All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2020 // Forcing retroactive payouts to cover business disruption losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic could ultimately put financial stability at risk, global insurance regulators said.Disputes over cover for businesses...
May 6 2020 // Two law firms said on Tuesday they were gathering companies in Britain for a potential group lawsuit against German insurer Allianz for rejecting business interruption claims during the coronavirus pandemic.Edwin Coe and...
May 1 2020 // Banks are dusting off their no-deal Brexit plans as concerns deepen that Britain and the European Union won’t agree a trade deal by December as the COVID-19 pandemic compounds fundamental disagreements over future...
Apr 22 2020 // The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the...
Apr 16 2020 // Britain’s banks have enough funds to keep lending to the economy even under the deep recession scenario outlined by a government watchdog, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Wednesday.The BoE has...
Mar 31 2020 // Hours after the results of a risk model reached the public, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump asked nearly 400 million people to upend their lives.A group of epidemiologists at Imperial...
Mar 20 2020 // The coronavirus has struck at the heart of the post-Brexit trade talks between Britain and the European Union, with both sides’ top negotiators now in isolation.David Frost, the UK’s chief negotiator, is...
Mar 13 2020 // A barber in Beijing is supporting his wife and child by charging food and other expenses to a credit card while he waits for his employer’s shop to reopen. A waiter at a barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri,...
Mar 11 2020 // Britain will spend an extra 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) repairing 50 million potholes in roads over the next five years, the government said ahead of new finance minister Rishi Sunak’s first budget on...
Mar 9 2020 // The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110,000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage.* More than 110,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across...
Mar 6 2020 // Baby monitors and wireless cameras risk being hacked by cyber criminals unless people take security measures to protect themselves, British security experts warned on Tuesday [March 3].Internet-connected cameras used in...
Mar 3 2020 // Britain’s financial services industry could fare less well than energy, autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with the United States, the government said on Monday.Britain said in its negotiating mandate...
Feb 28 2020 // Britain published its opening demands for trade talks with the European Union on Thursday, delivering a blunt threat to walk away from the table if there is no progress within four months.The two sides appear headed for a...
Feb 27 2020 // Britain will likely secure only temporary access to the European Union financial market under a broader trade deal in which finance may take a back seat to sectors such as fishing, financial industry officials said on...
Feb 27 2020 // In a world facing a climate crisis, investors need to start taking account of carbon emissions and rising temperatures in their decisions, according to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney.The shift in thinking will be key...
Feb 25 2020 // Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted an accidental leak of confidential information, including the names and some contact details of people who had made complaints against the watchdog in 2018 and...
Feb 19 2020 // Residents in central England and Wales piled up sandbags, readied water pumps and hoped for the best Tuesday as rivers peaked after a weekend storm brought up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain to an already waterlogged...
Feb 18 2020 // Storm Sabine caused insured losses of 675 million euros ($731 million) in Germany this month, the GDV Insurance Association said on Tuesday, making it the sixth most costly storm in Europe’s largest economy since...
Feb 12 2020 // Britain said it would force social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Snap to do more to block or remove harmful content on their platforms.Following a consultation, the UK government said on Wednesday it...
Feb 12 2020 // N26 GmbH, the German mobile bank backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Li Ka-Shing, said it will end UK operations citing the country’s departure from the European Union.The Berlin-based digital bank will close UK...