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PRESS DIGEST- British Business - Jan 23

路透社 ·  Jan 23, 2019 09:33
Jan 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
  
   - Easyjet Plc counts 15 million pounds ($19.43 million) cost of drone disruption at Gatwick. The airline said it was seeking compensation from Gatwick after a drone sighting brought flights to a standstill during the pre-Christmas travel rush. ()
  
   - Andrew Formica, 47, the former chief executive of Janus Henderson who quit the asset manager unexpectedly last year, is to become the next boss of Jupiter Fund Management Plc . ()
  
   The Guardian
  
   - Amazon.com Inc has slipped down the UK Customer Satisfaction Indexes, which is a list of companies ranked by customer satisfaction, after consumers were asked to consider ethics when rating brands. ()
  
   - Patisserie Valerie has collapsed into administration, putting more than 3,000 jobs at risk, after failing to secure a financial lifeline from its banks. ()
  
   The Telegraph
  
   - James Dyson is to relocate his firm Dyson Ltd's headquarters from the UK to Singapore after years of frustration with the EU. He insisted the move was a commercial decision unconnected to Brexit. ()
  
   - Shares in the U.S. industrial giant Arconic , whose cladding was implicated in the deadly fire at London's Grenfell Tower, crashed after the company's attempts to sell itself to private equity came to nothing. () 
  
   Sky News
  
   - Shipping operator P&O has announced it will be re-flagging its entire UK-registered fleet to Cyprus ahead of Brexit, in order to keep its tax arrangements within the European Union. ()
  
   - Britain should copy Singapore's model of light-touch regulation and low taxes after Brexit, according to one of Britain's best-known businessmen. Martin Sorrell, who founded the WPP Plc advertising empire, opposed Brexit and is backing a second referendum. ()
  
   The Independent
  
   - Starbucks Corp is considering expanding its delivery service to the UK, with a trial period to begin later this month. ()
  
   - The EU has fined Mastercard Inc 570 million euros ($647.63 million) for blocking merchants from seeking better conditions operating in other parts of the bloc's single market. ()
  
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