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UK: Aldi to halve plastic packaging use in the UK by 2025
muoviThe new commitment will see 2.2 billion pieces of plastic removed from the supermarket’s product lines over the next five years, most of which will…
UK nominates Liam Fox to lead World Trade Organization
Liam Fox, Britain’s former international trade secretary, will be nominated by the UK to be the next head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the…
Study: Three quarters of UK businesses feel threatened by climate crisis
Three quarters of UK businesses feel threatened by the climate crisis, yet only one in 10 have undertaken climate risk assessments and regard the issue…
UK to double work coaches as lockdown hammers jobs market
Britain’s government will double the number of its job coaches as part of a plan to tackle a rise in unemployment triggered by the coronavirus…
UK retailers join forces to develop net zero roadmap
Initiative coordinated by the British Retail Consortium will see supermarkets, food chains, pharmacies and booksellers work together to develop decarbonisation strategy for retail industry ahead…
UK offers Hong Kongers citizenship in response to China
Britain on Wednesday extended Hong Kong residents a broader path to citizenship in response to China’s sweeping new security law for the former UK territory….
UK economy shows biggest drop in 40 years in early 2020
Britain’s economy shrank by the most since 1979 in early 2020 as households slashed their spending, according to official data that included the first few…
McDonald’s announces plans to introduce ‘rapid charging’ for electric vehicles at new UK drive-thrus
McDonald’s U.K. said Monday that it was planning to install rapid charging points for electric vehicles at new drive-thru restaurants in the country. The fast…
Defra says food waste initiative is ‘bearing fruit’
Defra (UK) has said its food waste prevention initiative is “bearing fruit”, a year after announcing the first instalment of its £15 million fund to…
EU, Britain intensify talks on post-Brexit future
The EU and Britain launch an intense five weeks of negotiations on a deal to define their post-Brexit relations on Monday, with London keen to…
UK-Norway subsea electricity cable powers past halfway point
Construction of the world’s longest subsea power cable has passed a major project milestone this week, after the deployment reached its halfway point. The North…
Brexit brings no benefits, no-deal will hit manufacturing hard: report
An EU-UK no-trade deal would have a big negative effect on British manufacturing, says a report Wednesday, particularly on volume car production, as it tries…
Human trial of new vaccine begins in UK
Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks, as part of…
Brexit: EU students will be charged more to study at UK universities from September 2021
Students from the European Union wishing to study in Britain from the 2021 academic year will have to pay higher fees because of Brexit, the…
Brexit risk to waste and resources increasing, says greener UK
The risk posed to the waste and resources sector by Brexit has increased over the last few months, with the UK falling further behind EU…
Black business managers still underrepresented, says study
Efforts to increase the number of black managers at British companies have stalled, according to a business group. Just 1.5% of top bosses at UK…
One in four UK adults at risk of hunger and potential malnutrition following lockdown
One in four adults in the UK are experiencing food insecurity, which is likely to have left them susceptible to hunger and potential malnutrition, during…
EU wants new deal with Brexit Britain, but ”not at any cost”
The European Union is committed to reaching an agreement with Britain on their new relationship after Brexit – but not at any cost, the bloc…
US says a UK trade deal ’unlikely’ before November
America’s top trade negotiator has said a deal with the UK is unlikely before the US presidential election in November. Ambassador Robert Lighthizer’s comments come…
World’s poor ’will pay price’, charities say as UK scraps aid department
Charities and former British prime ministers condemned the government’s decision on Tuesday to merge its diplomatic and aid departments, warning it could not come at…












