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Johnson’s plan to lift lockdown, McKinsey leadership vote, UK probes Big Tech

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UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, is set to lay out a road map for lifting England’s lockdown, HSBC is accelerating its “pivot to Asia”, and McKinsey’s 650 senior partners have begun voting on whether Kevin Sneader should serve a second term at the helm of the business consultancy. Plus, the UK’s competition watchdog is planning new probes on Big Tech companies. The FT’s Brussels correspondent, Javier Espinoza talks to Andrea Coscelli, the head of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. Schools in England to reopen on March 8 under easing of lockdownhttps://www.ft.com/content/3a0434e5-8cac-4922-8f0f-062db0604115HSBC intensifies pivot to Asia with job moves and US exithttps://www.ft.com/content/38c3670c-3b0f-41e6-874e-0f9eee553744UK competition watchdog warns Big Tech of coming antitrust probeshttps://www.ft.com/content/da5c30a8-6fab-4131-b6bd-f8f05dcf5a46?McKinsey senior echelons vote in referendum on Sneader leadershiphttps://www.ft.com/content/f001f3ef-e296-4eb6-b711-5f7cb773e314 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, is set to lay out a road map for lifting England’s lockdown, HSBC is accelerating its “pivot to Asia”, and McKinsey’s 650 senior partners have begun voting on whether Kevin Sneader should serve a second term at the helm of the business consultancy. Plus, the UK’s competition watchdog is planning new probes on Big Tech companies. The FT’s Brussels correspondent, Javier Espinoza talks to Andrea Coscelli, the head of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. Schools in England to reopen on March 8 under easing of lockdownhttps://www.ft.com/content/3a0434e5-8cac-4922-8f0f-062db0604115HSBC intensifies pivot to Asia with job moves and US exithttps://www.ft.com/content/38c3670c-3b0f-41e6-874e-0f9eee553744UK competition watchdog warns Big Tech of coming antitrust probeshttps://www.ft.com/content/da5c30a8-6fab-4131-b6bd-f8f05dcf5a46?McKinsey senior echelons vote in referendum on Sneader leadershiphttps://www.ft.com/content/f001f3ef-e296-4eb6-b711-5f7cb773e314 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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