Britain Financial News
14.02 / 03:07
net zero
EY to recruit 1,300 staff for net zero advisory business
EY UK is planning to recruit 1,300 people over the next three years for a new business advising public companies on their transition to net zero.
12.02 / 21:13
UPS
Citi
Landmark
Financial
Battle looms over post-Brexit rules as London’s financial crown hangs in the balance
As the government weighs up responses to its landmark consultation on a new approach to rulemaking for UK watchdogs now freed from EU structures, rival camps are set for a fierce tussle.
12.02 / 19:13
Landmark
Platform
Deal
Abrdn shareholders urged to ‘carefully consider’ approving Interactive Investor deal
Analysts at Numis urged Abrdn shareholders to “carefully consider how they vote” at an upcoming meeting to approve the asset manager’s £1.5bn purchase of Interactive Investor, reiterating concerns the broker has raised about the landmark deal.
12.02 / 17:15
Blockchain
Women
Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s last security challenge: Simplicity
It’s been just 13 years since Bitcoin’s (BTC) “Mayflower moment,” when a tiny handful of intrepid travelers chose to turn their back on the Fiat Empire and strike out to a new land of financial self-sovereignty. But, whereas it took 150 years for the American colonists to grow sufficient in number to throw off the yoke of unrepresentative government, the Republic of Bitcoin has gone from Pilgrims to Revolutionary Army in little over a decade.
12.02 / 15:35
Blockchain
Provident
Assurant
Bitcoin
MP Matt Hancock believes United Kingdom ‘should be the home to cryptocurrencies’
As the United Kingdom breaks away from the rest of the European Union, one Member of Parliament believes it could foster the growth of the country’s cryptocurrency industry while also making it more inclusive.
12.02 / 15:05
UPS
EY’s top earner paid £4.1m last year
EY UK’s top earning partner took home £4.1m last year, the Big Four audit firm’s annual accounts reveal.
12.02 / 13:21
UPS
Action
Kraken
Monero
Monero was trading at a take-profit level; can bulls push the price past this area of supply
One of the leaders of the privacy coin sector, the price of Monero has taken a beating on the charts. A few months ago, Kraken had to delist Monero due to regulatory compliance reasons in the UK. News such as these could deflate investor confidence in the coin. At the time of writing, the coin was trading at an area of supply at $180- but bulls might be forced to retreat once more.
11.02 / 17:11
UPS
Citi
Landmark
Financial
Battle looms over post-Brexit rules as London’s financial crown hangs in the balance
As the government weighs up responses to its landmark consultation on a new approach to rulemaking for UK watchdogs now freed from EU structures, rival camps are set for a fierce tussle.
11.02 / 16:59
Landmark
Platform
Deal
Abrdn shareholders urged to ‘carefully consider’ approving Interactive Investor deal
Analysts at Numis urged Abrdn shareholders to "carefully consider how they vote" at an upcoming meeting to approve the asset manager's £1.5bn purchase of Interactive Investors, re-iterating concerns the broker has raised about the landmark deal.
11.02 / 16:26
Continental
No bank lending means capital markets have to drive post-pandemic growth
Jos Dijsselhof is chief executive officer of SIX and chairman of the board of BME, the Spanish stock market operator.
11.02 / 14:25
Addleshaw Goddard seals merger with Dublin law firm in post-Brexit move
Addleshaw Goddard is merging with Dublin law firm Eugene F Collins in a move to give the UK firm a base in Ireland post-Brexit.
11.02 / 13:53
restrictions
COVID restrictions
Freedom Convoy
'Freedom Convoy': Protesters opposing France's COVID restrictions head for Paris
Protesters from across France are planning to descend on Paris in a Canada-inspired "Freedom Convoy" on Friday to voice opposition to the country's COVID-19 vaccine and public health policies.
11.02 / 13:21
Technology
aids
Smuggling
Spanish police bust drugs ring 'simulating orca attacks' to aid smuggling into ports
Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug trafficking ring who simulated boat damage, and even orca attacks, to get towed into ports and smuggle in hashish.
11.02 / 12:35
11.02 / 12:31
Platform
MPs
Lobby
Crypto firms and MPs join forces to lobby against DeFi tax
The UK’s crypto industry has banded together with a cross-party group of MPs to raise concerns over how authorities plan to tax decentralised finance platforms.
11.02 / 11:25
Boris Johnson’s ‘Partygate’ debacle: How summer socials led to broken alliances and a lonely premier clinging on
In May 2020, a month after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from the hospital following a serious case of Covid-19, he sat in the Downing Street garden with his top adviser, Dominic Cummings, and private secretary Martin Reynolds.
11.02 / 10:15
aids
Winter Olympics
hearing
Winter Olympics: Doping hearing to decide Russian skater Kamila Valieva's fate
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
11.02 / 09:21
Technology
aids
Ukraine crisis: Biden warns Americans to leave now as 'things could go crazy quickly'
US President Joe Biden has repeated his warning that any Americans still in Ukraine should leave as soon as possible.
11.02 / 08:25
11.02 / 08:23
Blockchain
Adoption
Europe
European Union
digital euro
EU finance chief says digital euro bill coming in early 2023
The European Commission has announced that a bill for a digital euro will be proposed in 2023.
10.02 / 22:49
Police
NATO
London
Discrimination
London Police chief resigns following report into bullying, discrimination
The head of London's Metropolitan Police resigned on Thursday evening stating she has lost the confidence of Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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