PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - January 15
Jan 15 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
- Heathrow boss calls for faster runway approval to meet 2029 start date
- EQT in talks to take over Oxford BioMedica
- UK SFO launches 300-million-pound bribery probe into social housing company Home REIT
- Record UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonise by 2030
Overview
- Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye said the UK government must move faster on planning reforms if the airport is to meet its 2029 deadline to begin construction of a third runway.
- EQT EQTAB.ST has made an unsolicited approach to British cell and gene therapy manufacturer Oxford BioMedica OXB.L and is in early talks over a possible cash offer.
- The British Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into British social housing company Home REIT HOMEH.L over alleged bribery and fraud, raiding seven sites and arresting six people.
- Britain has awarded record offshore wind subsidy contracts after raising the guaranteed price for developers in its push to decarbonise the power system by 2030.
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