Press Digest: British Business - Dec 21

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21/12/2020 01:53

Dec 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
    
    - UK's border with France was closed last night with all
travellers and lorry drivers blocked from leaving and the EU
ready to ban all arrivals to the bloc. https://bit.ly/2JdeE7S
    
    - GlaxoSmithKline  GSK.L , one of Britain’s biggest drugs
companies, has agreed a partnership with an Anglo-Japanese
biotechnology group called Sosei Group Corp targeting immune
disorders of the digestive system in a deal worth up to 370
million pounds ($496.10 million). https://bit.ly/2WxryAx
    
    
    
    The Guardian
    
    - Airlines like Virgin Atlantic and British Airways should
face “strong action” from regulators for refusing to issue
refunds to customers complying with England’s new tier 4
COVID-19 restrictions, consumer advocates have said. https://bit.ly/3mDli4X
    
    - Stuart Garner, the former owner of Norton Motorcycles,
will be forced to pay back about 14 million pounds missing from
the company’s employee retirement fund, after being refused
permission to appeal against a pensions ombudsman’s ruling. https://bit.ly/37ydVHz
    
        
    The Telegraph
    
    - UK's retail bosses are begging finance minister Rishi
Sunak to extend a business rates holiday as fears grow that a
new COVID-19 crackdown could put thousands of jobs at risk. https://bit.ly/2KJe0PT
    
    - British ministers have handed contracts worth up to 288
million pounds to consultants at KPMG and EY to train thousands
of civil servants over the next four years. https://bit.ly/3aup5iD
    
    
    
    Sky News
    
    - Freight hauliers and passengers have been urged by the UK
government to avoid Kent ports after France imposed a blanket
ban on arrivals from Britain. https://bit.ly/2WuLp3o
    
    
    
    The Independent
    
    - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing
pressure from MPs in his own party who are angry at how the
government dramatically cancelled the Christmas plans for
millions of people. https://bit.ly/3arxSBO
    
    
    


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