LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales fell in August at the fastest rate since March 2021 and most stores are expecting another tough month ahead, an industry survey showed on Thursday. The Confederation of British Industry’s monthly balance of retail sales, which compares volumes with a year ago, fell to -44 in August from -25 …
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(Reuters) – Planned strikes at Britain’s Gatwick Airport this weekend have been suspended after workers accepted improved pay offers, the Unite trade union said on Thursday. “Unite has co-ordinated industrial disputes across Gatwick to secure well deserved pay increases for its members,” Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said in a statement. The union said its …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket Asda on Thursday followed rivals Ocado Retail and Sainsbury’s in announcing a fresh round of price cuts, adding to the downward trajectory in UK food inflation. Grocery prices remain in the spotlight as Britons grapple with a cost-of-living crisis stretching into its second year. Asda, Britain’s third largest grocer, said …
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(Reuters) -Senior National Health Service doctors in England will strike for three consecutive days during the ruling Conservative Party’s annual conference in October, the British Medical Association (BMA) said in a statement to Reuters on Thursday. The strikes from Oct. 2-4 would be the longest period of action so far, the BMA said. “Consultants are …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not properly declare his wife’s shareholding in a childcare company which stood to benefit from new government policy but the failure was inadvertent, parliament’s standards watchdog said on Wednesday. Parliament’s Commissioner for Standards began investigating Sunak in April, after opposition parties raised questions over media reports …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut, and blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto. Arion Kurtaj, 18, embarked on a solo cybercrime spree in September 2022 while on police bail …
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By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – British photographer Normski says he took pictures of some of the greatest exponents of hip hop music, which this month celebrated its 50th anniversary, at least in part because he couldn’t breakdance. Born in 1966 in northwest London into a Jamaican family, Normski is seven years older than hip …
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By William Schomberg and Sumanta Sen LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is slowing and might be heading for a recession as it feels the impact of 14 back-to-back interest rate increases by the Bank of England to fight high inflation. Despite being buffeted by Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and last year’s surge in energy prices, …
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(Reuters) – Former England wicketkeeper James Foster has been appointed as an assistant coach on New Zealand’s World Cup staff, while former England batsman Ian Bell will also feature in the team’s rotating staff in the lead-up to the tournament. Foster, a T20 coaching expert, will link up with the Black Caps for a one-day …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Pay deals awarded by British employers cooled for the first time this year in the quarter to July, which may calm the worries of Bank of England officials who fear wage growth is feeding inflation, a survey showed on Wednesday. Median basic pay deals in the three months to the end of …
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