Press Digest: British Business - September 21

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21/09/2026 01:27

Sept 21 (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
-Airbus AIR.PA is creating hundreds of new jobs at its factories in north Wales as the aircraft manufacturer expands production to meet a huge backlog in demand for larger, longer-range single-aisle jets.
-The UK government faces fresh questions over a decision to award multimillion-pound contract extensions to Australian travel company Corporate Travel Management CTD.AX which admitted it had overcharged UK clients by £130 million.
     
The Guardian
-Meta META.O has launched a fresh legal challenge against Britain’s media regulator Ofcom in the latest of a slew of actions by social media companies who are accused of using the courts to slow down implementation of the Online Safety Act.
-Supporters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been warned that their personal information may have been stolen by hackers amid targeting of the charity by far-right agitators.
     
        
The Telegraph
-British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s sanctions on companies in the West Bank will drive investment away from Britain, Israeli business groups have warned.
     
     
Sky News
-London-listed Reach RCH.L , the struggling publisher of the Daily Mirror is turning to boardroom veteran Clive Whiley who oversaw the recovery and sale of banknote printer De La Rue as the media group battles to revive its fortunes
     
     
The Independent
-The brother of Princess Diana said her son, Prince Harry, and his American wife Meghan should be given official security as they are now treated by the media much in the same way as his late sister was in the years leading up to her death.
     
     

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