Nov 4 (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
- Farmers in Britain face being banned from using a type of fertiliser, which causes air pollution and threatens wild flowers, as the UK government estimates that banning solid urea fertiliser would prevent more than 1 billion pounds ($1.30 billion) damage to health by 2030 caused by fine particles. https://bit.ly/2TT0Ocw
- Germany's financial establishment BaFin has come under pressure after its handling of the collapse of Wirecard , the digital payments company, was strongly criticised by Europe's markets watchdog. https://bit.ly/34WSjU9
The Guardian
- Primark-owner Associated British Foods, has called for longer post-lockdown shopping hours to claw back COVID-19 losses stating that the chain lost out on 2 billion pounds in sales due to pandemic and expects to miss out on 375 million pounds more in second lockdown in England. https://bit.ly/364POy6
- Number of people in the UK earning below the minimum wage has risen more than fivefold to 2 million since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Office for National Statistics, as the lowest-paid workers in Britain suffer the most financial damage. https://bit.ly/3ew0gmo
The Telegraph
- Veteran investor Crispin Odey is stepping down as co-chief executive of Odey Asset Management and will launch a new fund within the company that focuses on the prospect of higher inflation. https://bit.ly/2I6hxpO
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pledge that Scottish workers will receive furlough payments if Nicola Sturgeon imposes a later lockdown than England has descended into chaos after two Government ministers refused to repeat it. https://bit.ly/3268oVF
Sky News
- Gatwick Airport's finance chief Nick Dunn is taking off after a decade in the job to join one of Britain's fastest-growing digital infrastructure providers CityFibre Holdings as chief financial officer. https://bit.ly/3enkFtH
- UK's terror threat level has been raised from 'substantial' to 'severe', following Monday night's attack in the Austrian capital Vienna, in which four people were killed. https://bit.ly/2GopjLk
($1 = 0.7670 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)