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Lawmakers Aim to Ensure UK Financial Services Stay Competitive Globally After Brexit

Nov 20 2020 // Britain’s lawmakers launched an inquiry on Friday aimed at ensuring its financial services remain globally competitive after the country’s full departure from the European Union next month.“We’ll...

UK Hopes New Task Force Reassures Business Leaders Over Brexit

Nov 12 2020 // Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition...

EU Still Seeking Clarity Over Britain’s Financial Services, Insurance Rules

Nov 10 2020 // The European Commission is still waiting for Britain to say if it will diverge from European Union rules before Brussels can decide on UK financial market access, a spokesman for the EU executive body said on...

Brexit Negotiations to Continue This Week as EU, UK Push to Save Trade Deal

Nov 2 2020 // EU and British Brexit negotiators will continue talks in Brussels on Monday and until around mid-week, sources on both sides said on Sunday, in a sign both sides are still pushing to avoid a damaging breakdown in trade in...

London Must Clarify How Far It Will Diverge from EU Financial Rules: EU Official

Oct 28 2020 // Britain must spell out how far it wants to diverge from European Union rules if it wants access to the bloc’s financial market from January, a top European Commission official said on Tuesday.Britain has left the EU...

Nearly 50% of UK Firms Less Prepared for Brexit Because of Coronavirus: Survey

Oct 21 2020 // About half of UK firms are less prepared for Brexit compared to last year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of Britain’s vulnerability to disruption when it quits the European Union’s single...

Post-Brexit Reality: Europe Will Still Need London for Finance and Business – Opinion

Oct 20 2020 // Brexit could one day give the European Union an opportunity to challenge the City of London’s dominance as a global financial hub. Right now, however, the EU is in no condition to take advantage.As talks on...

Japan to Take Countermeasures to Prevent Cyber Attacks from Derailing Tokyo Games

Oct 20 2020 // Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyber attacks after Britain and the United States accused Russia of orchestrating efforts to disrupt the...

UK Should Adjust Rules for Financial Services to Stay Competitive After Brexit: Study

Oct 19 2020 // Britain should tweak financial rules after full Brexit to keep London’s financial hub competitive and deepen ties with growth markets in Asia, a think tank said in a study on Monday.Britain accounted for nearly a...

EU Leaders to Pressure Britain for Trade Concessions in Troubled Brexit Talks

Oct 15 2020 // European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will pressure Britain for concessions in their troubled Brexit talks, saying a trillion euros worth of trade could be sunk if London does not budge on fisheries, fair...

UK’s Post-Brexit Privacy Protections Fail EU Data Protections, Activist Warns

Oct 12 2020 // UK privacy protections were criticized by an activist who told the European Union that the British shouldn’t be trusted to protect user data after Brexit.The personal data of EU citizens “do not at present have...

Bank of England Sees Few Threats to Financial Stability from Brexit

Oct 9 2020 // Britain’s full exit from the European Union could be bumpy for investors as banks staff new hubs in the bloc, but there are few threats to wider financial stability, the Bank of England said on Thursday.Britain left...

UK Financial Services Firms Become More Optimistic, Says Business Survey

Oct 9 2020 // Financial services firms in Britain turned more optimistic for the first time this year as a drop in business bottomed out, but big uncertainties remained about COVID-19 and a post-Brexit trade deal, according to a survey...

Employees Say Rules at Britain’s Banks Block Use of Contact Tracing App

Oct 9 2020 // Branch staff at some of Britain’s biggest banks say rules that require them to store phones in lockers while at work are putting them at undue risk of COVID-19 from colleagues and customers, as they cannot use the...

London Company Market Grew 10% in 2019

Oct 8 2020 // Premium income for the London company market grew by 10% last year with £21.436 billion of large commercial and wholesale risks underwritten by firms in the City.A new report from the International Underwriting...

EU Sources Say Brexit Deal with Britain on Social Benefits ‘Closer’: Reuters

Oct 7 2020 // Britain and the EU are closer to agreement on reciprocal social security rights for their citizens after Brexit, two diplomatic sources said, with one describing talks last week on an elusive trade deal as “one of...

More Than 7,500 Financial Services Jobs Move to Europe from London: EY Brexit Tracker

Oct 1 2020 // More than 7,500 finance jobs and a trillion pounds in assets have already left Britain for the European Union as banks prepare for full-blown Brexit in January, consultants EY said on Thursday.Banks, insurers and asset...

Banks, Insurers Await ‘Brexit Dividend’ of ‘British-Style’ Regulation

Sep 22 2020 // Britain will adopt tough but less bureaucratic financial rules after Brexit, starting with simpler regulation of small banks, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Tuesday.Britain will soon unveil new...

Eateries Face Restrictions, Workers Return Home as England Faces Virus Resurgence

Sep 22 2020 // British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home where possible and will curb timings for bars and restaurants to tackle a fast-spreading second coronavirus wave, but the opposition...

EU’s Barnier Still Hopes for UK Trade Deal Despite Latest Crisis

Sep 18 2020 // The European Union’s Brexit negotiator told the bloc’s 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still thinks a trade deal with Britain is possible despite a new crisis in the tortuous four-year saga, diplomatic...