Berry Bros. & Rudd, the historic British wine merchant favoured by the Royal family, is set to open its first US store in Washington, marking a significant expansion as demand for luxury British heritage brands surges across the Atlantic. Founded in 1698 and holding a Royal Warrant since the reign of George III, the company […]
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has called on Sir Keir Starmer to go beyond the government’s recent EU “reset” deal and forge deeper trade and financial links with Brussels, warning that the economic fallout from Brexit and Donald Trump’s resurgent protectionism pose mounting risks to UK growth. In a major speech delivered in Dublin, […]
Nationwide Building Society will hand £100 to more than four million members following what it described as an “outstanding twelve months” of performance, capped by its takeover of Virgin Money and a surge in mortgage lending. The £410 million “Fairer Share” payout — the third consecutive annual bonus to qualifying members — was revealed in […]
Capita, Pizza Express, Lidl and British Airways are among more than 500 companies publicly named and shamed by the UK government for failing to pay thousands of staff the legal minimum wage. The Department for Business and Trade on Thursday published a list of 518 employers who collectively owed £7.4 million to nearly 60,000 workers. […]
Michael O’Leary, the outspoken chief executive of Ryanair, has qualified for share options worth over €100 million after the airline’s stock sustained a major milestone for nearly a month — hitting a share price target set more than six years ago. Shares in Europe’s largest low-cost airline closed above €21 for a 28th consecutive trading […]
Millions of savers could see their retirement pots put at risk under sweeping new pension reforms unveiled by the government, leading experts and campaigners have warned. A series of proposed changes, confirmed on Thursday as part of the new Pension Schemes Bill, would loosen rules on how surplus funds can be extracted from defined benefit […]
Nadia Milleron, a Massachusetts resident whose 24-year-old daughter, Samya Stumo, died in the Ethiopia crash, in an email Thursday said it hurt her to read the Justice Department’s “false” statement that the agreement will secure meaningful accountability, deliver public benefits and bring finality to a complex case whose outcome would otherwise be uncertain.
“I hope, as a consumer and a fan of the American car, we can have a lower tariff on US cars,” he said. He said the auto sector isn’t a strategic one for Taiwan and shouldn’t hinder talks with Washington. “I’m very optimistic about the negotiation between the US and Taiwan, especially when it comes […]