PRESS DIGEST-British Business - June 20

June 20 (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

- Financial Conduct Authority's register shows Crispin Odey is no longer certified by the firm to perform a role dealing directly with clients.

- The floatation of Zopa is likely to be further delayed because the public markets effectively are suffering from a "temporary closure", according to the financial technology group's boss.

The Guardian

- The Confederation of British Industry has been frozen out of regular meetings with other leading business lobby groups, hampering its fight for survival after a sexual misconduct scandal.

The Telegraph

- Bild, Germany's best-selling newspaper, is cutting hundreds of jobs and replacing its editors with artificial intelligence (AI).

Sky News

- Alpha Auto Group, a privately-owned Canadian car dealer network, has agreed to a deal to buy Lookers for 400 million pounds ($511.92 million).

- Bank of England officials are kicking off a new stress test that will examine the strength of the financial system by subjecting banks, pension funds and other institutions to a hypothetical global economic crunch.

The Independent

- Boris Johnson has endured a final humiliation over the Partygate scandal in parliament as MPs backed the scathing report which found he deliberately lied to the Commons and just seven Tories voted in his favour.

($1 = 0.7814 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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