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UK engine-maker Rolls-Royce says to axe 9,000 jobs. (AFP Photo)

Rolls-Royce to axe 9,000 jobs

Airlines and their supplies have been among the hardest hit businesses by lockdowns to contain the pandemic

20 May 2020 4:04 PM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

UK economy slips into recession with record 20.4% contraction, job...

Today's figures confirm that hard times are here, finance minister Rishi Sunak said

12 Aug 2020 4:28 PM IST

Britains economy shrank by one fifth in the second quarter, more than any European neighbour, as the lockdown plunged the country into its deepest recession on record. Amazon, which has already created 3,000 new permanent UK roles this year, said it will offer more than 20,000 seasonal positions across the country ahead of the festive period. (Photo | AFP)

Amazon to add 7,000 permanent jobs in UK as demand for online shopping...

Its total permanent UK workforce will number more than 40,000, up by a third in just a year as the pandemic triggers...

3 Sept 2020 9:01 PM IST

People take part in a rally in Trafalgar Square in support of striking NHS junior doctors, as the British Medical Association holds a 96-hour walkout in a dispute over pay, in London, Tuesday April 11, 2023. (Kirsty OConnor/PA via AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Fresh mess in land of Hedgimaharaj': On maths...

The first scene is set in a church hall which acts as a food bank, where volunteers hand out parcels, cans, vegetables,...

22 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

The OBR forecasts that the deficit will hit 3.5 per cent of GDP in 2016 and 2.8 per cent in 2017, compared with 3.1 per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively.

Brexit fallout to cost UK extra 122 billion pounds over 5 years

The extra borrowing, worth $152 billion or 143 billion euros, covers the period until early 2021.

24 Nov 2016 9:45 AM IST

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India pips UK to become 5th largest economy

Forbes report says Britain voting out of EU, a depreciating pound may be attributed to the gap.

20 Dec 2016 1:24 PM IST