Southern Water Fined for Sewage Spill That Killed 2,000 Fish in England February 28, 2024 By Jessica Shankleman Southern Water was fined £330,000 on Tuesday after admitting a raw sewage spill that killed thousands of fish on the...
UK Has More ‘Fragile Firms’ Than EU Peers: Allianz Report February 28, 2024 By Lucy White The UK has the highest proportion of “fragile firms” out of all major European economies, another sign of the headwinds...
Banks, Insurers Ordered to Report Sexism and Bullying Cases in Britain February 15, 2024 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s markets watchdog has ordered more than 1,000 banks, insurers and brokerages to report how many sexual harassment, discrimination and...
Brexit Red Tape Puts Valentine’s Day Thorn in UK Flower Trade February 14, 2024 By Phil Noble Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine’s Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade...
Some Insurers Suspend Sales of Car Policies After UK Watchdog Again Intervenes February 9, 2024 By Huw Jones Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday several insurers have agreed to suspend sales of policies that cover the depreciation of...
Britain’s Financial Regulators Need ‘Ambitious Mindset’, Carnegie-Brown Says February 9, 2024 By Huw Jones British regulators need an “ambitious growth mindset” to implement post-Brexit financial sector reforms faster and stop business going elsewhere, an...
What Would UK Labour Party’s Finance Sector Plan Mean for City of London? February 1, 2024 By Huw Jones Britain’s opposition Labour Party, tipped in the polls to win an election expected this year, set out its blueprint on...
Electric Vehicles Cost Twice as Much to Insure as Fuel-Burning Cars in UK January 24, 2024 By Jamie Nimmo British drivers have to fork out twice as much to insure electric vehicles as they do for combustion-engine models, adding...
Brexit Has Cost UK More Than $178 Billion so far: London Mayor January 12, 2024 By David Milliken Britain’s departure from the European Union has reduced the size of its economy by 6% so far – an annual...
Shares in UK Insurers Tumble on Report of Regulator Comments on Premium Finance January 10, 2024 Shares in UK insurers fell on Wednesday, with traders pointing to an article in the Insurance Post that quoted the...