Wednesday newspaper round-up: BrewDog, Barclays, Grant Thornton

(Sharecast News) - BrewDog's new owner has urged drinkers to give the ailing brand "a second chance" as it invests more than £50m in improving the company's beers, pubs and working conditions. The US cannabis and drinks company Tilray bought BrewDog for £33m in March this year, after the company collapsed into administration after five years of losses and a series of controversies relating to the treatment of workers under the founder James Watt. - Guardian

Barclays has watered down its return-to-office plans after a major staff backlash, with the bank allowing some employees to wait until next year before having to be in at least three days a week. The bank this summer announced the attendance requirement would come in for its 45,000 UK staff from 5 October, with more senior employees expected to come in for at least four days. That compares with current rules requiring staff to come in for two days. - Guardian

Ed Miliband has been accused of failing to stand up for British companies against Argentina's growing aggression over the Falklands. Oil drillers Rockhopper and Navitas, who are developing sites off the Falklands, have called for the Foreign Office to step up support for the project after it was targeted by Javier Milei, the Argentine president. The Foreign Secretary has declared that "the islands are British" and the UK's position is "unwavering", and issued verbal rebukes to the administration of Mr Milei, but not Argentina's London ambassador. - Telegraph

Asda is raising fuel prices at the fastest pace out of all the major supermarkets as the diesel crisis hits drivers. Telegraph analysis of supermarket forecourts shows that Asda has increased diesel prices by 59.3p per litre since Feb 27, the day before the Iran war began. This was followed by Morrisons, which raised prices by 59p per litre, and Sainsbury's which increased its prices by 57.8p per litre. - Telegraph

Grant Thornton is to raise its starting salary for graduates joining its London office to £40,000 in an effort to lure young talent away from the Big Four. The increase, which will come into force for the 2027 cohort of university leavers, will put Grant Thornton at the top of the pay scale for juniors among the large accounting firms. - The Times

More than half of companies have paused or slowed their adoption of artificial intelligence because of fears about whether they can trust new technology. In a survey of 1,600 senior decision-makers in large companies from the US and Europe, 60 per cent said they had slowed, paused or pulled back a planned AI deployment in the past year because of reputational, regulatory or trust concerns. - The Times