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UK Business Confidence Sinks as Risk of No-Deal Brexit Grows: Report

Dec 27 2018 // Business leaders’ confidence in the British economy has sunk to its lowest level in more than 18 months as the risk of a no-deal Brexit in a little over three months grows, the Institute of Directors (IoD) said on...

U.S. Signs Agreement with UK Covering lnsurance Regulation Post-Brexit

Dec 21 2018 // As they previously announced they would do, the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Trade Representative have officially signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to provide insurance regulatory continuity after the country exits the...

London’s Gatwick Airport Reopens After Drones Cause 36 Hours of Travel Chaos

Dec 21 2018 // London’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for over a hundred thousand Christmas travelers by using drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the...

Most UK Insurers, Banks, Financial Firms Will Lose EU Access with No-Deal Brexit

Dec 20 2018 // Most banking, insurance and other financial firms in Britain would be cut off from the European Union if there is a no-deal Brexit, the bloc’s executive body said on Wednesday.Financial services are Britain’s...

London’s Gatwick Airport Suspends Flights on Multiple Drone Sightings

Dec 20 2018 // London’s Gatwick airport is closed to aircraft following multiple sightings of illegal drones, disrupting flights for as many as 115,000 people on one of the busiest travel days of the year.Lines of passengers...

Britain Begins to Ramp Up Planning for No-Deal Brexit

Dec 18 2018 // Britain will begin to put into place plans for an exit from the European Union without any deal in place, with the public and businesses told to prepare now for the eventuality, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman...

Reports Call for Reducing Big 4 Accounting Firms’ Dominance in British Company Audits

Dec 18 2018 // Britain needs a new watchdog to shake up the country’s “Big Four” accounting firms and reduce their dominance of the market for auditing companies’ books, two government-requested reports said on...

UK Fintech Startup Revolut Gets EU Banking License in Lithuania

Dec 13 2018 // Revolut, the London-based financial technology startup, has obtained a European banking license as Brexit looms, with plans to launch checking and savings accounts as well as retail and business lending.The Bank of...

UK Prime Minister Survives Confidence Vote but Party Is Bitterly Divided

Dec 12 2018 // Prime Minister Theresa May survived a confidence vote from her Conservative party on Wednesday, but more than a third of her lawmakers said she was no longer the right leader to implement Britain’s exit from the...

Brexit to Cause Irreversible Damage to UK Financial Services, Say Industry Leaders

Dec 12 2018 // Life in London’s financial district will appear little changed when Britain leaves the European Union on March 29, defying predictions of an exodus of high-flyers to rival centers like Paris, Frankfurt and Dublin.But...

Brexit Uncertainties Heighten as UK Prime Minister Faces Vote of No Confidence

Dec 12 2018 // Theresa May will fight for her job as British prime minister after being told she will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership, throwing the U.K. into fresh turmoil and Brexit into disarray.“I will contest...

U.S. Intends to Sign Post-Brexit Insurance Pact with Britain

Dec 11 2018 // The U.S. Treasury and U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Tuesday they intended to sign a new bilateral insurance agreement with Britain that will provide insurance market regulatory certainty and continuity...

UK Prime Minister Defers Brexit Vote, Raising Risk of No Deal

Dec 10 2018 // Theresa May is playing for time.Faced with a humiliating defeat on her Brexit deal, the embattled U.K. prime minister announced to the House of Commons she would defer a vote and return to Brussels to seek...

UK Can Reverse Brexit Process, Rules Top EU Court

Dec 10 2018 // The U.K. can unilaterally reverse the Brexit process, the European Union’s top court said in a landmark ruling that will fuel the campaign to thwart the divorce on the eve of a possible make or break vote in the...

Emails Released in U.K. Probe Show How Facebook Wielded Users’ Data

Dec 7 2018 // Facebook Inc. wielded user data like a bargaining chip, providing access when that sharing might encourage people to spend more time on the social network — and imposing strict limits on partners in cases where it...

Post-Brexit Free Trade Would Still See U.K. Insurance Services Exports Fall 19%: Think Tank

Dec 7 2018 // U.K. financial-services exports to the European Union could be 59 percent lower after Brexit, even if Prime Minister Theresa May secures a free-trade agreement, according to the Centre for European Reform.“Any...

EU Court Ruling on U.K. Right to Reverse Brexit Expected Dec. 10

Dec 6 2018 // The European Union’s highest court will on Dec. 10 tell the U.K. whether it should be allowed to unilaterally reverse Brexit, in a landmark ruling that could offer hope to those who want their country to call off the...

U.K. Food Delivery Service Riders Lose Employment Rights Bid

Dec 5 2018 // A trade union lost a U.K. court bid for the right to lobby Deliveroo over pay and conditions on behalf of the food-delivery service’s riders, in a rare setback for workers in the so-called gig economy.The Independent...

How Nations Rank for Climate Risk Measures

Dec 5 2018 // Denmark and Britain are the top countries when it comes to implementing measures to fight climate change, although Britain has lagged in phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, a report published by academics said on...

EU Court’s Non-Binding Ruling Says U.K. Can Reverse Brexit

Dec 4 2018 // The U.K. should be allowed to reverse Brexit, according to an advisory opinion from the European Union’s top court that will fuel the campaign to thwart the divorce.The opinion, which isn’t binding, comes at a...