Some comments by the Scottish government via Reuters

  • No deal for UK with EU after Brexit would mean 8.5% hit to Scottish GDP by 2030

Just some yipper yapper on Brexit talks. Nothing too big of a deal.

Meanwhile, cable surges through the 1.3800 level and is now at 1.3814 - after hitting a high of 1.3820. More on the back of dollar weakness that one.

EUR/GBP is more of a good gauge on the GBP at this point in time and it is at 0.8898, a little higher on the day as the euro is currently the top performer on the major bloc.