PRESS DIGEST-British Business - Sept. 13
Sept 13 (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
- BP CEO Bernard Looney resigned on Tuesday with immediate effect after less than four years in the oil major's top job for failing to fully disclose details of past personal relationships with colleagues, the company said.
- Smurfit Kappa will abandon the FTSE 100 for America's S&P 500 index after its takeover of WestRock to create the world's largest packaging company.
The Guardian
- Poundland is to acquire up to 71 Wilko sites that it intends to reopen under its own brand in a deal that could throw a lifeline to some of the 1,800 staff who will lose jobs connected with those outlets.
The Telegraph
- Google pays more than $10 billion (8 billion pounds) a year to maintain its position as the world's most dominant search engine, the U.S. government has claimed.
Sky News
- The UK government has said it remains "committed" to the pensions triple lock amid a debate about its cost to the public purse.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
