PRESS DIGEST-British Business - Jan 29
Jan 29 (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 chairman of Santander's SAN.MC British business, William Vereker is to leave this year in a surprise exit that will fuel City speculation about the Spanish bank's future in the UK.
- Britain's antitrust regulator should consider investigating the cloud computing activities of Microsoft MSFT.O and Amazon AMZN.O, an inquiry panel has suggested.
The Guardian
- Amazon is seeking permission to launch drones from its warehouse in Darlington, County Durham, in the latest step towards using the devices to deliver packages to homes.
- British finance minister Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create "Europe's Silicon Valley" between Oxford and Cambridge as she stakes the government's success on kickstarting economic growth and putting more pounds in people's pockets.
The Telegraph
- JP Morgan JPM.N is in talks to lease space at Credit Suisse's former UK headquarters in Canary Wharf after it demanded staff return to the office five days a week.
Sky News
- Quiz Clothing, the troubled fashion business, is close to collapsing into administration days after its shares were delisted from the London stock market.
- The chairman of Playtech PTEC.L Brian Mattingley , the gambling technology group, is to step down, triggering a search for a successor with a taste for stringent corporate governance challenges.
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