LONDON (Reuters) – Average starting pay for British jobs rose in May at the fastest pace in four months despite a 20% annual fall in the number of jobs on offer, figures from hiring platform Indeed showed, adding to the mixed picture on the inflation outlook. The 6.5% rise in advertised starting pay compared with …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Sales growth at British supermarkets slowed in June, reflecting wet weather, strength in sales last year and lower food inflation, industry data showed on Thursday. Market researcher NIQ said sales at UK supermarkets rose 1.1% in the four weeks to June 15 year-on-year, versus growth of 3.3% in its …
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(Reuters) -UK-based human rights group Stop Uyghur Genocide has launched a legal campaign to block Shein’s potential London listing over concerns about its labour practices, a law firm representing the campaign group said on Wednesday. Human rights law firm Leigh Day has written to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to urge the regulator to …
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(Reuters) – British outsourcing company Serco Group raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, helped by international immigration services contracts and acquisitions, but remained wary of elections in its markets impacting performance. The London-listed company has benefited from acquiring immigration service firms, even as weakness in medicare services persists. Serco, one of the suppliers which …
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By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – BP’s new CEO Murray Auchincloss has imposed a hiring freeze and paused new offshore wind projects as he places a renewed emphasis on oil and gas amid investor discontent over its energy transition strategy, sources at the company said. The moves, which have not previously been reported, are part …
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GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Thousands of people began pouring into Worthy Farm in southwest England as the Glastonbury music festival kicked off on Wednesday, with hundreds of artists including Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Shania Twain set to enthral fans. The festival, which sells out of tickets within minutes even before its line-up is revealed, will …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s car output fell by 11.9% year-on-year in May, falling for a third straight month, as manufacturers wound down existing models and more plants transitioned to electric vehicle (EV) production, industry data showed on Thursday. A total of 69,652 cars rolled off production lines in May, compared with 79,046 in the same period …
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By Kylie MacLellan and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Wednesday in their last debate before an election next week, with both launching highly personal attacks over their and their parties’ credibility. With Sunak’s Conservatives trailing Labour by around 20 points in the …
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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russian pranksters who often target people the Russian state is interested in released footage on Wednesday of a video call with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron after tricking him into thinking he was speaking to a former Ukrainian president. London’s Foreign Office said earlier this month that Cameron had …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A man has been arrested in connection with an operation that targeted British politicians and journalists working in parliament with unsolicited and flirtatious messages, police said on Wednesday. “A man was arrested on suspicion of harassment and committing offences under the Online Safety Act. He was taken into custody where he remains,” London’s …
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