* NATWEST: NatWest reported a 33% jump in annual profit for 2022 as the boost from successive Bank of England rate rises outweighed provisions for troubled loans amid Britain's cost of living crisis.
* PURPLEBRICKS: Purplebricks Group Plc said it has started a strategic review as it looks for a turnaround in its fortunes after cutting its annual profit outlook.
* SMITH+NEPHEW: Smith+Nephew named Rupert Soames as its
new chairman designate, succeeding Roberto Quarta who is set to retire this year.
* RETAIL SALES: British retail sales volumes unexpectedly rose by 0.5% in
monthly terms in January, official data showed.
* CALEDONIA MINING: Caledonia Mining Corporation reported a
fatality at its Blanket gold mine in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, after a blasting accident.
* GLENCORE: Legal & General filed a lawsuit against Glencore in London's High Court last week over investor losses after the mining
and commodities group admitted to multiple bribery offences last year, the
Financial Times reported.
* GSK: Lawyers for a man who alleges he developed bladder cancer after
taking GSK Plc's heartburn drug Zantac urged a California judge to allow
expert testimony linking the drug to the illness at an upcoming trial.
* STRIKES: British railway trade union RMT said members in tens of thousands
would take nationwide strike action across the railways on Mar. 16.
* FCA: Britain's markets watchdog acted unlawfully when approving documents
that allowed Ithaca Energy Plc to list in London even though it had
failed to properly describe climate-related risks, ClientEarth alleged.
* OIL: Oil prices were on track for weekly losses.
* GOLD: Gold prices dipped and were set for a third straight weekly drop.
* 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)
