Rolls-Royce is preparing to relocate the “signing off” of British-made airliner engines to Europe, as the EU aviation authority will hold the right to certify they are safe to fly in the event of a hard Brexit. The iconic British brand – and leading member of the country’s £31.8bn-a-year aerospace […]
A free trade deal with the EU after Brexit is “crucial” for the UK food and drink industry and failure to secure one would be “disastrous”, a committee of MPs has warned. A no-deal outcome would have a “seismic impact”, said the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee. An EU free […]
The PM’s vow to leave the EU’s trading bloc is a key plank of her Brexit plan, but she is coming under pressure to change tack. Theresa May is facing a fresh Brexit showdown in the Commons this week over her stance on the customs union. :: What is the […]
Former education secretary Nicky Morgan has warned pro-Brexit Tories against “sabre-rattling” over the UK’s future customs arrangements with the EU. She said speculation that Theresa May could face a challenge if MPs ended up backing some form of post-Brexit customs union was “deeply unhelpful”. MPs are to debate a backbench […]
The government has restated its commitment to leaving the EU’s custom union – ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week. Last Wednesday, the government suffered defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill in the House of Lords on the issue of staying in a UK-EU customs union after […]
Supermarket chain Mercadona has now launched in the UK with a trading office set up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire to handle purchases of fish from the North Sea. Mercadona, founded by Valencia-based businessman Juan Roig, has not yet announced any plans to open stores in Britain, but the buying office […]
Spanish authorities are facing a backlash after Barcelona supporters were forced to ditch yellow T-shirts ahead of the club’s Spanish Cup final victory over Sevilla. Several television stations showed pictures of police forcing Barça fans to discard their yellow T-shirts before entering the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid ahead of […]
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bilbao in northern Spain on Saturday, urging better conditions for jailed members or collaborators of ETA just weeks before the Basque separatist group is due to disband. Shouting “Basque prisoners home” and waving the red, green and white Basque flag, they called […]
Air-traffic controllers at Barcelona’s El Prat have announced a series of 24-hour strikes over the summer in an ongoing dispute over short staffing. The industrial action by workers from the air-traffic control centre at El Prat will begin on June 20th, a few days before the schools breakup and the […]
Barcelona-born Valls, opposed to Catalan independence, says he is interested in continuing debate. France’s former prime minister Manuel Valls is considering standing in Barcelona’s mayoral election next year, as a candidate for the Spanish centre-right Ciudadanos party, it has emerged. Valls, who was born in Barcelona to a Catalan father and Swiss-Italian mother, has […]
There is no current risk to Spain’s solid economic growth from the separatist crisis in the country’s Catalonia province, a senior International Monetary Fund official said Friday. The Catalan dispute “is a political issue,” which could potentially create a drag on growth, but there are none currently apparent, said Poul […]
Two men in Alicante and a third in Barcelona have been arrested by the National Police in connection with introducing counterfeit money to Spain from Italy. One of those arrested was taken by surprise the moment he left a parcel company when he was caught carrying a package that had […]
