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‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more
‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more
UK businesses that export to the EU are reportedly being encouraged by trade officials to set up hubs across the Channel so they can avoid post-Brexit disruption. Some firms claim they have been advised to set up subsidiary companies in the EU so they can avoid extra paperwork when exporting products into the trade bloc. … Read more
Nissan boss says Brexit trade deal has given them a ‘competitive advantage in UK and outside’ and announces firm will shift production of its electric car batteries from Japan to Sunderland Ashwani Gupta, chief operating officer, said deal would ‘redefine’ the industry Speaking from Japan, Mr Gupta said Nissan would continue investing in Britain He … Read more
Dominic Raab insists ministers are trying to fix post-Brexit border ‘teething problems’ as the Scottish fishing industry warns many firms are days from collapse Scottish fishing industry has blamed post-Brexit border checks for long delays Delays at border mean that goods are rotten on arrival when they get to the EU Dominic Raab said Government … Read more
Monkeys at a Bali temple steal PHONES from tourists and demand food before giving them back in ‘unprecedented example of animal economics’, scientists discover Researchers studied behaviour of macaque monkeys living at Uluwata temple Found they steal items from tourists and barter food for their safe return Older monkeys also try and nab high-value items … Read more
Former Hong Kong Governor Lord Patten has called on the EU to scrap its controversial trade agreement with China as it would ‘spit in the face of human rights’. Former Hong Kong Governor Lord Patten has called on the EU to scrap its controversial trade agreement with China as it would ‘spit in the face … Read more
British companies say an avalanche of Brexit red tape is forcing them to end cross-Channel trade. Small businesses across the UK have made the move to suspend trading in the EU amid stringent new customs regulations and administration costs. Renee Watson, who owns The Curiosity Box, which makes science kits for children in Oxfordshire, faces a bill … Read more
We’ve been here before: the country goes into lockdown and the stock market shoots up. The start of the first national lockdown in late March marked the bottom of the coronavirus crash, England’s November lockdown played host to the vaccine rally, and yesterday the FTSE 100 added to its week’s gains with a 3.5 per … Read more
A New Year, the end of a 48-year-old relationship – and most important of all, the start of a new adventure. So what will happen in the days ahead? Think of the economic impact of leaving the European Union in three ways: the relief bounce, the switch to local, and the wide blue yonder. The … Read more