Brexit

UK Retailer John Lewis To Slash Bonuses As Outlook Turns Grim

As Britain’s retailers reported on what for most was a successful holiday season, one of the biggest and most storied of all warned that it expects a...

U.K. Shoppers Brace For New Brexit Test As Inflation Picks Up

British consumers, who helped the economy emerge largely unscathed from the Brexit vote, now face their next big health check. A week after Next Plc off...

U.K. Companies See Inflation Floodgate Lifting On Pound Drop

U.K. businesses will have no choice but to raise prices as the weak pound continues to force up the cost of imports, according to the British Chambers of C...

UK Consumer Borrowing Surges Most In More Than A Decade

UK consumers borrowed at the fastest pace in more than 11 years in November – a sign that households continued their spending spree in the wake...

Euro-Area Economy Ended Year With Fastest Growth Since 2011

The euro-area economy finished 2016 with the strongest momentum in more than 5 1/2 years, bolstering the region as it heads into a year of political uncert...

Pound Drop Boosts UK Manufacturing, Pushes Up Factory Costs

UK manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in two and a half years in December, helped by the pound’s depreciation since the vote to leave t...

The Road to 100% Brexit-Proof Whisky Runs Through Shanghai

It's not just the pagoda roof turret that gives the Annandale Distillery in Scotland an Asian feel. On the stone buildings, pointing the way to everythi...

Brexiteers Go Over Heads of Government To Push EU-UK Trade Deal

Supporters of Britain’s exit from the European Union wrote to business groups in the 27 other nations in the bloc urging them to push their governmen...