LONDON (Reuters) – British education company Pearson said on Friday its year had started well, with a 3% rise in adjusted underlying sales in the first quarter and an expectation that growth would accelerate in the second half. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Sarah Young)
LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer sentiment returned to a two-year high this month as households took a more positive view of the economy and their own finances, a long-running survey showed on Friday. The GfK consumer confidence index rose to -19 in April from -21 in March, matching January’s reading which was the highest since …
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By Agata Rybska (Reuters) -Unilever beat first-quarter sales forecasts on Thursday as the maker of Dove soaps and Hellmann’s mayonnaise won back shoppers who had traded down to cheaper products during the recent surge in global inflation. Shares in the consumer goods giant rose more than 4% after it reported a 4.4% rise in underlying …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Scottish Green Party will vote against Scotland’s Humza Yousaf in a vote of no confidence in him as first minister, a source within the party said on Thursday. Yousaf’s other opponents said earlier on Thursday they would seek to oust him as Scotland’s leader after his Scottish National Party abandoned a …
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By Pranav Kashyap, Sruthi Shankar and Khushi Singh (Reuters) -Britain’s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index scored its third consecutive record high on Thursday, led by miner Anglo American on a buyout offer from BHP Group, while investors cheered earnings from several blue-chip firms including Unilever, AstraZeneca and Barclays. The blue-chip FTSE 100 ended the session …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Becker will be discharged from bankruptcy in Britain, his lawyer said on Wednesday, after the German tennis star agreed a settlement with some of his creditors. The 56-year-old, a six-times Grand Slam champion, was declared bankrupt in 2017 with total debts of around 50 million pounds ($62.4 million). Becker, who won …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Two million people across England and Scotland are still suffering from long COVID symptoms, of whom 381,000 have had their day-to-day activities limited a lot, according to an official study published on Thursday. Britain’s Office for National Statistics said 3.3% of people surveyed between Feb. 6 and March 7 …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British lawmakers have called on the government to “urgently” clarify what will happen next week when new post-Brexit border checks for goods imported from the EU, which some businesses say could reduce choice and drive up prices, are due to begin. The first phase of Britain’s new Border Target Operating …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s military drone industry, in response to Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel earlier this month. The measures, taken in co-ordination with the U.S. and Canada, target four businesses and two directors at a network of drone companies with the aim of limiting Iran’s …
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Property values in London’s Canary Wharf financial district fell by 1.2 billion pounds ($1.50 billion) over the past year, led by a decline in the value of its office buildings, the landlord said in annual results published on Thursday. Canary Wharf Group – which is joint owned by investors …
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