Press Digest: British Business - October 21
PRESS DIGEST-British Business - October 21 Oct 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
British bank NatWest NWG.L drew sharp criticismfrom union Unite after it asked more than 30,000 of its staff to work in the office at least two days a week.
Cornish Metals TIN.L, which is aiming to restarttin production in Cornwall, secured backing from Glencore GLEN.L through an £11.2 million ($14.98 million) investment.
The Guardian
Betting giant Flutter Entertainment FLUT.N said it plans to cutup to 1,400 jobs across its UK and Ireland business, blaming a sharp increase in British gaming taxes.
Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O blamed a power event at its London-based Cloud computingoperations for an outage that disrupted UK courts and banking services.
The Telegraph
Johnnie Walker maker Diageo DGE.L apologised after a chemical spillin the Moray river killed large numbers of fish and other wildlife.
Britain's competition regulator proposedforcing Apple AAPL.O to loosen its grip on contactless payments by lowering fees and removing technical barriers, helping rival services compete with Apple Pay.
Sky News
Thames Water's senior creditor group appointedformer British cabinet member John Hutton as independent chair designate to help secure support for the struggling water utility.
UK's Jackdaw gas field is expected to receive approvalfrom Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh, potentially ending almost two years of uncertainty over the project.
The Independent
Amazon AMZN.O pledged that it will create30,000 entry level jobs for young people in the UK by 2030.
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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)