Press Digest: Financial Times - January 15
15/01/2026 04:48
Jan 15 (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 - Heathrow boss calls for faster runway approval to meet 2029 start date - EQT in talks to take over Oxford BioMedica - UK SFO launches 300-million-pound bribery probe into social housing company Home REIT - Record UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonise by 2030 Overview - Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye said the UK government must move faster on planning reforms if the airport is to meet its 2029 deadline to begin construction of a third runway. - EQT EQTAB.ST has made an unsolicited approach to British cell and gene therapy manufacturer Oxford BioMedica OXB.L and is in early talks over a possible cash offer. - The British Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into British social housing company Home REIT HOMEH.L over alleged bribery and fraud, raiding seven sites and arresting six people. - Britain has awarded record offshore wind subsidy contracts after raising the guaranteed price for developers in its push to decarbonise the power system by 2030. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom) ((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com))