Press Digest: British Business - Jan 9

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09/01/2025 05:42

Jan 9 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on
the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not
verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. 
    
    
    The Times
    - The chief executive of Lloyd's of London is set to move to
Aon  AON.N  after six years in charge of the world's leading
insurance market.
    
    - British drugmaker GSK  GSK.L  is closing in on a $1
billion deal to buy a U.S. biotech company IDRx in the latest
acquisition to bolster its drugs pipeline.
    
    
    The Guardian
    - Piers Morgan is leaving Rupert Murdoch's media empire to
take control of his Uncensored YouTube channel, three years
after signing a multimillion-pound deal focused on leading
TalkTV, which shut its traditional TV channel last summer.
    
    - The former Brexit negotiator Oliver Robbins has been
appointed as the UK Foreign Office's most senior civil servant,
taking over from Philip Barton.
    
        
    The Telegraph
    - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hired the
architect of Theresa May's soft Brexit plan as the most senior
civil servant at the Foreign Office.
    
    - Leon Black, co-founder and former CEO of Apollo Global
Management is reportedly in talks to back the bid spearheaded by
Dovid Efune, the publisher of the New York Sun website.
    
    
    Sky News
    - Britain's power grid operator has issued a call for
electricity providers to bolster output this evening to avert
the risk of blackouts.
    
    - Britain's former City minister Bim Afolami is to become a
non-executive director of HSBC  HSBA.L  - the bank he worked for
before he embarked on a career in politics.

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