BLOOMBERG John Lewis Partnership Plc is considering selling a minority stake, diluting its employee-owned structure, as the cost-of-living crisis puts pressure on the UK retailer to seek new investment. The company, which owns the high-end grocery chain Waitrose as well as its eponymous department stores, may explore a change in the company’s mutual structure so it can raise at least …

BLOOMBERG Aéroports de Paris (ADP) and GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd agreed to fold their joint-venture company into GMR, giving ADP a liquid stake in a business that owns airfields in India. ADP and GMR Airports Infrastructure own 49% and 51%, respectively, of the unlisted GMR Airports Ltd, according to a statement from the French company, which operates Paris’s Charles de …

BLOOMBERG India will spend about 980 billion rupees ($12 billion) over the next two years on airports, with airline orders for hundreds of new planes to meet resurgent travel demand putting pressure on existing infrastructure. The world’s fastest-growing aviation market aims to boost the number of airports to 220 by 2025 from the current 148, for which private builders will …