THE DAILY BRIEFING

IMPERIAL SALE Cigarette giant Imperial Brands has sold 13.3m shares worth £230.8m in spanish tobacco distributor Logista. GAS FIRST Home safety firm Sprue Aegis has launched the UK’s first battery-powered gas detector. AMAZON HUNT Online retail giant Amazon is looking for a second North American headquarters. CANCER PUSH Pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline is to invest up to £48m in a new cancer treatment. PLANE DEAL Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is upgrading cabins on 12 of its A380s owned by Qantas. STRIKE BALLOT staff at Sellafield nuclear site are balloting for strike action over a 1.5pc pay offer. OIL FIRST Oil and gas company Enquest expects the first oil to be moved from its North sea Kraken field in the next few days. BOWLER ROLE New York stock Exchange owner Intercontinental

Exchange is bringing in Tim Bowler to run the division which oversees the scandal-hit Libor lending rate.

VETO CALL France wants European watchdogs to get a veto on how Britain supervises its £750bn-aday euro clearing business.

DEFENCE PLEA Defence and security industry body ADS has called on the Government to consider employment and export potential when choosing suppliers.

RULES QUERY The heads of the treasury and business select committees, Nicky Morgan and Rachel Reeves, want the FCA to explain plans to make it easier for foreign state-owned firms to float stakes.

NEW ROLE Online firm Boohoo appointed Pierre Marie Jean-Louis Cuilleret as non-executive director.

KOOVS HIT shares in online fashion retailer Koovs slumped as it blamed India’s decision to remove certain banknotes from circulation for causing losses to widen to £19.3m.

IN RECOVERY Phil Bentley, Mitie Group’s boss, is out of action for six weeks with a ruptured appendix.

PAY OPPOSED Investors opposed a deal that could see Kris Hagerman, boss of cyber security firm

Sophos, get £4.3m.