THE DAILY BRIEFING

MEAL DEAL The Competition and Markets Authority is considering whether to investigate Just Eat’s deal to buy German rival Hungryhouse for £200m from Delivery Hero.

SALES TRIMMED The High Street had its worst February since 2009 as the economy and Storm Doris hit spending. Like-for-like sales fell 2.2pc, after they were down by 1.7pc in the same month last year, the BDO High Street Sales Tracker showed.

FLYING START Heathrow has had its best February after carrying a record 5.3m passengers, up 5.5pc on February 2016.

MOTOR MOVE VW and Tata Motors are teaming up to push into India. The partnership could lead to new vehicles for the region.

SHELL PAYOFF Shell’s outgoing finance chief Simon Henry is getting a £2m payoff, equivalent to a year’s pay and bonus. He is set to join the board of mining giant Rio Tinto as a non-executive director in July.

WOMEN WANTED Rolls-Royce is trying to recruit more women to its board, which is three-quarters male. It said it would prioritise female candidates, but will make appointments on merit.

FORECOURT FIRST BP has opened its first petrol station in Mexico. The forecourt in Mexico City is the only global oil companybranded site in the country, which deregulated fuel retailing in 2013. BP said it could open 1,500 others in Mexico over the next five years.

PROFIT BOOST Retirement finance firm JRP Group has announced a 58pc rise in profit to £164m. The firm said it had cut £30m in costs since its creation through a merger between Just Retirement and Partnership Assurance last year, with a target of £45m by the end of next year. Shares rose 0.1pc, or 0.1p, to 150.2p.