April 14 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Times
A former investment banker and hedge fund manager have teamed up with the London Stock Exchange Group to launch a service enabling institutional clients to take leveraged bets on bitcoin.
A pair of private equity firms, CVC Capital Partners and Francisco Partners, have made a takeover approach for Network International .
The Guardian
The Ministry of Defence has awarded 650 million pounds ($813.93 million) to manufacturers working on its Tempest fighter jet, in the latest sign that the UK is pushing forward with the aim of producing the aircraft by 2035.
The government is willing to accept short-term damage to the economy from public sector strikes rather than give in to pay demands and risk a longer-term hit from persistently higher inflation, Jeremy Hunt has insisted.
The Telegraph
EY has warned its UK staff to brace for a fresh cost-cutting drive and a raft of resignations after its radical break-up plan fell apart.
The United Kingdom's Department for Transport has approved the Ford's "BlueCruise" system, a hands-free system for its electric cars.
Sky News
Steve Hatch, an executive at Meta, will be unveiled this week as the new boss of YouGov, the London-listed pollster.
The fashion designer Mary Quant has died, her family said.
($1 = 0.7986 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)