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British PM Theresa May called for a general election: What you need to know
April 19th, 2017
The UK looks set to have a general election on 8 June. Here’s what you need to know. What has happened? The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she wants to hold a general election on 8 ...
EY shuts Inverness audit and accounting office
April 4th, 2017
Eight employees at the Inverness office have been redeployed within EY, while numbers of others have secured opportunities outside of the firm. The tax team is unaffected by the decision and will remain in Inverness. A spokesperson for EY ...
Qatar sees Brexit as an opportunity
March 30th, 2017
Qatar sees Britain’s exit from the EU as an opportunity to boost supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the world’s fifth-largest economy and is open to investing in British energy assets, Qatar’s energy minister said. The Gulf state ...
Sterling drops as May signs Brexit trigger for process to begin
March 29th, 2017
U.K.-EU ties will start to unravel around 1:30pm in Brussels May signals ’fierce determination’ to get good Brexit deal Sterling fell in early Asian trading as investors brace for the start of the two-year negotiation for the U.K. to ...
Morgan Stanley: 5 Reasons why Pound Sterling Will Soon Rally against the Euro and Dollar
March 20th, 2017
Pound to Euro exchange rate: 1.1521 Pound to Dollar exchange rate: 1.241 The British Pound remains near multi-year lows against the Dollar, Euro and a host of other major currencies. Indeed, performance charts show that the past year has ...
PwC’s partnering with tech startup incubator Codebase
March 13th, 2017
PwC is putting its weight behind technology startups, partnering with the UK’s biggest incubator. The professional services giant will support Scotland’s Codebase, which is home to more than 80 startups in Edinburgh and will soon launch a second location ...
FTSE 100 dips as RBS shares fall
February 24th, 2017
London’s stock market opened slightly lower as investors digested another raft of company results. Shortly after trading began, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 5.87 points at 7,265.50. Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland fell 2.2% after the ...
Fresh legal challenge over Brexit goes to the High Court
February 3rd, 2017
It is being brought by a group of campaigners who want a “soft Brexit” and to keep Britain in the European single market. They include Peter Wilding, chairman of the pro-Europe pressure group British Influence, who is credited with ...
UK Government loses Brexit court case – so what happens now?
January 25th, 2017
The British Supreme Court has ruled that the government does not have the right to trigger Article 50, formally beginning the Brexit process, without an act of parliament. The court voted eight to three against the government, following an ...
The Supreme Court published the Brexit Judgment
January 24th, 2017
The Supreme Court of the United kingdom has issued an announcement to make publish its Judgment regarding the Article 50 and Brexit. Below is the Judgment as it was published: R (on the application of Miller and another) (Respondents) ...
