Press Digest: British Business - August 19
PRESS DIGEST-British Business - August 19 Aug 19 (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
-Land Securities LAND.L is close to agreeing a deal to buy the Metrocentre in Gateshead, having fended off competition from the likes of Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group and Hammerson, a rival landlord.
The Guardian
-Donors to Andy Burnham gave almost £350,000 over the months before he became Labour leader and prime minister, with major contributors including his former adviser Sacha Lord as well as billionaires David Sainsbury and Gary Lubner.
-Ukraine’s recently dismissed former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for a wartime presidential election in the most direct political challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
The Telegraph
-Andy Burnham’s push to bring local buses under public control has left the West Midlands with a £30 million bill after the private-sector operator decided to pull out of the region.
Sky News
-Gordon Brothers, the owner of Poundland is exploring a sale of the discount retailer just over a year after buying it in a deal which resulted in the closure of as many as 200 stores.
-One person has died and hundreds have been left ill with food poisoning after a salmonella outbreak, health officials say.
The Independent
-Andy Burnham has been urged to take the UK into the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact to help tackle small boat arrivals.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)