PRESS DIGEST-British Business - September 18

Sept 18 (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

- U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to Britain has generated 150 billion pounds ($204.15 billion) of inward investment, the British government said on Wednesday citing its own data which compiled new and previously announced pledges.

- Nvidia NVDA.O has agreed to invest 500 million pounds in UK-based AI infrastructure start-up Nscale, which the U.S. chipmaker's billionaire founder Jensen Huang said "could be a national champion for the UK".

The Guardian

- Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield, part of the duo whose names shaped the popular U.S. ice cream brand over the last half-century, has quit his role as "brand ambassador" after a rift and public feud with parent Unilever ULVR.L over the conflict in Gaza.

- Tom Athron, chief executive of upmarket retailer Fortnum & Mason, has said Donald Trump's trade war has hit sales of its luxury tea exports to the U.S. and forced up prices.

The Telegraph

- Jeff Zucker, the chief executive of Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI, said Britain's regulation of media and financial markets was deterring investment and holding back economic growth.

- The EU is insisting that any progress on a deal with the UK to ease export checks on food is conditional on the number of young people that Downing Street will allow the right to live, work and study in Britain.

Sky News

- Leading investors of British private hospital group Spire Healthcare SPI.L, including activist investment trust Achilles AIC.L, are urging the company to put itself up for sale.

- The Scottish government's flagship Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed on Wednesday, making a series of changes to the justice system, including scrapping the not proven verdict.

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