Sept 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures up 0.15%.

* CMA: Britain's competition regulator said it provisionally backed the aviation regulator, the CAA, in most of its decisions over how much Heathrow Airport can charge airlines over the 2024-2026 period, after both airlines and the airport launched appeals.

* BERKELEY: British high-end homebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings

maintained

its profit guidance but joined sector peers in highlighting a gloomy trading environment in the face of elevated borrowing costs and wider macro economic concerns.

* ALCHEMY COPYRIGHTS: Alchemy Copyrights has agreed

to buy

music copyright-focussed investment firm Round Hill Music Royalty Fund for about $468.8 million.

* RESTAURANT GROUP: Wagamama owner Restaurant Group said Chairman Ken Hanna will step down after months of pressure from activist investors to change its management and improve profitability.

* RECRUITMENT: British employers concerned about the economic outlook reduced the number of workers they hired via recruitment agencies last month at the fastest pace in more than three years, an industry survey showed on Friday.

* ELI LILLY: Eli Lilly's diabetes drug Mounjaro has gained the backing of Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog, which said it would be a good option for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

* OIL: Oil extended losses further receding from this week's 10-month highs.

* GOLD: Gold firmed as dollar retreated from highs but the bullion was still en route to a weekly fall.

* METALS: Copper prices were

on track

for their biggest weekly drop in four weeks.

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TODAY'S UK PAPERS

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> Other business headlines (Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar and Zainab Saifuddin Saifee in Bengaluru)