Sept 28 (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

- American buyout firm KKR has become Great Portland Estates' fifth-largest shareholder after having paid about 74.3 million pounds ($94.83 million) for 5.35% of the company. https://bit.ly/3i4phVH

- Monarch Airlines administrator KPMG has been paid 5.5 million pounds as fees and has agreed to cap its fees at 80 per cent as the administrator has racked up fees of 8.2 million pounds almost three years after the company collapsed. https://bit.ly/2GgBrxu

The Guardian

- BBC veterans have warned Downing Street that it risks compromising the broadcaster's independence by indicating it wants the former Telegraph editor Charles Moore to be the corporation's next chairman before the appointment process gets under way. https://bit.ly/30fFBNg

- Business leaders have heaped pressure on the government to agree a last-minute Brexit trade deal and after a survey showed that more than three-quarters backed an agreement with Brussels. https://bit.ly/36eac1Q

The Telegraph

- SSP, the owner of Upper Crust and Ritazza coffee, used a ministerial directive obtained under freedom of information laws to demand steeper rent cuts from Network Rail, at a cost of millions of pounds to taxpayers. https://bit.ly/36cvpsU

- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to restore to nature 30 per cent of Britain by 2030 as he signs a biodiversity pledge with other UN leaders. https://bit.ly/30uCiSP

Sky News

- Three more counties in Wales are to be put into local lockdown following a rise in coronavirus cases which will affect more than 360,000 people and half of Welsh local authority areas, 11 out of 22, will soon be under specialised measures. https://bit.ly/2G86o7x

($1 = 0.7835 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)