By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers reduced the number of new permanent staff they hired through recruitment agencies by the most since mid 2020 last month due to concerns about the economic outlook, adding to signs that the market is becoming tougher for job seekers. A gauge of permanent staff hiring by the …
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By Martyn Herman GLASGOW (Reuters) -Protesters halted the elite men’s road race at the UCI World Championships for almost an hour on Sunday, stopping the high-calibre peloton in its tracks after 80km. A nine-rider breakaway group, which was seven minutes ahead of the main bunch, was approaching the Crow Road climb on a narrow road …
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(Reuters) – England batsman Alex Hales has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 34, drawing the curtain on a controversial career on Friday. The right-hand batsman, who played 11 test matches, 70 one-day internationals and 75 Twenty20s for England, was dropped from England’s 2019 ODI World Cup squad after news of …
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LONDON (Reuters) -London’s mayor will extend a car scrappage scheme to more drivers in a bid to calm opposition to a contentious clean-air zone that has put pressure on the opposition Labour Party before a national election expected next year. Labour clearly leads Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives in opinion polls against, but a narrow …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will not mark the first anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth with an official public event or a private family gathering, a royal spokesperson said on Friday. Charles, 74, ascended to the throne on Sept. 8 after the death of his mother Elizabeth. The death of the 96-year-old …
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(Reuters) -A new battery electric car was sold every 60 seconds in the UK, driving the country’s automotive market in July, an industry body said on Friday, while trimming its growth forecast for next year on cost-of-living concerns. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) cut its growth expectations by 0.7% to 1.951 million …
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LONDON (Reuters) – England’s highly entertaining “Bazball” approach will face a test when the team travels to India next year for a five-match test series, England captain Nasser Hussain believes. Under coach Brendon “Baz” McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, England’s result-oriented approach to test cricket once again enthralled fans as they overturned a 2-0 deficit …
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By Susanna Twidale and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Plummeting prices in the UK’s carbon market have increased the likelihood that exports of steel will be slapped with additional CO2 levies to access the European Union market, unless London matches EU carbon policies. Industries are bracing for the European Union’s carbon border levy, which from …
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By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – British bank Barclays is weighing up whether to move its continental Europe headquarters from Dublin to Paris, in a potential further boon for the French capital as it seeks to expand as a global financial centre after Brexit. Barclays said in an interim earnings filing for its Barclays Bank …
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By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – Fans of Freddie Mercury might wonder if this is the real life, or just fantasy, when they walk into a near-replica of his London home, where thousands of items belonging to the late Queen frontman will be on exhibition starting Friday. Rare items including handwritten lyrics, art and collectibles …
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