PRESS DIGEST-British Business - October 14

Oct 14 (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

- Britain's Lloyds Banking Group LLOY.L said it will take an additional charge of 800 million pounds ($1.07 billion), bringing the total impact from the UK motor finance mis-selling scandal to 1.95 billion pounds.

- Wayve, a British autonomous driving technology group, is in talks with Microsoft MSFT.O and SoftBank 9984.T to raise up to $2 billion in funding, which could value the firm at about $8 billion.

The Guardian

- Some of the world's biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they "would rather cheat than comply with the law", lawyers for over 1.6 million claimants told London's High Court on Monday, at the start of a huge trial.

The Telegraph

- Virgin Atlantic named Corneel Koster as its new chief executive on Monday, promoting the current chief operating officer to the top job from next January as incumbent Shai Weiss will step down after seven years at the helm of the UK airline.

- The online message board 4chan is refusing to pay a fine handed down by Britain under new rules set by the Online Safety Act.

Sky News

- Vodafone VOD.L on Monday faced a network outage affecting its broadband, 4G and 5G services in Britain, impacting tens of thousands of customers.

The Independent

- Greenpeace is threatening to sue King Charles’s property management company, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly ownership of the seabed.

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