport secretary Grant Shapps today rejected calls for more immigration to resolve the dirver shortage as Morrisons warns customers will…
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Lower taxes for banks to keep UK competitive, TheCityUK says
The UK government should reduce the overall tax burden on its banks, as well as bolster fintech and future growth…
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Poundstretcher buys failed discount chain JTF, saving 230 jobs
The owner of Poundstretcher has bought the failed JTF discount chain out of administration – securing the jobs of 230…
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Inside the new £138m UPS UK air hub at East Midlands Airport
The UK boss of global parcel giant UPS has described how the business is doing its bit to help consumers…
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Brexit driver crisis leaves Coca-Cola with aluminium cans shortage
Coca-Cola is having to deal with a shortage of aluminium cans as a result of the UK driver shortage. Coca-Cola…
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Buybacks are another reason to start embracing UK equities again
Combined, these are firm signs that confidence in the UK is returning. Businesses are in good shape, the post-Brexit, post-Covid…
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Behind Tim Martin’s £448million fortune – from law degree to Wetherspoons empire
The pub chain has been criticised for running out of beer this week – here’s how its outspoken founder started…
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Has Brexit really battered the City?
Remember all the outrage about the government prioritising “fish over finance” in the Brexit trade negotiations? Towards the end of…
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Scots whisky distilleries face burden of Brexit with supply and driver shortages
Whisky distilleries are facing shortages of cardboard and glass as well as seeing the impact on a shortage of delivery…
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Jack Wilshere facing spending season without club after deadline day setback
The 29-year-old has been training with Serie B side Como but the club are not able to offer him a…
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Rapidly enlarged port health team prepares for Brexit seafood import changes
North East Lincolnshire Council’s rapidly expanded port health team is working with colleagues in Norway, Iceland and the Faroes in…
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Mounting workloads and staff struggles: Can the FCA keep up?
Experts are questioning whether the Financial Conduct Authority can keep up with its mounting workload, as doubts swirl over whether the…
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Staff churn, mounting workload, and crypto incapacity: Here’s what’s challenging the FCA
In an otherwise quiet late August, the UK’s markets watchdog has dominated the news agenda. Amid a challenging year in…
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Opening boarder to EU HGV drivers ‘obvious solution’ to shortages
The Government is apparently considering making it easier for EU lorry drivers to work in the UK again, in a…
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Co-op boss says Brexit and Covid-19 creating chronic shortages
The boss of the Co-op store group has said the current crisis in UK deliveries has created the worst food…
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Brexit HGV shortages force doughnut chain to close its doors
Management at a doughnut chain say the shortage of raw materials affecting the whole of the UK has forced it…
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Sir Ed Davey: The Tories cost the City post-Brexit equivalence
Ed Davey says he is as an economist by background. And that he has been in the business world. Both…
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Exclusive: UK deal for giant car factory ‘hanging in balance’
A deal between the Government and an Amazon-backed US carmaker to build a giant electric vehicle (EV) factory in the…
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Apocalypse? No. The City of London has defied talk of a Brexit exodus
I F you’d been asleep for the last two years and were suddenly awakened in the City of London, you…
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Chicken industry blames Brexit for Nando’s closures as supplies face chaos
Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, said the ban on so-called ‘low skilled’ workers has been a…
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Weston firm wins 500 new customers after Brexit and pingdemic
A fast-growing procurement company in Weston-super-Mare has taken on 500 new customers so far this year as a result of…
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The City has the richest bankers, but Brexit sees 100 flee
Nearly 100 top-earning bankers left the UK for other European Union countries ahead of Brexit, new figures from the European…
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Wrestling champ caught in Brexit separation hell reunited with son in Scotland
A wrestling champion has been reunited with his toddler and pregnant wife after a Brexit immigration nightmare in Moldova. An…
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Lanarkshire boy with rare form of epilepsy creates YouTube channel
An East Kilbride boy who is at the heart of community fundraising due to suffering a rare form of epilepsy…
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Covid UK: AstraZeneca vaccine has the same risk of blood clots as Pfizer’s, study finds
Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine is just as likely to trigger blood clots as AstraZeneca‘s, according to a study that has prompted…
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Ex-FCA boss Woolard: ‘It’s fanciful to think there’ll be radical post-Brexit reforms’
Chris Woolard emerged from his seven-month stint leading the UK’s markets watchdog with no regrets and plenty of opinions. The…
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Revolut boss Nik Storonsky on Brexit: ‘I still haven’t seen any benefits so far’
Revolut co-founder and chief executive Nikolay Storonsky said the digital bank has yet to see any benefits from the UK’s…
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EU regulator draws blank on extent of Brexit breaches
The European Union’s financial regulator has drawn a blank on the extent to which firms are attempting to sidestep Brexit’s…
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Will the EU grant the City post-Brexit equivalence?
A decision that regulations governing British insurers are equivalent to those in the European Union could be among the first such…
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Somerset cheesemaker says Brexit ‘partly’ behind staff shortage
A cheesemaking business in Somerset has said Brexit has contributed to a labour shortage at its Ilchester factory after many…
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UK lawmakers want to gut MiFID II in wake of Brexit as law ‘makes it more attractive to trade elsewhere’
A high-profile group of MPs has urged the prime minister to undergo a radical shakeup of MiFID II rules in…
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SNP Minister hits out at UK Government after being left out loop on trade deal
An SNP minister has complained that Downing Street has still to brief devolved government on the contents of the Australian…
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Brexit: Lorry firm boss ‘has had to resort to using scantily-clad women to advertise drivers jobs’
A lorry firm boss has claimed he has had to resort to using scantily clad women to advertise driving jobs…
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‘The UK humiliated us!’ Italian MEP’s extraordinary attack on the EU as he praises Britain
An Italian MEP has apologised to Britain for the treatment it received over Brexit, praising the UK’s vaccine roll-out and…
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