Press Digest: Financial Times - March 22

National World

22/03/2024 24:10

March 22 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories
in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories
and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    Headlines
    
    - Unilever approaches private equity for its ice cream
business
    
    - The Scotsman-owner National World flags interest in
Telegraph
    
    - UK consumer confidence at its best in seven years, says
head of Next
    
    - BBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives
access
    
    Overview
    
    - Unilever  ULVR.L  is working with advisers to drum up
interest from private equity groups for its ice cream division
after the consumer goods group announced plans to hive off the
business.
    
    - National World  NWOR.L , the regional media group, has
flagged its interest in any future sale of the Telegraph, with
claims that it would be the "best qualified" to own the rival
national newspaper.
    
    - The head of bellwether retailer Next  NXT.L  has said the
outlook for UK consumer confidence was the best in seven years,
as pay rises encourage shoppers to spend, sending its shares to
a record high.
    
    - The BBC is making plans to build its own artificial
intelligence models while holding talks over selling access to
the broadcaster's vast archives to Big Tech groups developing
cutting-edge technology.

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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