* BRITISHVOLT: Accounting firm EY said it selected Scale Facilitation Partners and its Australian subsidiary Recharge Industries as the preferred bidder to buy struggling UK startup Britishvolt out of administration.
* UK CAR REGISTRATIONS: New car registrations in the United Kingdom
rose for the sixth consecutive month , recording an about 14% annual rise in January, according to preliminary industry data released on Monday.
* STRIKE: Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday
as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating
pay dispute which the health minister said would place further strain on the
National Health Service (NHS).
* GOLD: Gold prices regained some ground on Monday but a firmer dollar and
concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve might keep hiking interest rates kept
bullion below the key $1,900-an-ounce level.
* OIL: Oil prices inched up in early trade on Monday after falling around 8%
last week to more than three-week lows as jitters over major economies
outweighed signs of a demand recovery in China, the world's top oil importer.
* METALS: Copper prices declined on Monday as a firm dollar made
greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Sruthi Narasimha Chari in Bengaluru)
