Press Digest: British Business - April 14
14/04/2026 04:34
April 14 (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 Britain's second-biggest housebuilder Vistry VTYV.L promoted one of its regional bosses, Adam Daniels as its new chief executive officer. The Guardian The accommodation reservation website Booking.com said it has suffered a data breach with unauthorised parties gaining access to customers' details. The Telegraph The heir to JCB's multibillion-pound manufacturing fortune has threatened to quit Britain in protest against Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid. Sky News State-backed Saudi Energy is acquiring a minority stake in Kraken, the software business spun off from UK's Octopus Energy Group, and will form a joint venture to deploy its energy management platform across the Middle East and North Africa. The Independent ChatGPT developer OpenAI has secured its first permanent London office less than a week after halting plans for a major UK data centre project. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom) ((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com))