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Receive free UK business & economy updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK business & economynews every morning.Fans of full-bodied red wines and boutique gins will have to shell out more from next…

Receive free UK politics & policy updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK politics & policynews every morning. Rishi Sunak was braced on Friday for the prospect of becoming the first British…

© Reuters. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Gordon By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces voters in very different…

Romania’s stock market is gearing up for a swarm of new investors and record liquidity as the country’s largest electricity producer begins trading in Bucharest. Hidroelectrica SA will kick off its bourse career on July 12 with a market…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an electric monitor displaying Nikkei share average and the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Stella Qiu…

Credit Suisse is bracing for a tumultuous annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, when protesters are expected to vent their anger at the implosion of one of Switzerland’s historic financial institutions.The meeting will take place at…

France is bracing for fresh demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s contested pensions reform next week, testing the president’s handling of a backlash that has spiralled into a political crisis. A fresh day of national strikes…

Starbucks is placing a further big bet on China — where competition is growing and recent results left a bitter taste — in one of Howard Schultz’s last acts before he stepped down as chief executive this month.The US chain plans to…

Junior doctors in England will go on strike for three consecutive days from Monday, in the most extensive disruption for the NHS and patients since a wave of industrial action by healthcare workers began in December.Unlike nurses and…

Brewers and hospitality groups are preparing for a hit to beer sales this year after signs emerged of UK and European consumers limiting their drinking budgets.The squeeze on the cost of living has so far affected big-ticket…