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The UK government has nominated former cabinet minister Liam Fox as its candidate to lead the World Trade Organization.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Germany’s Angela Merkel that the UK is ready to do without a trade deal if the European Union (EU) is not prepared to compromise. more

The giant on the fast-fashion market - Boohoo - commissioned an independent company to perform an audit to check the conditions in which their clothes are sewn in Great Britain. The decision was made after some stores withdrew Boohoo clothing from their offer.more

The European Commission published its latest report on the Commission's system to prevent or restrict the selling of dangerous products on the market, the so-called ‘Rapid Alert System'. The report shows that the number of actions taken by authorities following an alert is growing year on year, reaching 4,477 in 2019 compared to 4050 in 2018.more

Radical plans to give all adults £500 and children £250 in vouchers to spend in sectors of the economy worst hit by the Covid-19 crisis are being considered by the Treasury.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that today's loosening of restrictions introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic is the biggest step towards normality so far, and has again appealed to his countrymen not to spoil what has already been achieved.more

Pubs in England could reopen from today at 6:00 in the morning. Because of the coronavirus, a visit to them will look a little different than before the epidemic.more

A number of supermarkets have removed some coconut water and oil from their shelves after it emerged the products were made with fruit picked by monkeys.more

The UK's most iconic luxury department store is axing nearly 700 jobs to cut down on costs after being hit hard by the pandemic. more

The European Union must prepare for the possible failure of Brexit trade talks with the UK, Angela Merkel has said.more

The rapid roll-out of more online shopping capacity has helped Sainsbury's to report soaring sales over the lockdown period.more

Approximately 6.5 million English people will go to pubs this weekend when they are reopened after almost a 3.5 month break. This would be 1.5 million more than on a normal July weekend, according to a study published yesterday.more

The global cosmetics concern L’Oreal announced that as part of the fight against racism, it ceases to use the words "white", "whitening" or "bright" on the packaging of its face products. Other companies act similarly or announce such changes.more

Australia's supermarket chains on Friday reintroduced purchase limits on toilet paper and other household items as a spike in coronavirus cases in the state of Victoria set off a fresh round of panic-buying over fears of a new stay-at-home order.more

The U.S. is weighing new tariffs on US$3.1 billion of exports from France, Germany, Spain and the U.K., adding to an arsenal of measures the Trump administration is using against the European Union that could spiral into a wider transatlantic trade fight later this summer.more

Japan has given the UK just six weeks to strike a post-Brexit deal, putting Boris Johnson’s government under pressure to agree one of the fastest trade negotiations in history, the Financial Times reported.more

Drinkers may have to register before going to pubs when they reopen after a further easing of lockdown measures, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Mr Hancock said the UK is "clearly on track" to relax restrictions, with the hospitality sector set to reopen as early as July 4 and haircuts also expected to resume around that time.more

Holidaymakers and day-trippers will be able to head to Wales from the rest of the UK from next month, Wales’s first minister has announced.more

The UK announced on Wednesday that it would seek to join the CPTPP Free Trade Agreement, which is a renewed version of the Transpacific Partnership (TPP).more

Tesco has agreed to sell its business in Poland as it continues to scale back its international operations.more

Britain formally inaugurated free trade talks with Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday. According to the British government, exports to both countries will increase by one billion pounds a year.more

Although reopening - after a 12-week break - of all stores in England has been widely accepted as an important step towards returning to normalcy, shopping itself is now quite different than before the epidemic.more

Cineworld is planning to reopen its screens in the middle of next month across England.more

A staff member at Primark says she is concerned about how social distancing will work in practice, as it relies on customers following the rules.more

Greggs has announced plans to reopen 800 stores for takeaways across the country on Thursday, aiming to welcome lovers of the sausage roll and steak bake to the remaining 1,000 sites by early July.more