PRESS DIGEST-British Business - Feb 9
Feb 9 (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
- DS Smith has received a takeover approach from Mondi, a rival UK paper specialist, in a deal that would create a European packaging giant with a value of more than 10 billion pounds ($12.62 billion).
- NatWest has picked Emma Crystal, a successor to Peter Flavel who quit in the wake of the Nigel Farage debanking scandal that rocked the bank last July.
The Guardian
- Disney has announced a $1.5 billion move into video games, striking a partnership with Epic Games, the publisher of Fortnite, and agreeing to take a minority stake in the business.
The Telegraph
- Britain's first industrial-scale plant making low carbon hydrogen will power the production of millions of litres of petrol, oil and aviation fuel at one of the UK's biggest efineries.
Sky News
- Santander UK has filed a formal complaint with advertising watchdogs over a Nationwide campaign which "discredits and denigrates" Britain's high street banking industry.
($1 = 0.7926 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
