The Times
- Britain's John Lewis Partnership named Nish Kankiwala as its chief executive, creating a new role to drive profitability at the employee-owned retailer, which is led by chairman Sharon White.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's pledge to reduce overall immigration is on course to fail after the government's budget watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, upgraded its forecast to predict that net migration will settle at 245,000 a year in the long term.
The Guardian
- Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani is emerging as the favourite to buy Manchester United ahead of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, with each party due to hold its first face-to-face meeting with the club executive this week.
- The UK government is to invest 900 million pound in a cutting-edge supercomputer as part of an artificial intelligence strategy that includes ensuring the country can build its own "BritGPT".
The Telegraph
- The Bank of England was holding emergency talks with international counterparts on Wednesday amid rising alarm at a potential financial disaster at Credit Suisse , one of Europe's biggest banks.
- Britain is prepared to consider leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if Strasbourg judges block the Government's plans to crack down on illegal migration, Dominic Raab has warned.
Sky News
- The chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm Erin Platts has abandoned plans to leave the role following its £1 rescue takeover by HSBC.
- Trustees of the Thomas Cook pension scheme are plotting an 850 million pound pensions deal with UK's Aviva that will guarantee retirement payments to thousands of former workers at the collapsed tour operator.
The Independent
- UK's Jeremy Hunt has vowed he would fill Britain's more than one million job vacancies, while refusing to commit to tax cuts ahead of the next general election.
- British and German air force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace, the U.K. Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
