(ShareCast News) - Britain's retailers predict that almost 1m jobs in the sector - a third of today's total - will disappear by 2025 as technology and the rising minimum wage reshape the industry. Retailers currently employ one in six British workers - about 3m people - and the sector accounts for a
Read more(ShareCast News) - George Osborne is pushing the Group of 20 leading economies to warn about the dangers of the UK leaving the EU, in the latest sign the government is seeking powerful global backing for the case for remaining in the bloc. The chancellor's drive to include a warning about Brexit in
Read more(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 was back over 6,000 on Thursday, erasing losses from the previous two days. The blue-chip index was up 146.76 points (2.50%) to 6,013.94 by mid-afternoon. Lloyds Banking Group was the big riser, after it saw underlying profit increase 5% to £8.1bn during the year, wi
Read more(ShareCast News) - The European trading giant planned by Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange Group will be based in London but headed by the German group's chief executive, according to people close to the two sides. They are set to proceed with plans to make London the domicile for the new
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