Tag: UK

UK passport control staff strike at airports
Aviation

UK passport control staff strike at airports

Military personnel stood in for passport control staff at UK airports on Friday as Border Force officers walked out in an escalating wave of public sector strikes over pay. Around a quarter of a million passengers were due to arrive at the six affected airports on Friday ahead of the busy Christmas holiday weekend. But […]

Liang
Business

Nigeria: UK to fund women-owned businesses with $100m

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, Wednesday said the United Kingdom government has launched a $100 million program through the First Bank of Nigeria as direct funding to women-owned enterprises in Nigeria. Laing made this known at the ongoing Gender and Inclusion summit organised by the Policy Innovation Center, an initiative of […]

Economy

UK economy shrinks by 0.2%, recession looms

The United Kingdom appears to be heading into recession after the latest official figures showed the economy shrank between July and September.   BBC reported that the economy contracted by 0.2% between July and September as soaring prices hit businesses and households nationwide.   A recession is a significant, widespread, and prolonged downturn in economic […]

Queen's funeral to affect UK economy after rebound
Economy

Queen’s funeral to affect UK economy after rebound

The UK’s recession-threatened economy rebounded in July, data showed Monday, but is set to receive a further hit from a public holiday marking next week’s funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. British gross domestic product expanded 0.2 percent after a drop of 0.6 percent in June, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. June’s […]

Auction abandoned containers at seaports, NPA urges Customs
Ports and Airports

Nigeria to benefit from UK’s new trade scheme

The United Kingdom is set to introduce a new trading scheme that will benefit Nigeria, and other African countries amid the global recession. The PUNCH quoting Uk’s International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan reported that the UK will cut price tariffs on hundreds of everyday products exported into the country from 2023. A wide variety of […]