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Monday newspaper round-up: Barclays, British Land, Saudi Aramco

(Sharecast News) - Barclays could save itself more than £200m a year after deciding to take a break from paying into its staff pension scheme, despite the fund's assets plummeting by £10bn in 12 months. Barclays last month declared profits of £7bn for 2022, but its "contribution holiday" means the cost of the payments it would normally make towards former employee's retirement benefits will now have to be met by the pension scheme - prompting anger among some ex-staff. - Guardian A stack of factory-made modular labs, with a roof terrace and grass growing on top, has sprung up at Canada Water in south-east London and is due to open in late May. With growing demand for lab space, the company behind them, British Land, is unveiling plans for a large new research building on Monday, part of a nascent life sciences cluster south of the Thames. - Guardian

The chief executive of Wagamama has said chain restaurants will never be as ubiquitous as they were pre-pandemic, but insisted they will not disappear from Britain's high streets altogether. Andy Hornby, chief executive of The Restaurant Group, which owns the Japanese chain, told The Telegraph: "I don't think the [casual dining] industry will ever be quite as big as it was." - Telegraph

The world's biggest oil producer has reported annual profits of $161.1 billion after prices surged over the past year, eclipsing the record earnings made by its peers. Saudi Aramco also cited higher volumes sold and improved margins for refined products as it became the latest energy multinational to outline record earnings. - The Times

The former technology chief of Bulb has launched a new venture that aims to sign up energy suppliers to use the failed company's customer service platform. John Marshall is now chief executive of Zoa, which is controlled by the London-listed Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund, a secured creditor to Bulb that has taken control of its technology assets as part-repayment for a loan. - The Times

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(Sharecast News) - San Francisco federal courthouse on Thursday as a key witness in his own criminal fraud trial, which began in March. US authorities have charged the former software tycoon with 16 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy relating to his company's acquisition deal with Hewlett-Packard in 2011. If convicted, Lynch faces up to 25 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty. - Guardian
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Anglesey power station, electric cars, Eurostar passengers
(Sharecast News) - Ministers have earmarked north Wales as the site of a large-scale nuclear power plant, which is part of plans to resuscitate Britain's nuclear power ambitions. Wylfa on Anglesey (Ynys Môn) has been named as the preferred site for the UK's third major nuclear power plant in a generation, coming after EDF's Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, which is under construction in Somerset, and its Sizewell C nuclear project planned for Suffolk. - Guardian
Tuesday newspaper round-up: New homes, AI, Mike Ashley
(Sharecast News) - A Labour government would aim to announce the sites for a series of new towns within a year of taking office, with the promise that homes would be built in them by the end of a first term, Angela Rayner is to say in a speech. Giving more detail to a plan first outlined in Keir Starmer's party conference speech in October, Rayner will tell a housing conference that Labour will strongly support private developers who create high-quality and affordable housing. - Guardian
Monday newspaper round-up: Border checks, house prices, apprenticeships
(Sharecast News) - Post-Brexit border checks will cost UK businesses £470m a year, the government's public spending watchdog has said. Plans to bring in border checks on goods coming from the EU faced "significant issues" including critical shortages of inspectors before their introduction last month, the National Audit Office said in a report. - Guardian

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