UK's Johnson says more optimistic than EU officials on striking post-Brexit deal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was more optimistic than European officials that a post-Brexit trading deal could be struck but said Britain could leave the bloc without a comprehensive
Al Arabiya | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 18:56:56
UK, Indian Firm Salvage Satellite Operator Oneweb
The UK government and Indian telecoms giant Bharti are to take control of the collapsed satellite firm Oneweb, they said Friday, as Britain seeks to expand its post-Brexit space capabilility. Britain and Bharti will each invest $500 million into Oneweb, the government said in a statement after it quit the ...
IBTimes | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:53:38
Boris Johnson news - live: No 'perfect way' to end lockdown, Whitty warns as Scottish and Welsh leaders attack 'shambolic government'
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Adam Forrest, Samuel Osborne, Andy Gregory / The Independent | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:40:00
Amid the havoc wreaked by coronavirus, there is another danger we've forgotten | Jonathan Freedland
As Boris Johnson reopens pubs, a no-deal Brexit threatens to rain disaster on a country reeling from the pandemic Do you have the bunting out and the fireworks primed for Independence Day, with 4 July designated as the moment England ends its long national hibernation and flocks to the pub? ...
Jonathan Freedland / Guardian | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 16:11:01
Brexit-backer Mills plots sale of home shopping group
The home shopping tycoon who was among the most prominent business backers of Britain's departure from the EU has put his company up for sale just months before the end of the Brexit transition period.
Sky | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 14:17:00
UK buys £400m stake in bankrupt satellite rival to EU Galileo system
Investment with India made in US firm OneWeb after Brexit locks UK out of Europe's satellite navigation system The UK government has pledged to invest $500m (£400m) in bankrupt satellite company OneWeb, giving it a stake in a business that provides broadband from space. The government will receive a "significant ...
Jasper Jolly / Guardian | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:51:39
Key events in developed markets
A quiet week ahead in developed markets with the exeption of the US ISM non-manufacturing index, which is expected to bounce back after aggressive re-openings. However, the rising number of Covid cases in some US states and developments in Brexit talks should continue to be watched, as uncertainty continues
Ing | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:50:00
Post-Brexit trade deal still possible despite rollercoaster talks
EUROPE: Despite the latest round of UK-EU talks ending a day early, it's too early to conclude that the chances of a trade agreement are falling. We still narrowly suspect a deal will be forthcoming, but the economic impact will still be significant when the transition period ends later this ...
Ing | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 12:01:00
Brexit: Boris Johnson says no-deal with EU 'very good option'
'Obviously if we can't then we will have the very good option also of an Australian-style arrangement,' says PM
Ashley Cowburn / The Independent | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 11:47:57
3 July Brexit update: 'Wake me up in September/October'
The deadline to extend the transition period has lapsed and talks broke up early this week with very little progress made - while the UK government ran into trouble over satellites and Northern Ireland. Ros Taylor and Roch Dunin-Wsowicz (LSE) round up the week's Brexit news. The talks "It is ...
Ros Taylor / LSE | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 11:32:38
Ties that bind, or ties that count? The pressure on EU citizens to be 'deserving' migrants
The things that really bind EU citizens to the UK may not be the same ones that other people, particularly the authorities, perceive as important. Tiina Sotkasiira (University of Eastern Finland) and Anna Gawlewicz (University of Glasgow) look at the difference between 'ties that bind' and 'ties that count'. Brexit ...
Ros Taylor / LSE | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 11:18:20