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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...
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...
Chances for Brexit Deal With Britain Fade Every Day, Warns European Union Leader
Sep 16 2020 // Every passing day reduces chances for sealing a new trade deal with Britain, the European Union’s chief executive said on Wednesday, warning London that there was “very little time” left to put an...
With COVID Infections Rising, England Limits Gatherings, Plans for Mass Testing
Sep 10 2020 // Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions on social gatherings in England on Wednesday, saying there was a clear need to act after a spike in COVID-19 infections. Speaking at a televised news conference,...
Fears of Brexit With No Trade Deal Rise Over State Aid Dispute
Sep 4 2020 // The chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a trade deal have risen sharply as negotiations have been threatened by London’s insistence that it have full autonomy over its state aid plans, negotiators...
Britain Eyes Fast-Tracking Coronavirus Vaccines That Pass Safety, Quality Tests
Aug 31 2020 // Britain’s medical regulator will be able to grant temporary authorisation for any coronavirus vaccine that meets safety and quality standards but before it has received a full license, under new plans set out on...
EU Officials Erase Brexit from Meeting Agenda Citing Scant Progress in Talks with Britain
Aug 27 2020 // A discussion about the negotiations over Britain and the European Union’s post-Brexit relationship has been dropped from the agenda of a meeting of EU envoys next week because the talks have stalled, an EU diplomat...
