* BP: BP reported a record profit of $28 bln in 2022, lifted by a surge in energy prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
* BP: BP said in a
strategy update it planned by 2030 to spend around $8 bln a year on its oil and gas business.
* FERREXPO: Ferrexpo said it
had been notified by a court order to freeze the bank accounts of its largest Ukraine subsidiary, as part of a probe.
* UK HOUSE PRICES: British
house prices were unchanged
in January after falling in month-on-month terms in each of the previous
four months, mortgage lender Halifax said.
* ROYAL MAIL: Postal workers at Royal Mail called off a planned 24-hour
strike over pay next week, the CWU said.
* BOE: Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said that the British
central bank was prepared to do more to get inflation back to target after it
suggested last week that interest rates were approaching their peak.
* RELX: Britain's RELX has agreed to buy Aistemos for around 30 mln
pounds ($36 mln) to enhance its IP analytics.
* UK RETAILERS: Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly
in January as consumers treated themselves to cinema trips and booked holidays
* STRIKES: Ambulance workers in Wales announced a new round of strikes for
Feb. 20, 21 and 22 over an ongoing pay dispute, the Unite said.
* BARCLAYS: Barclays' co-heads of equities, Todd Sandoz and Paul Leech, have
stepped down from their roles and left the bank.
* 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 Benagluru)
