Press Digest: British Business - March 3

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03/03/2023 01:19

March 3 (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
    - Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney announced
plans to step down from the Scottish government. 
    
    - British retailer WH Smith  SMWH.L  said on Thursday it was
investigating a cyber security incident that led to illegal
access to some company data, including that of existing and
former employees.
    
    The Guardian
    - More than 3,000 National Express  NEX.L  bus drivers in
the West Midlands, UK, have voted to strike over pay, starting
on March 16. 
    
    - Former British prime minister Boris Johnson said on
Thursday he would find it very difficult to vote for Rishi
Sunak's deal with the European Union to change post-Brexit
trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
        
    The Telegraph
    - Daily Mail  54HB.L , a British daily, is to cut dozens of
jobs as it grapples with surging costs and a shift to digital
audiences.
    
    - Britain's Royal Navy said on Thursday it had seized
Iranian weapons, including anti-tank guided missiles, last month
from a smugglers vessel in international waters in the Gulf of
Oman.
    
    Sky News
    - Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour
Party, has picked as his new chief of staff Sue Gray, a
government official whose investigation helped catalyse the exit
of Boris Johnson as prime minister, the party said on Thursday.
    
    - Fosun  1992.HK , the Chinese owner of Thomas Cook, is
plotting an outright sale of the British holiday brand three
years after it rescued the name from corporate ignominy.
    
    The Independent
    - UK's NHS leaders have welcomed the news that the British
Government has invited all health unions involved in strikes to
sit down and talk.
    
    - The Caledonian Sleeper service, the overnight sleeper
train services between London and Scotland, will be brought into
public hands from this summer, the Scottish government has
announced.
    

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