Latest Uk Headlines
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Britain Rejects Call to Ban Gagging Orders in Financial Services Sector
May 15 2024 // Britain’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday rejected a call to ban non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which can be used to silence victims of sexual harassment and abuse, arguing that such clauses do not stop staff...
Britain’s Insurers Under Pressure Over Spike in Car Insurance Premiums
Apr 18 2024 // The rising cost of car insurance has triggered a barrage of complaints in the cost of living crisis, Britain’s financial watchdog told lawmakers on Wednesday, as the sector insisted that prices remain at 2018 levels...
US, Britain Announce Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Safety, Testing
Apr 2 2024 // The United States and Britain on Monday announced a new partnership on the science of artificial intelligence safety, amid growing concerns about upcoming next-generation versions. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and...
Britain’s Financial Services Sector Faces Long Haul to Gender Parity, Report Says
Mar 21 2024 // Britain’s banks and other financial firms are boosting the number of women in senior management roles, but unless the pace quickens, it will take until 2038 to reach gender parity, the finance ministry said on...
Banks, Insurers Ordered to Report Sexism and Bullying Cases in Britain
Feb 15 2024 // Britain’s markets watchdog has ordered more than 1,000 banks, insurers and brokerages to report how many sexual harassment, discrimination and other non-financial misconduct cases they have recorded since 2021 and...
Brexit Red Tape Puts Valentine’s Day Thorn in UK Flower Trade
Feb 14 2024 // Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine’s Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for their business. The...
Britain’s Financial Regulators Need ‘Ambitious Mindset’, Carnegie-Brown Says
Feb 9 2024 // British regulators need an “ambitious growth mindset” to implement post-Brexit financial sector reforms faster and stop business going elsewhere, an industry body said on Thursday. Britain’s...
Brexit Has Cost UK More Than $178 Billion so far: London Mayor
Jan 12 2024 // Britain’s departure from the European Union has reduced the size of its economy by 6% so far – an annual cost of 140 billion pounds ($178 billion) – London mayor Sadiq Khan said on Thursday, with the...
How Brexit Hobbled Britain’s Race to Space
Jan 2 2024 // Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how the nation needs international partners more than ever...
UK Signs Swiss Financial Services Deal, Easing Post-Brexit Access for Insurers, Brokers
Dec 22 2023 // The UK and Switzerland signed an agreement to recognize each other’s laws and regulations in financial services, easing post-Brexit market access for firms including banks, insurers and asset managers. Chancellor of...
UK to Sign Deal Boosting City of London’s Post-Brexit Ties to Switzerland
Dec 20 2023 // The UK and Switzerland will sign an agreement around financial services on Thursday, a post-Brexit accord to deepen ties between their respective financial centers. Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will visit Bern...
Britain’s National Grid Drops China-Based Supplier Over Cyber Security Fears: FT
Dec 18 2023 // Britain’s National Grid has started removing components supplied by a unit of China-backed Nari Technology from the electricity transmission network over cyber security fears, the Financial Times reported on...
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority Must Act Faster: National Auditor Report
Dec 8 2023 // Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can take too long to act and a sweeping post-Brexit internal revamp to make it nimbler will take years to complete, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a report on...
Brexit Backer and Inventor James Dyson Loses Libel Lawsuit Against UK Newspaper
Dec 1 2023 // James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, lost a libel lawsuit on Friday against a British newspaper publisher over a column that branded him a hypocrite who had “screwed”...
US, Britain, Other Countries Ink Agreement to Make AI ‘Secure by Design’
Nov 28 2023 // The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue...
Fewer Than 10% of CEOs in Britain’s Largest Companies Are Women
Nov 27 2023 // Even as Britain’s largest companies are hiring women in executive leadership roles at the fastest pace in five years, there’s a big hurdle to cross: they are still unlikely to be in influential roles overseeing...
Britain Proposes Diversity and Misconduct Rules for Financial Services Firms
Sep 25 2023 // Britain’s financial regulators proposed guidance on Monday for financial firms to tackle sexual harassment and bullying, along with new requirements for large banks and insurers to set targets to improve diversity...
Britain Must Not Damage Financial Services Sector Resilience: BoE’s Woods
Sep 19 2023 // Easing rules to boost the post-Brexit global competitiveness of Britain’s financial sector can only be done while maintaining a resilient financial system, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on...
City of London Calls for ‘Big Moves’ to Boost Post-Brexit Finance
Sep 7 2023 // The City of London called in a report on Thursday for a new council which would allow Britain’s financial sector to drive through “big moves” needed to boost the economy by 225 billion pounds ($281...
Britain to Create New Regime to Deal With Big Insurance Company Failures
Aug 7 2023 // Britain said on Wednesday [Aug. 2] it would start work on setting up new rules specially designed to prevent a big insurance company collapse from crashing the financial system. Regulators have already introduced rules to...
