In a significant development, the Sunday Times reported, British finance minister in the upcoming budget in March, Rishi Sunak is likely to raise taxes on businesses to pay for the Government’s COVID-19 support schemes. During his March 3, 2020 speech,… Read More ›
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British Supreme Court to rule on Uber’s drivers rights today
On Friday, Britain’s Supreme Court is set to give its verdict over workers’ rights at Uber in what could be a potentially landmark judgment with major ramifications for millions of people in the gig economy. In 2016, in a lawsuit… Read More ›
Britain’s clips China’s soft power: revokes CGTN’s license to operate within the country
In a statement on Friday, China’s foreign ministry said, it is “firmly opposed” to Britain’s decision to revoke the license for its state media CGTN to operate within the country. The development comes in the wake of the UK’s communications… Read More ›
British lender NatWest switches to Mastercard debit cards from Visa
British lender NatWest is the latest UK retail and commercial bank to switch to issuing Mastercard debit cards from Visa, in an agreement that includes 16 million consumer and business customer cards. The development sees Mastercard, which has since long… Read More ›
Viagogo must sell StubHub’s business outside North America: Britain’s market watchdog
On Tuesday, Britain’s competition watchdog said, Viagogo would have to sell all of StubHub’s business outside North America following its findings after a probe that the deal would reduce competition in the secondary ticketing market in UK. In a statement,… Read More ›
Britain applies for Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the coming week Britain is set to apply for a membership to the trans-Pacific trading bloc of 11 countries. Ever since it left the European Union, Britain has made its desire to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for… Read More ›
EU member states empowered to non-EU passengers from entering country, part of German proposal to contain COVID-19
On Thursday, according to a report from the Times newspaper, a German proposal could see European governments allowing a ban on all UK residents from entering their respective countries along with cutting off all passenger transport links with Britain. The… Read More ›
Freight forwarders rejecting contracts to move goods to Britain
According to data from Transporeon, a German software company, there has been an increase in the number of freight groups rejecting contracts to move goods from France to Britain during the second week of January, resulting in price rise underscoring… Read More ›
UK offers extra financial assistance worth 4.6 billion pounds to select sectors hit by third national lockdown
On Tuesday, Britain offered 4.6 billion pound support to businesses struggling with the third national lockdown, which was imposed this week to stem the new mutant wave of the coronavirus-induced COVID-19 cases that is sweeping across the U.K. In a… Read More ›
AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine starts rolling out in UK
In a statement British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, hundreds of thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine will start rolling out in Britain after the COVID-19 vaccine candidate was approved by regulators. “We’ll get going on this,” said… Read More ›