- July 28, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
July 28 (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
– The largest investor in WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc , Silchester International Investors, said it is ‘not inclined’ to support a 6.3 billion pounds ($8.74 billion) takeover of the supermarket group by a private equity-led consortium. https://bit.ly/3zKljeq
– FirstGroup Plc said Chief Executive Officer Matthew Gregory would leave, days after it completed a 3.3 billion pounds demerger of the company’s U.S. buses from its operations in the UK and 24 hours after the company’s largest shareholder, the U.S. hedge fund Coast Capital, openly criticised his ‘competency’ and told him that he must go. https://bit.ly/3iRy7c4
The Guardian
– Tesco Plc is offering a 1,000 pounds signing-on fee for lorry drivers who join the company before the end of September, as it scrambles to…
