Keyword: Great Britain

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UK Business “Hung out to Dry” on Brexit

20.02.2019 - As the Mar. 29 date for the UK to quit the EU approaches, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said companies have been “hung out to dry” over the consequences of a no deal...

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UK Votes to Remain Part of EMA

23.07.2018 - The UK Parliament has voted 305 to 301 to take all necessary steps to continue the country’s involvement with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) after it leaves the EU. In a joint...

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BP to Ask UK Government to Intervene on Gulf Spill Payments

16.05.2013 - British oil company BP wants Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene with the U.S. government over the escalating cost of compensating U.S. companies for the Gulf of Mexico oil...

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US Engineers Dominate List of Starting Salaries

10.05.2013 - Engineering graduates in the US continued to dominate the list of starting salaries in the latest survey published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)...

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UK Shale Gas Firms Plan Make-or-break Drilling Effort

02.05.2013 - Britain's shale gas companies plan to drill at least 20 to 40 exploration wells over the next three years to test the production potential of newly discovered deposits, making or...

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UK Blocks Shell Paying Iran Oil Debt in Food, Medicin

23.04.2013 - Britain has blocked efforts by oil major Royal Dutch Shell to settle a $2.3 billion debt it owes Iran by paying in kind with grains or pharmaceuticals, industry sources said. Shell...

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UK Watchdog Accuses GSK Over 'Pay-for-delay' Drug Deals

19.04.2013 - Britain's competition body accused GlaxoSmithKline of market abuse for striking deals with three generic drugmakers that paid them to delay launching cheap copies of its...

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UK is Wasting £700 Million on 'Waste'

17.01.2013 - Industry and business in the UK may be rejecting valuable raw materials worth £700 million by failing to capitalise on the potential of recycled materials. Experts say that UK...