Press Digest: British Business - March 22

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust

22/03/2023 24:44

March 22 (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
    
    - Fiona McBain, chairwoman of Scottish Mortgage Investment
Trust  SMT.L  is stepping down, while the rebel director Amar
Bhide making allegations of "governance violations" at the FTSE
100 company has been fired for breach of his employment
contract.

    - The Swiss government has ordered Credit Suisse Group AG
 CSGN.S  to freeze the payment of deferred bonuses to its
bankers, in a fresh blow to staff following the troubled
lender's forced sale to rival UBS Group AG  UBSG.S .
    
    The Guardian
    
    - Network Rail's chief executive Andrew Haines has compared
the past year of train strikes to the Iraq war, saying rail
leaders need to "build the peace" with workers in a way that
British and U.S. victors over Saddam Hussein failed to do.
    
        
    The Telegraph
    
    - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt is preparing to delay
a decision on when to increase the state pension age to 68, The
Telegraph understands.
    
    Sky News
    
    - Delivery giant Just Eat  TKWY.AS  has announced it is to
axe 1,700 jobs as it ceases to employ its delivery riders and
drivers.
    
    
    The Independent
    
    - Ofcom's chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes has written to
the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) to
clarify rules on politicians presenting and appearing on TV
programmes.
    
    

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