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Press round-up from ShareCast

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Monday newspaper round-up: Mike Lynch, London population, heat pumps

Mon 18 March 2024 07:18

(Sharecast News) - A record 6.7 million people in Britain are in financial difficulty, a campaign group has claimed, as the cost of living crisis pushes more households into debt. A survey for Debt Justice found that 13% of adults had missed three or more

Sunday newspaper round-up: Nationwide, Direct Line, Rolls-Royce

Sun 17 March 2024 22:57

(Sharecast News) - Nationwide's bid to create the UK's second-largest savings and loans group by taking over Virgin Money may be derailed if its members get a say on whether the deal goes through or not. It would take just 500 Nationwide members depositin

Friday newspaper round-up: Unilever, civil servants, Wegovy

Fri 15 March 2024 07:23

(Sharecast News) - Unilever could face a potential row with shareholders after it emerged that the new boss of the consumer goods company can earn up to €17.4m (£14.9m) this year if he hits maximum targets. Hein Schumacher, who joined the owner of Marm

Thursday newspaper round-up: Nestle, Halifax, Glencore

Thu 14 March 2024 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Direct trains could next year connect Wrexham to London, with a new service capitalising on the town's Hollywood-meets-football mini-boom. The train manufacturer Alstom is bidding to set up the Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway w

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Post Office, Workplace AI, Barclays

Wed 13 March 2024 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Ministers will publish legislation to quash the convictions of hundreds of post office operators who were prosecuted during the Horizon scandal, marking a significant victory for victims after decades of campaigning. The legislation on

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Telegraph, Xlinks

Tue 12 March 2024 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Thames Water has been accused of "misleading" customers after telling them that just a few pennies in every pound spent on their bills is paid to its lenders. The debt-laded firm is Britain's biggest water company, serving 16 million cu

Monday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, McLaren, gigafactories

Mon 11 March 2024 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Thames Water has risked a fresh backlash over its commitment to tackling sewage dumping after it declined to commit funds to a £180m industry-wide initiative to fast-track efforts to reduce pollution in England's waterways. The governm

Friday newspaper round-up: Big banks, British savers, Bet365

Fri 08 March 2024 07:30

(Sharecast News) - Jeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves are joined in a "conspiracy of silence" over tens of billions of pounds in tough tax and spending choices, with the next government likely to inherit the toughest outlook for the public finances in 80 years

Thursday newspaper round-up: Green power industry, Boots, M&S

Thu 07 March 2024 07:31

(Sharecast News) - Britain's under-pressure green power industry has received a surprise fillip after a renewables developer pledged to plough £10bn into what would become the largest portfolio of battery storage projects in the country. NatPower, a UK s

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Fuel duty, Post Office, ECB

Wed 06 March 2024 07:32

(Sharecast News) - Retaining the fuel duty cut in the budget is a regressive policy that benefits the wealthiest in society, who will save £60 a year, while those who earn the least will save just £22, according to analysis. Jeremy Hunt is expected to a