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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident”. “We are temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations,” Royal Mail, one of the world’s largest post and parcel firms, said in a service update …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said on Wednesday 100,000 of its members across 124 government departments would take strike action on Feb. 1 in a dispute over pay, pensions and job security. Britain is experiencing a wave of strikes across sectors ranging from healthcare to railways, as pay rises fail to …

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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday there were still “many laggards” among wholesale brokers who were failing to prevent poor conduct such as inadequate checks on external hires. The FCA said there have been some improvements in governance and compliance at larger brokers, but wholesale broking firms generally …

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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket group Sainsbury’s forecast full-year profit towards the upper end of its guided range as a better-than-expected performance in general merchandise drove a 5.9% rise in underlying sales for the Christmas quarter. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain after Tesco had previously forecast 2022-23 underlying pre-tax profit of …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British clothes and footwear retailer JD Sports reported total revenue growth of over 20% in the six-week Christmas shopping period to the end of December, prompting it to raise its full year profit forecast. (Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Kate Holton)

(Reuters) – The British government’s sports stadium safety regulator has announced a review into complaints of “overcrowding and crushing” by Newcastle United supporters at the Hillsborough Stadium during the FA Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday. Images and footage on social media showed congestion around the exit to the tunnel in the Leppings Lane End, with …

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