PRESS DIGEST-British Business - Feb 14

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Feb 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

- Dunhill maker British American Tobacco has retained "call" options to reacquire its Russian and Belarusian businesses, it has emerged.

The Guardian

- The UK Labour has suspended a second parliamentary candidate over their remarks about Israel, as Keir Starmer struggles to contain the fallout from the leak of a private meeting of party activists in Lancashire last year.

The Telegraph

- British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said he is planning to lobby China to take a tougher stance on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea in his first meeting with Beijing as Foreign Secretary.

Sky News

- The UK arm of The Body Shop has entered administration, threatening stores and more than 2,000 jobs.

- Shareholders in Europe's largest travel operator TUI have overwhelmingly backed the company's plans to cancel its listing on the London Stock Exchange.

The Independent

- German supermarket Aldi has revealed plans to spend 550 million pounds ($692.51 million) on opening new stores and upgrading existing ones in the UK this year.

($1 = 0.7942 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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