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UK food inflation hits record high of 17.5 pc

London: Food price inflation in the United Kingdom has hit a record high of 17.5 percent, which could increase the average annual household grocery bills by 837 pounds ($1,029), UK data a ...

UK: Inflation rate spikes to 10.4  percent

London: Driven by a shortage of salad and vegetables, cost of living has unexpectedly jumped up in the UK, media reports said.

UK: Inflation rate touches record high in October

London: The UK's inflation rate touched a record  11.1 percent in October, as per data released by  Office for National Statistics.

UK: Recession risk rises as economy shrinks in August

London: Recession fear looms large over the UK as the country's economy shrank in August, media reports said.

Uber to pay 70,000 UK drivers minimum wage, holiday pay, pensions

Moscow/Sputnik: Supreme court ruling guarantees 70,000 UK Uber drivers will be receiving a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay at 12.07 percent of earnings every two weeks and pensions, the ...

UK unemployment rate up to 5.1 pc in Q4 of 2020 - Office for National Statistics

London/Sputnik: The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent in the three months to December last year, while the number of workers on payroll has fallen by 726,000 since the COVID-19 pan ...

16.6 million UK jobs at risk if entrepreneurs and SMEs cannot sustain their businesses: Study

London: Researchers from King’s Business School warn in a new report that many of the UK’s 5.86 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are in a precarious position ...

Got a new Brexit deal, says Boris Johnson but his ally DUP does not support it

London/Brussels: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson informed a Brexit deal has been struck between the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) as the talks were going on in Brussels ...

UK, India to focus on stronger commercial collaboration

New Delhi, Feb 8 (JEN): The UK and India will seek to develop closer links in the biotech and health sectors during the first trade trip to India by Dominic Jermey, who took over as Chief Ex ...