PRESS DIGEST - British business - April 12

The Times

TESCO ROLLS OUT TROLLEY WATCH AROUND WORLD

Tesco's (TSCO.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) new unprecedented deal with Dunnhumby, the company behind its loyalty card scheme, will see the supermarket monitor and record the shopping habits of over 60 million customers worldwide. Tesco's partnership with the market research specialist is being rolled out to nine countries where Tesco operates, including South Korea, Thailand and China, but not yet the United States.

RIVALS UPSET AS BA DELAYS LONG-HAUL MOVE TO TERMINAL 5

On Friday, the timetable for the redevelopment of Heathrow was thrown into doubt following a British Airways (BAY.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and BAA (FER.MC: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) announcement that BA's move of its long-haul flights from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 was being delayed from April 30 to June. Nigel Turner, chief executive of bmi, said: "BA through their mismanagement of the move to Terminal 5 will materially disadvantage all other airlines at Heathrow while BAA, through their perverse regulatory system, will actually benefit financially."

GCAP NOT TO SELL STATIONS

In a dramatic reversal of strategy, GCap GCAP.L has announced that Xfm in Scotland and Manchester are not going to be sold. The owner had previously said it would either sell or close the stations. As part of its plans to create networked shows, Global Radio, which agreed to acquire GCap earlier this month, is understood to be keen to hold on to the stations.

The Daily Telegraph

DSG FACES "JUNK STATUS" DOWNGRADE