PRESS DIGEST-British Business - January 22

Jan 22 (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

- Fashion retailer Next NXT.L said it has purchased British footwear brand Russell & Bromley through an insolvency process, paying 2.5 million pounds ($3.4 million).

- EDF is in negotiations with the UK government over a subsidy contract to extend the life of the Sizewell B nuclear power station until 2055.

The Guardian

- The world would be a "better, more secure place" if America took over Greenland, Nigel Farage said at Davos, while insisting that he still believed in the sovereignty of nation states.

The Telegraph

- The Italian Sea Group TISGR.MI has filed a 456 million euro ($532.8 million) claim against Mike Lynch's widow in a court in Sicily, alleging that the crew and the superyacht's holding company were responsible for its sinking.

- British TV cook Nigella Lawson is set to replace Dame Prue Leith as a judge on the Great British Bake Off.

Sky News

- Probiotics manufacturer Symprove is being bought by New Jersey-based provider of nutritional supplements Metagenics.

- Workplace lender Salary Finance will announce that it has lined up the expanded debt facility from JP Morgan and funds managed by Blue Owl Capital.

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