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UK dividends could hit $115 billion in 2022 on weak sterling – report

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – UK-listed companies could make $115 billion in dividend payments t...

27th July, 2022

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Unilever, commodity stocks send FTSE 100 to 4-week highs

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -UK’s top share index hit four-week highs on Tuesday, bucking the trend...

26th July, 2022

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Sterling edges higher as economic outlook darkens rate view

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling reached more than two-week highs on Tuesday, but was confined in recent...

26th July, 2022

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Britain’s Drax half-year profit jumps on high prices and demand

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Drax Group reported a rise in half-year profit on Tuesday, as t...

26th July, 2022

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Nine out of ten Britons increasingly keeping tabs on spending -NielsenIQ

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Sales volumes at UK supermarkets fell 4.1% year-on-year in the fou...

26th July, 2022

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Pound struggles around $1.20 on economy worries

LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling held around the $1.20 level versus the U.S. dollar on Monday as traders w...

25th July, 2022

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BoE torn over whether to join big rate hike club

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England must decide next week whether to join th...

25th July, 2022

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UK factory output slows, price pressures come off peak – CBI

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British industrial output grew at the slowest pace in over a yea...

25th July, 2022

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Britain’s health service facing worst staffing crisis, say lawmakers

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) is facing i...

25th July, 2022

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Bank of England policymakers torn on need for big rate move next week

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England is weighing up whether to raise interest rates by the most si...

25th July, 2022

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One fifth of UK households had ‘negative disposable income’ in June, says Asda

LONDON (Reuters) – One fifth of British households had “negative disposable income” last month, with...

25th July, 2022

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Pound struggles around $1.20 on economy worries

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling held around the $1.20 level versus the U.S. dollar on Monday as traders...

25th July, 2022