Press round-up from ShareCast

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Trump tariffs, European insurers, high streets

Tue 25 August 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials from Canada, the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbours with historically strong economic ties. The US president said that the

Monday newspaper round-up: UK productivity, Shein, Poundland

Mon 24 August 2026 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Productivity in the UK - a vital measure of economic health - is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey, may have inh

Sunday newspaper round-up: Mayoral powers, wind farm applications, Iranian hackers, Reform-Conservative coalition, JLR, WPP, Ref

Sun 23 August 2026 08:56

(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham was poised to hand England's devolved mayors sweeping new powers to take control of major planning decisions, enabling them to "call in" large‑scale developments and grant upfront permission for projects to proceed. Accor

Friday newspaper round-up: Cash stocks, Specsavers, TfL

Fri 21 August 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - The number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an emergency stash of cash. While cash plays secon

Thursday newspaper round-up: US debt, Oxfam, Mark Zuckerberg, KPMG

Thu 20 August 2026 07:17

(Sharecast News) - US debt reached $40tn for the first time on Wednesday, the US treasury department said, after the government deficit doubled over the last decade. The treasury's latest debt balance showed $40.047tn on Tuesday afternoon, the highest in

Wednesday newspaper round-up: OpenAI, tariffs, Thames Water, Land Securities

Wed 19 August 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - The UK is vulnerable to food price shocks because of its dependence on imports of fruit and vegetable from countries even more exposed to the climate crisis, researchers say. Much of Britain has sweltered under a record five heatwaves t

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Government borrowing costs, US tech crash, civil servants

Tue 18 August 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns ove

Monday newspaper round-up: Water companies, asking prices, legal industry

Mon 17 August 2026 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Water companies could be allowed to raise bills for customers during periods of drought under proposals being considered by the sector's regulator for England and Wales. Suppliers would be permitted to factor "water scarcity" into bills

Sunday newspaper round-up: Cost of living, Royal estates, Reform welfare cuts, water surge pricing, Jo Bamford, Heathrow

Sun 16 August 2026 09:09

(Sharecast News) - British households are facing a renewed cost‑of‑living squeeze, with inflation expected to jump in July as soaring energy bills feed through into official data. Economists told The Guardian they expect the headline rate to rise to a

Friday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, Thames Water, Avant Homes

Fri 14 August 2026 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join "AI boot camps" where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace. The government's latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets - young peopl