* COCA COLA HBC: Coca-Cola HBC AG reported a better-than-expected operating profit for 2022, helped by price hikes and cost-saving measures.
* TULLOW OIL: Tullow Oil said its Ghana unit filed for arbitration in London regarding two disputed tax assessments the West Africa-focused oil producer received from local authorities.
* FLUTTER: Online betting firm Flutter Entertainment Plc said its board was of the preliminary view that an additional
U.S. listing would yield several benefits and would start consulting shareholders.
* AMIGO: British financial regulator publicly censured Amigo for
failures to undertake affordability checks and said it would have imposed a 72.9
million pound fine on the lender if not for its financial hardships.
* VK COMPANY: Russian internet company VK said its board had
approved plans to potentially re-domicile the company from the British Virgin
Islands to Russia.
* JOBS: Britain's unemployment rate held at 3.7% in the three months to
December, the Office for National Statistics said.
* VODAFONE: U.S.-listed Liberty Global disclosed a near-5% stake
in British telecom group Vodafone saying its larger rival's shares were
undervalued by the market but ruling out a takeover.
* REGULATION: Britain on Tuesday will set out draft legislation to regulate
"buy now pay later" credit, saying the sector posed potential harm to consumers
without thorough affordability checks.
* OIL: Oil prices fell after the U.S. government said it would release more
crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as mandated by lawmakers.
* GOLD: Gold prices rose as the dollar retreated.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil)
