Bloomberg Britain needs to secure a binding agreement on a lengthy transitional period with its European partners by the end of the year or risk seeing businesses start moving abroad, according to City of London policy chairman Catherine McGuinness. Businesses need “urgent clarity from the UK and the EU27 on time-limited, legally-binding transition arrangements and the principles underpinning them,” McGuinness ...

Bloomberg Nestle SA is moving to bolster the sustainability credentials of its bottled water business amid criticism that packaging the precious resource and transporting it across the world causes unnecessary environmental damage. The maker of Perrier and Pure Life is strengthening its ties with Alliance for Water Stewardship, which will monitor whether 20 sites meet its standards on water use ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc. is bringing greater transparency to advertising on its social network, addressing a significant concern of Congressional investigators probing foreign meddling during the 2016 US presidential elections. Twitter is creating a new “transparency centre” that will dedicate a section to political ads that will show how much each campaign spent on advertising, the identity of the organisation funding ...