London’s blue-chip index closed Friday’s session 0.51% lower as investors digested a wave of UK economic data painting a mixed picture of the British economy. The GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer dropped sharply
Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer behind the popular Ghost Ship ale, has laid off staff as part of emergency measures to address deteriorating trading conditions. The company told shareholders it has launched “a
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Akeso and Summit Therapeutics’ (SMMT) ivonescimab has cleared another clinical milestone, meeting its overall survival endpoint in the trial that first put the drug on the map. The PD-1xVEGF bispecific antibody generated
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The legal profession is undergoing a significant shift, and the traditional approach to building a book of business is no longer fit for purpose. For decades, young lawyers were told to keep
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Ithaca Energy (LON: ITH) is set to enter the FTSE 100 this month, marking a landmark moment for one of the UK North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producers. The company
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A rapidly intensifying El Niño climate event threatens to persist until February 2027, the United Nations warned, raising serious risks of floods, droughts and extreme heat worldwide. UN Secretary General António Guterres
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Britain’s retailers are pressing Chancellor John Healey for urgent tax relief after footfall across the country fell again in August despite cooler temperatures drawing shoppers out. Total UK footfall declined by 1.7
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Importers across the United States are navigating a deeply uncertain legal landscape surrounding refunds for IEEPA tariff payments on finally liquidated entries. The Court of International Trade has ruled that importers are
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In one of the most dramatic episodes in American legal history, a sitting chief justice gave up his seat on the bench to settle a political score with a pistol. In 1859,
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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) has emerged as one of the FTSE 100’s standout performers over the past 12 months, with its share price climbing to levels not seen since 2008. In
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The August jobs report, due out Friday, is expected to confirm what has been one of the weakest summers for employment growth in recent years. Economists polled by Dow Jones project nonfarm
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