PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Jan. 21

- Financial firms across the City of London including Goldman Sachs and HSBC Holdings Plc have started summoning staff back to the office a day after the UK government rescinded guidance that employees should work from home. - Britishvolt, the start-up hoping to build a UK battery factory in Blyth, has raised around 1.7 billion pounds in funding from warehouse provider Tritax and investment group Abrdn Plc to construct its factory in North East England.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- Kwarteng blocks 1.2 bln pound subsea cable project backed by Tory donors https://on.ft.com/3qM8zC5 - City of London firms order workers back to the office https://on.ft.com/3tIb623

- Britishvolt secures £1.7 bln funding for North East battery plant https://on.ft.com/3fI1Xyj Overview

- UK business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has rejected a controversial 1.2 billion pound ($1.63 billion)undersea cable project backed by two tycoons born in the former Soviet Union, who have given 1.5 million pounds to Britain's ruling Conservative party. - Financial firms across the City of London including Goldman Sachs and HSBC Holdings Plc have started summoning staff back to the office a day after the UK government rescinded guidance that employees should work from home.

- Britishvolt, the start-up hoping to build a UK battery factory in Blyth, has raised around 1.7 billion pounds in funding from warehouse provider Tritax and investment group Abrdn Plc to construct its factory in North East England. ($1 = 0.7353 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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