Sentences with phrase «falling pound»

What did set apart the 14th edition of Frieze London — which opened today alongside its younger sister fair for historical material, Frieze Masters — is the free - falling pound sterling, which dropped to its lowest value in three decades this week after Prime Minister Teresa May announced that bankers would not be protected during the Brexit process, causing markets to implode.

Here's something that voters somehow overlooked when casting their ballots in the EU referendum last year: the impact the subsequently falling pound would have on costs awards to European litigants.

The last quarter saw small businesses in the U.K. regain their confidence to pre-referendum levels but the falling pound is driving up costs and crimping profits, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

«The falling pound is driving up the price of imports and rising oil prices are being reflected in higher fuel costs,» he added.

However, as the falling pound has pushed up inflation in recent months, regular Brits have started to feel the pinch, spending less, and slowing the consumer boom that has fuelled the country's economic performance in the past handful of years.

The falling pound means that inflationary pressures are already building up, and today's decision will exacerbate them,» he said.

There's also the problem of the falling pound, which is placing pressure on retailers to raise their prices at a time when Brits don't have more money.

But the company said it had implemented strategies to protect its UK margin against the falling pound, which had became effective in January, although the effect of these are likely to be more clearly seen in the full year results.

The falling pound means Arsenal and Manchester City have nearly paid # 17 million more between them on their winter transfer bill, the anti-Brexit group calculated.

This election was called mainly because the reality of Brexit and the falling pound was starting to hit consumers - it was the last chance saloon for a Tory landslide.

In the event of the catastrophe of a such a Parliament - complete with political haggling, economic uncertainty, a falling pound, and pressure on our credit rating - how important would the Speaker's role be?

Land Rover has decided to pass on the benefits of the falling pound to the Indian customers by reducing the prices.

As a result of the falling pound commercial property, especially prime real estate in London and some of the UK's major cities, has become extremely attractive and affordable to overseas investors.