Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been crowned the UK’s top experience in a new ranking. The largest arts festival in the world, taking place this month, topped Lonely Planet’s Ultimate United Kingdom Travelist. Also in the top 20 were two other unmissable Scottish sights: Glencoe in the Highlands and Arthur’s Seat, also in the capital. We’ll tell […]
Aerial view of City Center Manchester, UK. Getty Among fierce international competition, UK tech is punching well above its weight. A recent Tech Nation report found that based on the relative size of the UK economy last year scaleup tech investment was 2.5% higher than would be expected, that an astounding 35% of Europe and […]
British workers’ basic pay is growing at the fastest rate for more than a decade despite mounting risks to the economy as Brexit looms. In sharp contrast to the broader economic slowdown that has taken Britain to the brink of recession, the Office for National Statistics said annual average pay – excluding bonuses – rose […]
The UK can avoid “gridlock and chaos” in the case of a no-deal Brexit because Boris Johnson’s government has stepped up preparations, according to the boss of one of Britain’s biggest retailers. Lord Wolfson, the chief executive of the clothing chain Next, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme the UK was close to being […]
The United States and the United Kingdom will be looking for a quick, piece by piece, trade deal when Britain leaves the European Union. “I think here we see the importance and urgency of doing as much as we can agree on as rapidly as possible,” said John Bolton, the US national security adviser, on […]
Travellers planning an itinerary for their holiday in the UK need look no further than Lonely Planet’s Ultimate United Kingdom Travelist. The new book ranks the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands – and we can reveal the top 10 here: Counting Sheep at the […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s national security team is reviewing the United Kingdom’s posture toward Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant that U.S. officials regard as a platform for spy agencies. “They are looking really from square one on the Huawei issue,” John Bolton, the White House national security adviser, told reporters after meeting with Johnson. […]
Media captionGovernment contingency planning means the UK is becoming prepared for a no-deal Brexit, says Lord Wolfson. The UK can avoid severe disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the boss of one of the country’s leading retailers has told the BBC. Lord Wolfson, chief executive of clothing firm Next, said he still hoped […]
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