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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Eurostar, water companies, JP Morgan
Wed 22 October 2025 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Eurostar is to start running doubledecker trains through the Channel tunnel to meet growing demand for international rail travel from the UK. The rail operator announced it had signed a €2bn (£1.7bn) deal for at least 30 - and up t
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Business bureaucracy, gambling watchdog, Apple shares
Tue 21 October 2025 07:19
(Sharecast News) - The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is poised to launch a renewed "blitz on business bureaucracy" ahead of next month's budget to target savings for companies worth £6bn. With Labour under pressure to reboot the economy, Reeves is expected
Monday newspaper round-up: Betfred, Trustpilot, planning applications
Mon 20 October 2025 07:21
(Sharecast News) - Betfred has said it will close all 1,287 of its high street betting shops if Rachel Reeves raises taxes on the gambling industry in next month's budget. The company's threat comes amid speculation that the chancellor is considering a ta
Sunday newspaper round-up: US protests, forever chemicals, Jamie Dimon, Chinese espionage, Andrew Bailey, influencer marketing,
Sun 19 October 2025 08:11
(Sharecast News) - Americans across all 50 states marched in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US. Millions of people turn
Sunday newspaper round-up: US protests, forever chemicals, Jamie Dimon, Chinese espionage, Andrew Bailey, influencer marketing,
Sun 19 October 2025 08:11
(Sharecast News) - Americans across all 50 states marched in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US. Millions of people turn
Friday newspaper round-up: Romance fraud, Telegraph takeover, Sky
Fri 17 October 2025 07:19
(Sharecast News) - The City regulator has called on banks and payment firms to bring in stricter controls protecting customers from romance fraud after a study showed a number of missed "red flags" that led to people losing huge sums of money. The review
Thursday newspaper round-up: Welfare cuts, PHEVs, London City Airport
Thu 16 October 2025 07:17
(Sharecast News) - Britain's leading tax and spending experts have urged Rachel Reeves to consider announcing billions of pounds in welfare cuts in next month's budget to help placate jittery financial markets. After the chancellor gave her strongest hint
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Solar farm, mortgage rates, Oura
Wed 15 October 2025 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Ed Miliband has approved the UK's biggest solar farm, which will be built in a county where Reform UK's anti-renewables agenda has won rising support. The energy secretary on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the Tillbridge solar farm to be
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Greenpeace, Temu, Strava, Wayve
Tue 14 October 2025 07:21
(Sharecast News) - Greenpeace is threatening to sue King Charles's property management company, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly ownership of the seabed. The environmental lobby group alleges the crown estate has driven up costs for wind power devel
Monday newspaper round-up: IFS warning, crypto, housebuilders
Mon 13 October 2025 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves must avoid "a half-baked dash for revenue" or risk damaging economic growth as the chancellor seeks to close a large gap in next month's budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. The tax and spending thinktank has