Image copyright National Crime Agency Image caption The National Crime Agency said 60 weapons were found concealed in the car A man from Dublin has been charged with illegally importing firearms after 60 weapons were found in a car arriving in Dover from Calais. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the guns were found concealed […]
Image copyright Getty Images The number of tourists visiting the UK from China has risen by almost a fifth this summer, the latest figures show. Travel data firm ForwardKeys said that summer flight bookings from long-haul markets were also 6% higher than in the same period last year. It credited the weakness of the pound […]
The United Kingdom has reported securing record defence orders in 2018, making it the “best year ever” for British arms exports.
The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT), in a report published on Tuesday, said the country won defence orders worth 14 billion pounds ($17bn) in 2018, up from nine billion pounds ($11bn) in 2017 and […]
Sterling slides on growing no-deal Brexit risk The pound has sold-off against the euro and the US dollar in the past month, with investors ramping up the sell orders after Boris Johnson entered Downing Street and stepped up the rhetoric over a no-deal Brexit. Sterling has fallen by more than 4% against the US dollar […]
U.K. food retailer the Co-op is extending its trial of till-less technology in stores as cash payments decline and consumers change the way they pay for goods and services. In an announcement Wednesday, the Co-op said the app would be available in more than 30 stores in England, Wales and Scotland by the end of […]
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Lorries queue on the A20 outside Dover, in Kent, where Operation Stack is being implemented Councils have spent money repaving roads, hiring vets, stockpiling food for school meals and registering their own staff for the EU settled status scheme in preparation for Brexit. Details of council spending were released […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Wales as part of a national tour intended to reassure Britons that his hard-Brexit push will not hurt the economy and rip apart the United Kingdom.
The pound has fallen sharply in recent days as businesses warn no amount of preparation can eliminate the economic damage if Britain crashes […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Wales as part of a national tour intended to reassure Britons that his hard-Brexit push will not hurt the economy and rip apart the United Kingdom.
The pound has fallen sharply in recent days as businesses warn no amount of preparation can eliminate the economic damage if Britain crashes […]