PRESS DIGEST-British Business - March 6

March 6 (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

U.S. is significantly more attractive than Britain for energy investment, Shell's Chief Executive Wael Sawan said.

British retailer WH Smith is opening high-end souvenir and stationery shops called Curi.o.city as it moves into the space left by the fallout of Paperchase.

The Guardian

British supermarket group Morrisons is planning to lay off at least 83 property maintenance suppliers, many based in its home city of Bradford, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk as it shifts to a single provider for repairs.

UK ministers are looking at bringing in annual health checks for workers and allowing more hospitality staff to come from abroad in an effort to deal with labour shortages.

The Telegraph

Social media bosses will face up to a year in jail in the UK if they refuse to provide bereaved parents with data to explain why their children died, under new laws being considered by Michelle Donelan, the Technology Secretary.

Troubled British electric van maker Arrival has been hit by a second legal challenge from a creditor, a week after the company said it had secured $50 million in new funding.

Sky News

Goldman Sachs Group Inc's asset management arm is among the suitors for the U.S.-based sandwich chain Subway, which has been put up for sale with an estimated $10 billion price tag.

Hundreds of thousands of the UK's smallest businesses risk going under this year as costs keep rising, according to the annual Venture Forward study by website builder GoDaddy.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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