Starmer to pledge fresh focus on border security as part of reset with Europe July 18, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to reset the UK's relationship with Europe, vowing to put a fresh emphasis on border security at the heart of ties with the continent.
Britain’s EU summit is Starmer’s chance to prove he champions the City July 18, 2024 Britain's EU summit is a welcome step, but the City and its industries must be at the forefront, writes Michael Cole-Fontayn.
Labour government ‘seeking closer relationship’ with EU, Reynolds to say July 16, 2024 The UK is “seeking a closer relationship” with the European Union (EU), Jonathan Reynolds will say as he travels to the G7 trade summit.
This infuriating new EU rule has everyone flipping their lid July 10, 2024 A new EU directive banning fully detachable lids on plastic bottles has angered soft drink consumers everywhere, says an orange-juice soaked Steve Allen I sit here furious, looking like I’m lactating Sunny Delight. My white shirt, clean on today, has a yellow stain down the front from a bottle of orange juice. EU Directive 2019/90 [...]
EU would give ‘fair hearing’ to plans to improve relationship, Irish PM says July 7, 2024 EU leaders would give Keir Starmer a “fair hearing” on plans for “ironing out practical issues” between the UK and Europe, the Irish Prime Minister said.
UK should ‘explore’ closer trade relations with EU, Jonathan Reynolds says July 7, 2024 The UK should “explore opportunities” for closer trade relations with the European Union (EU), Jonathan Reynolds has said.
Central banks keep markets guessing on path of interest rates July 2, 2024 Investors looking for clear guidance on the path of interest rates received few firm commitments from top central bankers on Tuesday.
Danish Crown’s UK arm brings home the bacon as China turns its back on EU pork June 28, 2024 The UK arm of bacon producer Danish Crown has seen its revenue soar after a shortage of pigs in Europe pushed the price of pork to an all-time high.
Microsoft breached EU rules with ‘possibly abusive’ move bundling Teams with Office suite June 25, 2024 Microsoft violated European Union competition rules with “possibly abusive” practices by tying its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app to its widely used business software, the bloc has said. The European Commission said on Monday that it has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that the US tech giant has been “restricting competition” by bundling Teams [...]
Oxford Biomedica issues new shares to secure a £17m investment June 18, 2024 Cell and gene therapy company Oxford Biomedica has announced a near £17m investment which will see it issue new shares to the London Stock Exchange.