British bankers: London remains a Financial centre, Regardless of the Brexit Outcome. High-ranking British bankers state on Thursday that London remains an important financial centre worldwide, whatever the shape of the Brexit. For example, Barclays president John McFarlane states that he is confident that ‘The City’, as the financial […]
Uber Loses the Appeal and Must treat British Drivers as Employees. Taxi service Uber has lost a court case in the United Kingdom on appeal. According to the London Court of Appeal, Uber must treat his drivers as employees. The judge refused Uber’s appeal against a previous decision of […]
British Prime Minister excludes second Brexit Referendum. No circumstance is likely in which the United Kingdom holds a second referendum on UK exit from the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May declared this on Friday after State Secretary Jo Johnson of Transport stepped out of dissatisfaction with Mays plans […]
Barclays not Charged with Billions of Dollars in Qatar. Barclays not prosecuted for a controversial investment round in 2008 in which 12 billion pounds were raised in Qatar. The decision of the judge on this is good news for the British bank because a conviction could make it harder […]
Many Dutch companies are not Prepared for Brexit yet. Dutch companies are not yet adequately prepared for Brexit, according to a survey by the Chamber of Commerce (KVK) on Wednesday. Almost 40 percent is not prepared at all. The survey among the members of the KVK Entrepreneur Panel shows […]
Delivery of Suspects to Britons continues Despite Brexit. The forthcoming departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union does not mean that the other Member States will no longer have to hand over suspects. A European arrest warrant issued by the British must merely be executed. The European […]
Boris Johnson caused a furore today by declaring that women who wear a burqa or niqab look like ‘bank robbers’ and ‘letterboxes’. The former foreign minister broke that down in his newspaper column in The Daily Telegraph in response to the niqab incident in Denmark. A week after his […]
British Former Minister Lord Carrington Died. The former British minister of foreign affairs Lord Peter Carrington has passed away. The Conservative Carrington was 99 years old and sat together in the 1950s in a cabinet with Winston Churchill, reports GOK News. He stepped up in 1982 after Argentina had […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has elected Jeremy Hunt as the new foreign minister on Monday evening. Hunt was formerly Minister of Health, reports Express Paper. After the resignation of Boris Johnson, the third British minister in twenty-four hours to step out of dissatisfaction with the Brexit agreement, May […]
Barclays Wins a Lawsuit about a Controversial Deal with Lenders in the Middle East. Barclays has won a lawsuit about alleged fraud involving a controversial investment round in 2008, that reported by FOX News Point. According to a statement by the financial group, the judge in London put a line […]