A crane mounted on a ship made to construct wind farms at sea collapsed over weekend, potentially delaying some of the U.K.’s biggest renewable power projects. Offshore wind farms, often valued Continue Reading
Highlights SMMT forecasts 2020 sales at 1.68 million units April decline steepest in modern times: SMMT Coronavirus shuts down global automobile market London — UK new car registrations fell off Continue Reading
The U.K. economy contracted at the fastest pace in at least 20 years this month as the coronavirus lockdown brought commerce to a standstill. IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers Index for output Continue Reading
The true extent of the death toll in England and Wales from COVID-19 was 41% higher than the daily figures from the government indicated by April 10, according to data Continue Reading
UK electricity demand has fallen between 15% and 19% since the coronavirus lockdown March 23, electricity balancing and settlement code manager Elexon said Friday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading
Brussels has rejected UK government claims that an “initial communication problem” meant that Britain missed out on participating in the joint procurement of ventilators, insisting that the UK was fully Continue Reading
Britain’s supermarkets have started limiting the number of customers in stores at any one time to enforce social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered Continue Reading
Britain’s biggest supermarkets, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, limited purchases of all food products on Wednesday after frantic shoppers stripped shelves to prepare for possible isolation during the coronavirus outbreak. The Continue Reading
The United Kingdom was bracing on Thursday for the virtual shut down of London as underground train stations across the capital closed and Prime Minister Boris Johnson mulled tougher measures Continue Reading
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled much more stringent measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak after new research indicated a quarter of a million people would have died under previous Continue Reading
