* BAT: British American Tobacco appointed finance
director Tadeu Marroco as CEO on Monday, succeeding Jack Bowles
who is stepping down after about four years.
* CURRYS: British electricals retailer Currys raised
its profit outlook for 2022-23 after better-than-expected
trading in its home market in the final two months of the year.
* JOHN WOOD GROUP: U.S. private equity firm Apollo
Global on Monday said that it
does not intend to make a takeover offer for British oilfield services and engineering firm John Wood Group .
* SRAM & MRAM: India's SpiceJet Ltd said on Monday
that UK-based SRAM & MRAM Group will invest $100 million in its
cargo division SpiceXpress, sending shares of the budget airline
up as much as 4.8%.
* BOE: British public sector employers plan the biggest pay
increases in over a decade and private sector deals are set to
remain high, potentially adding to worries at the Bank of
England.
* GATWICK: Britain's Gatwick airport shut its runway for
almost an hour on Sunday over a "suspected drone" incident, Sky
News reported.
* OIL: Oil prices slipped on Monday as concerns about fuel
demand in top global oil consumers United States and China
offset bullish sentiment about tightening supplies from any
OPEC+ cuts and a resumption in U.S. buying for reserves.
* Britain's FTSE 100 index closed higher on Friday, with
healthcare and energy stocks leading as oil prices rebounded and
drugmaker GSK jumped, while data showed the British economy grew
slightly in the first quarter of the year.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please
click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Muhammed Husain in Bengaluru)
