Reuters
The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. - EP Group, a conglomerate controlled by Daniel Kretinsky, revealed on Tuesday that it had made a "non-binding indicative proposal" to the board of International Distributions Services (IDS), Royal Mail’s parent company, on April 9 seeking its recommendation for a possible cash offer for the remainder of the shares it does not already own. - IMF in its latest assessment of debt levels across the world economy said the UK's public debt ratio would rise until the end of the decade to 98% of GDP by 2029.