Economy Minister calls for urgent action over deliveries to NI

Stormont’s Economy Minister has called for urgent action from the UK Government on parcel deliveries to Northern Ireland. t followed the end of the Brexit transition period and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Protocol which affects trade to Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Diane Dodds attested to “significant confusion” …

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Japan welcomes Royal Navy carrier force to the Pacific

Japan has welcomed Britain’s decision to deploy the Royal Navy’s new carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific region amid growing tensions with China over navigation rights. In talks on Wednesday with their UK counterparts, Japan’s foreign and defence ministers expressed their “strong concern” about a new Chinese maritime law which …

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Small fashion brands battle the costs of Brexit

Fashion brands in Europe and the UK usually spend the month of January preparing their autumn/winter collections for the show and exhibition season. But this year many found themselves also coping with a mountain of new post-Brexit paperwork and extra costs. When a Brexit deal was concluded on Christmas Eve …

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Prime Minister’s Questions – BBC News

Sir Keir says “whatever the prime minister claims is being done isn’t working”. He says there are “huge numbers of people who are stuck in the middle and living in unsafe homes”, saying they “can’t sell and are being asked to foot the bill”. The Labour leader gives an example …

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Tycoons who built Asos into a £5bn empire

Asos shares continued to surge yesterday after it bought parts of Sir Philip Green’s stricken retail empire. The stock has risen 13 per cent in the two days since it sealed the £295million takeover of Miss Selfridge, Topman and most significantly Topshop – the jewel in the crown of the …

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