Press round-up from ShareCast

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Heatwaves, AI data centres, CoreWeave

Wed 12 August 2026 07:14

(Sharecast News) - Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows. Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June's unseasonally hot weather h

Tuesday newspaper round-up: consumer confidence, easyJet, Thames Water

Tue 11 August 2026 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence hit its highest level in almost two years in July, according to research that indicated the closing stages of the men's football World Cup and more people holidaying in the UK lifted summer spending. A truce in the M

Monday newspaper round-up: Harvey Nichols, Heathrow, Lloyds Banking Group

Mon 10 August 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has promised a series of measures to tackle the cost of living, including a ban on fake discounts and making it easier for people to escape unwanted subscriptions. The crackdown on "rip-off" business practices is expected t

Sunday newspaper round-up: EU, UEFA, VitHit, foreign takeovers, DPD, Strait of Hormuz, North Korean troops

Sun 09 August 2026 08:37

(Sharecast News) - Britain could seek to rejoin the EU's single market under a new post‑Brexit framework presented to Andy Burnham, according to The Telegraph. The plan, drafted by former Conservative MP Nick Boles and circulated among senior officials

Friday newspaper round-up: Gas power stations, Apple, Raleigh

Fri 07 August 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - Trains across parts of north-west England have ground to a halt after a power failure hit the signalling centre controlling the railway in the region. Passengers awaiting Northern and TransPennine trains have been advised not to travel,

Thursday newspaper round-up: AI models, bank taxes, AstraZeneca

Thu 06 August 2026 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Advanced artificial intelligence models have stunned the UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) by carrying out a hacking campaign against real people during a cybersecurity test. The institute said the incident was unprecedented and involve

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Palantir, SpaceX, Aston Martin, Ryanair

Wed 05 August 2026 07:17

(Sharecast News) - The software group Palantir paid just £2m in corporation tax in the UK in 2024, despite holding public sector contracts worth hundreds of millions, thanks to tax breaks that are likely to reduce its contributions to governments around

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, used EVs, Apple

Tue 04 August 2026 07:20

(Sharecast News) - A coalition of 25 US states sued the Trump administration on Monday over new tariffs pegged at 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes struck down by the supreme court in Februar

Monday newspaper round-up: Truth Social, TalkTalk, Brunswick

Mon 03 August 2026 07:13

(Sharecast News) - The chancellor, John Healey, has said the government is standing by to prevent the public from "being taken for a ride at the pump or the till" as the Iran war continues to hit prices. While he said there had been "no significant eviden

Sunday newspaper round-up: Help to Buy, British Airways, Iran, Brontanax jet, UK constitution, UKGI, Ceuta, FIFA

Sun 02 August 2026 08:55

(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has received a sizeable lift to the public finances after new figures showed the Treasury has made almost £2bn from George Osborne's Help to Buy scheme, The Times reported. Homes England's annual report revealed the excheq