PRESS DIGEST-British Business - September 23

ReutersSep 23, 2025 3:30 AM

Sept 23 (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

- A U.S. federal judge has granted a request by Orsted ORSTED.CO to restart work on the Danish offshore wind developer's almost-completed Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island, which U.S. President Donald Trump halted last month.

The Guardian

- British finance minister Rachel Reeves has been urged to take 2p off the rate of employee national insurance and add it to income tax in her autumn budget, to raise billions of pounds while protecting workers' pay packets.

- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's "global talent taskforce" is examining plans to cut visa application fees and make it easier for foreign academics and digital experts to relocate to the UK.

The Telegraph

- U.S. drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb BMY.N said the UK must pay its "fair share" towards drug innovations as it backed U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that overseas health services such as the NHS fork out for new treatments.

- A review has been launched by UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), which could scrap the need for public votes when building storage facilities for radioactive material.

Sky News

- High street beauty chain Bodycare is to close its 56 remaining stores, resulting in 444 redundancies.

- British digital wallet provider Curve has scheduled a showdown with investors next week amid anger over the company's proposed 120 million pound ($162.02 million) takeover by Lloyds Banking Group LLOY.L.

($1 = 0.7406 pounds)

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